Riad des Golfs Agadir

... And becasue Surf Maroc is owned by a few cool Brits (love to Ollie, Vicki and Ben) I pretty much lived and breathed in an English colony planted in Morocco which I rather fancied. Besides learning to surf, I made it my intention to learn as many British sayings (with the accent) as possible, much to the amusement of the rest of the crew.

Guests who came to Surf Maroc came from ...

So I dropped off the map for a bit...I finished up an amazing trip in Indonesia early May.  Being in Bali was such a profound and special experience for me, but I'll write more about that another time when I update photos from the rest of the trip.

But now it's Morocco!  I hopped to NY for a few days (after a fun day trip to Taiwan to get my bubble tea fix) )before heading here to accept a job teaching yoga ...

Located outside of the medina, but not more than 10 minutes from shops and 25 km from the international Airport, Sofitel Agadir is a gorgeous place to stay while in Morocco. This grand five star hotel holds 273 rooms including family sized suites! The Kasbah style architecture combined with the elegant and exotic décor make this hotel a genuine beauty you'll never want to step outside ...

... 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 ...

That is a day full of work so we got up early and at 9 o'clock were already leaving for our first visit.

Ramada Almohades 4* - Not bad... Tidy, small and green... Also old, and it really looks rather old... But not a bad choice all in all=)

Sofitel Agadir 5* - Veeeery good hotel, great place, beach under the window, grandiose pool, lots of services, cooool=) But every day staying in this hotel should be payed $100 as a deposite (it ...

... 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 ...

... Mitch was up the back wooing the locals. Woo he did for towards the end of the trip two lads decided to pickpocket Mitch and take his wallet. As we got off the bus Mitch and anther local informed me of what happened and Proudys dumbfounded looks were priceless to say the least. Luckily the only loss was 10 Euros as we are both very pro-waistbelts. We started looking around for our accomodation

... to Sidi Kaouki, spending a bit of time in a cute cafe. We drove back to Essaouira, discovered that we were filthy from the sand and wind, and decided that we needed a hammam. So the girls got together and went to the public bathhouse, where we were scrubbed with olive soap and massaged with lava clay, and an hour later we emerged clean and shining and feeling great. Lunch/dinner of crevettes pil-pil (shrimp in spicy tomato sauce) and helpings of fudgy chocolate cake completed the day.

... few museums and souks and houses, it was interesting, but after the first museum its all the same.... Marrakesh market square is amazing. so so many people. snake charmers and performers cloud the square doing random things. if you take a photo though, they expect money for it....! And you wouldn't believe, i mainly heard Moroccan music in restaurants shops etc, but i heard Kylie Minogue 3 times. The only english speaking music i heard or the whole week! (o apart from ...