Laayoune Hotel

... and unsafe to continue.  I am getting the overnight bus back to Marrakech tonight, then flying back to London on Wednesday. Laayoune is a very wierd place - a city of about 200,000 people created by the Spanish only about 70 years ago.  Since ...

Laayoune is situated in the Western Sahara region south of the kingdom of Morocco. I used to stay in the Parador hotel. It's a 4 stars hotel situated in the heart of the city not far from the administrative zone. The service is correct as well as the ...

... way behind schedule. On the way down we stop off at the big harbour and inquire if we can catch a sand boat that leaves Laayoune on a daily basis on its trip back to the Canaries loaded with desert sand. Its getting dark and head off again in the dark. ...

... 14 thru December 27 Route traveled Detroit-Chicago-London-Malaga Spain-Mellila Spain-Fes Morocco Marrakech Morocco Tan Tan Morocco Laayoune Morocco Dahkmar morocco Laayuone morocco rabat morocco All of the places I list are places that I have slept ...

... .. en nog wa stenen .. en nog wa zand en af en toe een eenzame dromadaris.. Ben veilig aangekomen in Boujdour (wou initieëel naar Laayoune) maar ben maar ineens 190 km verder gereden Deze avond ben ik in Dakhla , en hoop ik hier aan te vullen .. VOOR DE ...

Ben nog steeds levend .. Had geen Internet in Tan Tan en ben nu even gestopt in Laayoune Ben dus de zandbak ingereden.. Heb deze morgen een armspier verrokken en zit met pijnlijke arm Vertel later wel.. Voor de rest  alles ok Onderweg naar Boujdour ...

... ; and every second vehicle here seems to be a United  Nations one.  There are also numerous police roadblocks on the approach to  Laayoune.  On a bus of 50 or so people Mr R (& by proxy, "la madame") were  the only ones hauled off for ...

... grass pitch (the only grass we'd seen in the Sahara), it is currently used by the local teams for their weekly games.  Laayoune hopes that the African-hosted World Cup will be played in the North West, and that this stadium will play an important ...

... we returned to our hotel room for a few hours of much needed sleep, following our long and disturbed overnight bus journey from Laayoune.  At 19:30 we stirred, tempted to sleep right through, but forced ourselves up and out in search of some food.  ...

... its toll on our digital camera, resulting in the unforeseen expense of a new one selected at length from a choice of 2 in Laayoune. On the petrol front though things are really looking up, the cost has almost halved since crossing the old Morocco/Western ...

... sea! Arrived in Dahkla at about 5 and set up camp onthe cliffs. Next morning another drive through barren scrubland arriving in Laayoune just as it was getting dark! Hugely releived to pull into a nice campground called Les Bedouins, as the previous ...