Patio de la Luna Asilah

... So, we just went the way we were told and ignored the kids when they asked for money. We stopped at the side of a road to buy an onion of some farmer and he gave it to us for free. Didnt see that coming did you. Neither did we.

We finally got through the town and started to look for a camping spot and as the night drew closer the pressure to find one became greater until you have to settle for somewhere on the side of a path next to (hopefully not human) poo.

... so with a day off and a bit of extra time we headed to Abduls kitchen to clean them. We were greeted by Abduls wife who gave us a wierd bit of cloth and a bit of soap to put inside it. After we embarrased ourselves trying to clean them she took over and within minutes they were cleaner than they were brand new. Honestly, she was like a cleaning wizard.

After a relatively lazy day we, and a couple of Polish dudes we met ...

... and our bikes just under the barbed wire. Unfortunately we then had to carefully move across a bridge which kids lived under only to be chased across the massive field by three really really ****** off dogs. Despite being on a very uneven field we managed to make a hasty get away on our bikes. As we approached the road we were told about we had an absolutely amazing view of the atlantic ocean which we cycled next to for the next couple of hours.
Asilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco chris_jones01

... windows and a sun roof window but nobody opened any. That icky crush of humanity feeling started to creep in. Mono Loco was suffocating. I got Slippery Sam the pillow out and we tried to sleep and detach from the nightmare. We are still baffled as to why the muslim people do not open the windows on the buses. We did the sinful thing and stripped off to our singlets. It was that or pass out in the heat. The bus rolled slowly towerds ...

... olhei para tras e eles ainda la estavam acenando para que eu fosse ter com eles. Tiveram pena de mim talvez. Mas a pena deles levou-me 200 km, o primeiro grande esticão em Marrocos, até agora tinham sido sempre entre 15 e 30 km de estrada por boleia. O camião deles estava todo efeitado com bugigangas que nem ja os chineses aceitam vender. Para ja, e essa nao e uma decoraçao exclusiva do mau ...

... segundo pequeno almoço (ja tinha mamado mais um melao logo a saida e deram-me dois paes também). Nao tinha fome mas nao tinha como negar tal gesto. Passei muito mal para conseguir deglutir aquilo, era muito muito mau ... pao duro com manteiga de cabra e o copo veio com um fundo de café sobre o qual eles começaram a despejar leite. Estão a ver, eu odeio manteiga, odeio leite, levei 30 minutos a conseguir consumir aquilo, agradecer infinitamente e por-me na estrada de novo.

When we woke up early the next morning we ate breakfast (more BREAD!!! UGH) and then parked and got on the boat to AFRICA. Can you all tell yet that I was excited!? So, we got there, met our tour guide Mohammad and walked the town. Good thing we got a guide because the place is confusing! It was so interesting to see the city because it is so very different from anything I have seen before. The people are so gracious and are just so pleased that we were visiting. Well, most ...

... for some glue to repair the bag mount that had been broken. no hot water, though the lady of the house swore that the small on-demand water heater works. she and our "friend" ahmed, tried repeatedly to try to light the pilot light, checked the butane bottle to see if it could be causing the problem. after a while we told them to give up, we'd suffer with a cold shower...

... food is nice and cheap, compared to prices back home. However, I wanted him to know that I had noticed the price jump. Cheeky bugger. Late in the day I went to the Alimentation General and bought one bar of chocolate. Exactly the same as the one I bought last night. That too had gone up. I said to the guy that it was only 8 Dirhams yesterday (instead of 11 that he was asking). He accepted it. I bought ...

Asilah. Paradise beach, more bumper cars, my birthday, the Aussie guy that had no interest in anything at all, sketchy guys taking his money and him not caring, sleeping on the floor outside being more comfortable than the "beds" inside, insane little children of the house owner guy, horse ride back from paradise beach, camels on the beach, Hammams, pristine white and blue Medina.