Riad Casa Lila Essaouira

... quart au parking en bord mer et direction l hotel El Chakib
90 dhs la nuit « plan d Aziz ». Le lendemain
nous avons rencontre Youssef un pote Aziz qui nous a mis en contact
avec un super garagiste le meilleur jusqu a present. Lundi 18 mai
changement des croisions de transmissions et direction Marrakech '
arnakech'. A une dizaine de kilometres session nettoyage du quatre
quart. Essaouira, Morocco quatrequart

Back at Marrakech airport we pick up our hire car and are 'upgraded' to a small rattley van. But its diesel, has airconditioning and is quite comfortable. Terry finds his way around the gears on the wrong side of the road and gets us out of the city to drive 3 hours to the coast. The road is boringly like north of Gawler: straight, dry, flat. We find our accommodation (nice), in Essaouira and walk 20 minutes along the beach front to the old town. The beach is full of people all of ...

... toegepast kan worden. Dat moesten we even onderzoeken. Waarom nu net Marokko? Ziehier een vers uit de nummer 1-hit: 'Le tiroir dynamique..il est seulement utilisé en Afrique'. En Ahmed van de groentenwinkel hiernaast kon een goedkope vlucht regelen. Vandaar. Een verslag met fotos volgt later

Sorry for the delay in keeping you up to date on our travels.  We haven't had much stable internet connection here in Africe so our post will be short and sweet. Here we are in Essouira, a fun beach city couple hours West of Marrakesh.  We stopped by on our way back up to Casablanca.  

... a whole - nice place. Good beach, unfortunately it was a little cold for swimming whilst we were there but it would be brilliant in peak. Much more modern and touristy than expected - palm tree lined esplanade with fancy bars, restaurants and even a Sofitel Hotel. Having indulged in a nice hot shower, washed and blow dried hair it was now time to bid farewell to civilization and head towards Western Sahara and real Africa. YAY.

Sabato pomeriggio riconsegna auto a Marrakech e subito ripartenza in bus per il mare: destinazione Essaouira! Afferriamo l'ultima serata di festival musicale e un bell'ambiente in città. Clima freddo e ventoso, ma soleggiato, passeggiate e grigliatone di pesce fresco accanto al porto in vista dell'ultima tappa (per me): Marrakech!

Journée avec un peu de route (environ 250km) et une étape intéressante au milieu. Aujourd'hui peu de culturel sauf en ce qui concerne la conchylliculture et les parcs huitriers que nous avons découvert en route à Oualidia. Notre ventre n'a fait qu'un tour et nous ...

... and a *****in' pad with all the trimmings here is a concrete floor, and there is a noticeable shortage of pimped out Land Rovers rolling past on 20 inch rims with 6000 Watt Stereos turned up to '11'. So what the hell do these guys do with all their cash?!! Maybe the camels have got plasma screens installed in them...who knows, maybe all the sand dunes are just piles of cash with caramel frosting on top. Riding back to camp and the wind is blowing fierce - this is the one that ...

... lunch. By the time lunch finished, it was late afternoon, and Megan had bit more of a shop and then a sleep, while I got my tripod and headed out over the city wall to the rocks below our hotel where I took some great sunset snaps. We then went out to a very fancy for cocktails and possibly the best dinner Megan and I have had on this trip.

... Portugaise. An old cistern, built by the Romans, still being used today. Orson also filmed part of Othello here as well. We walked the ramparts, and realising that there was nothing else here, we consulted our book and decided to be one of the 6% of people who do return to Marrakech. It was a good place to finish as we went to look at the Palais el Badi and the Dar Si said museum. If we were to recommend one place to visit, that would be Marrak