Les Amis Essaouira
24, rue Fechtali Essaouira, Morocco
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Clementines for a smile
... and he looked up at me with a smile, took it out of my hand and said shokran.
Back at the hostel, Ahmagi and Tonyi were still lounging around having just had some lunch. I dropped off my clementines, and we decided to head to the beach to sit at a little cafe. The walk from the hostel to the beach is typically about a thirty minute walk - going at the pace of people without a care in the world. Today the sun was shining bright without a cloud in the ...
Off to the beach!
... the opportunity to buy goods (of course). This is where our tour ends leaving us with a free afternoon to explore.
Sam, Michaela and myself head back to the square for lunch ( some of the others have the same idea - must be after a good coffee) of pizzas and omelettes. While there we are approached by a guy carrying a large wooden tray selling sweet treats. We buy a half dozen but decline the ones with hasheesh in them although we were ...
Kickin Chicken
... from his flock that Rashid pointed to, weighed it in a basket, then held it up by its feet, most of the girls sensed what was happening now and ventured further away. The chicken man then slit its throat with a rather large knife, its neck spat out blood as its face looked shocked at its rather quick dismissal. he then put it upside down into a kind of metal funnel as its blood spurted out into the collecting tray below. The chickens legs kicked uselessly against the metal sides as ...
Essaouira
... the beach to the town which had a much more laid back feel than our last city of Marrakech. After stopping for a while taking in the fishing boats unloading the days catch we wondered around the relatively compact medina for a couple of hours before heading for lunch at one of the seafood stores on the coast. We had a lovely selection of Shrimp, Scampi, Crab, Sea Breem and Lemon Sole all cooked over the BBQ and feeling thoroughly satisfied ...
Back to Essaouira then off down to Agadir
... a busy beach day. We found a few discrepancies with the car, minor things really.. some lights werent working properly. Back to the garage and got things fixed.
That evening we went back to the beach with both cars and while Jay went for a run i set about taking some pictures on the beach and an old building in ruins. It was full moon! Afterwards ...


