Marhaba Agadir

I found it really ironic that one of Surf Maroc's properties was called Villa Mandala. A lot of my time in Bali was based around the spiral, connecting to this circle of existence we all share a part of and we all come back to. How I can live and teach the sacred Mandala of ritual, but also the greater Mandala of daily practice. How I can be and feel the wholeness.

So it was quite ...

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I haven't seen too much of Morocco yet since I'm working here, but it's got a magical energy to it. The feel of being in Africa, the dry desert land and mountains set against this wild and undeveloped coastline.  Yet at the same time, I feel rather closed up here being a woman in a Muslim land.  Covering when I go out, looking down to avoid the eyes of men; I feel as if I'm hiding my womanhood.  Yet it ...

... The views are amazing and breathtaking. Photo worthy shots of the hotel's magnificent garden, the ocean, and the extravagant pool that guests enjoy during their stay at Sofitel Agadir are right outside your window. This Moroccan slice of heaven is just far enough away to enjoy a peaceful stay and only the sounds of the ocean waves crashing will fall upon your ears. Walk along the ...

... we went to the ocean to have some sun, because we still had no signs of visiting sunny warm country=) We all made some temporary tatoos, that's why we spent more than 6 hours under the sun without cremes or umbrellas =D That was my mistake, but nice to know that after all despite my obviously red skin, I would have a tan=) The whole body was burning, but I knew that's my only day to lie under the sun so i kinda liked ...

... Green. Has the only real SPA in all Agadir. Has grand conference rooms. Has lots of restaurants, cafe's, Facilities. Really Impressed. Rooms are ok though, nothing unusual, just good. Here we stayed for a free lunch, which was great, Yummy=)))

Lunch is over, time to work again.

Adrar Agadir 3* - Awful pool, rooms are good.

Argana 4* - Pool is simple, rooms are okay. But the view from the window is awful. Though the hotel ...

... for a vacation=) For that reason we had to know enough hotels to recommend our clients the ones that suits for them... So big thanks to Moroccan hotels for sparing their busy time for us. Also great thanks to Agadir Beach Club Hotel and Kenzi Europa Hotel for giving us free rooms! (Yes, we paid only for air tickets, the apartments was a good will of hotel owners).

We sit to the bus, got our cameras ready and departed... First stop was Royal Atlas ...

... No signs of any airport bus or donkey cart. So I talked to one of the tourist bus drivers and at the end he gave me a lift into town. Free. How sweet, and a very nice start. In Agadir, there are small taxis and big taxis. The big ones are old Mercedes and they go as share taxis to destinations out of town, but they wait until they have 6 passengers. 4 squeeze on the back seat and two ...

Eu mal sabia o que a manhã me reservava, mas levantei-me cedinho, dobrei a tenda e pus-me a caminhar. Caminhei, caminhei, caminhei. Duas horas de marcha e ainda não estava calor por isso não tinha sequer dado um golo da pouca agua que me sobrava. Continuei a andar pela EN1, chamada « a grande serpente » porque anda aos ésses do norte ao sul do pais para ir terminar na fronteira com a Mauritânia. Tinham se passado 7 dias desde que fiz os ...

... we dreamed of getting rogue swells to ourselves it has failed to become a reality, nonetheless the week has been great. The past seven days comprised of early surf checks (to no avail), copious reading (Of Mice and men, Taking down the house and a Bill Bryson), heated games of Chess and 500 over breakfast lunch and dinner, a few small surfs, playing tunes on the terrace watching the sunset, eating like kings whilst paying pauper prices at ...

... as we drive through the countryside we see poverty unlike any other so far on this trip. Homes built out of brush, plastic and a few pieces of tin. To see a TV dish on the roof of these homes, although shocking to us, is perhaps the one connection between the two groups. The other striking commonality is friendliness. A smile, a nod, a hello or in the case of children, waving vigorously as we pass, the Moroccan friendliness is unsurpassed. Clothing ...