Les Amis Essaouira

O.k. perhaps I best explain...

Coming up for air here after many adventures all across Morocco. Am presently in Essaouira - a most lovely seaside town along the Atlantic coast, about 3 hrs. southwest of Marrakech.

The techno explaination:

I arrived yesterday (well actually "today" as it's now Oct. 4, but I shall leave the date above as that's when I first arrived) and whilst ...

... we were sore from the horse riding earlier, but it was most, most agonizing. I really did laugh – John was on a camel behind me and all I could hear were mutterings from him about “my legs were never meant to stretch this wide” and grunts and groans with every lollop of the camel – they are quite ungainly creatures and John was feeling every footstep. It was a whole new level of uncomfortable for him and I could do nothing for laughing! I think we ...

... shelf – no problem he says as we try and get in the back and end up leaning forward with luggage poking in our backs and necks!!! It was kinda funny.

We get dropped at the station and board the bus for Essouria. There’s not much to say about the journey really, one straight road took us there from Marrakech and we actually couldn’t see anything much through the windows – it was quite a bumpy journey though, that much I can say ...

... two hours. When we arrived, it was such beautiful! We walked to the defensive fortress built right on the cliffs, there are many cannons which looks ahead on the ocean. The waves are crushing on the cliffs under the fortress... And the wind of course! It knocks you down as if you were a puppet... Incredible feelings... Then we went to the deep part of the fortress, to the town itself. We visited ...

... the city formerly known as Mogador) this rare gem of a hotel
offers more than one could ask for within the medina walls.
Featuring 35 luxurious African, English, Portugese and Oriental themed rooms and suites, this
grandeur Morroccan house turned five star hotel holds true to the cluster of cultures that have touched the surrounding land. The hotel is appealing to both the business traveler ...

... of Arabia, and lots of people would travel back home to their families, so they put an old rattling bus back on the road and it came just at the right time. There was one seat left and it was next to a middle aged woman in a long dress so I wasn't too sure if it would be ok for me to sit there or would I get thrown out of the bus after only 50 meters, but I guess I was tolerable to the community ...

... better on the Sunday, and attempted to accompany some of the girls out to see the sights. We visited the Jardin Majorelle Garden which was created in the 1920´s by a French artist by the name of Jacques Majorelle. They were stunning. It was divided up into different areas, one section was cacti, another bamboo, tropicals etc, and there were ponds and gables covered with hanging vines. We spent some time admiring the different designs and then decided to ...

... up with more bites although she would be under the covers and no mosquitos would be in our room. So she got her worst fear confirmed by a pharmacist bought some itch cream and headed back to the hotel to complain to the manager. What should have been an easy, straightforward issue being resolved turned into a horrible argument with the manager who got ****** at us ...

... room. But since that price was right, we went along with it. And the room was fine. It wasn't the Hilton, but when you're paying 8 bucks for a bed, you can't exactly expect luxury. After getting settled, we walked back to the bus station to buy our tickets for tomorrow-- we're leaving around 4:15, giving us plenty of time to soak up this place. Then we walked to the water and watched the sun go down, by the beach. Very beautiful. Essaouira is so beautiful and ...

... h**e, and have paid up front for 3 days, at the bargain price of 6 quid a night. The first time we bart** up-front for multiple days of accommodation and ready to leave aft** one day -  Oh, the irony!  On Wednesday we'll be leaving on the first bus (coincidentally aft** the England-*****ia game).  We will be moving down the coast quite quickly next to get some hardcore kilometres behind us; into the Sahara, and onto Mauritania.  The first place down the coast ...