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6th January 2012 Hiking - Walking: Moulay-Morocco Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: We head up to Moulay a windsurfing wave spot and have a great walk along their fantastic beach :) Friday 6 January 2012 Went to a cafe for breakfast today, right in the middle of the walled town. A great opportunity to see the town come to life with people setting up their stalls and deliveries being made from handcarts. Everything from gas bottles to fresh bread. We bought pastries from a shop first then ate them with coffee at the cafe (this is the done thing apparently, or you can order it in the cafe and the owner walks up to the shop and buys them himself!). The whole thing cost 31 Dirham for both of us – about £2.40! Rob not feeling too well today but we drove up the coast to visit Moulay where some of my windsurfing friends have been on holiday. On the way, on the best bit of road we had been on for a while, we hit the biggest pot hole you have ever seen on a blind bend and got a puncture. Changed the wheel amazingly quickly and carried on to the beautiful deserted beach at Moulay. We were greeted by a lad about 10 years old who literally ran alongside the car until we parked (about ¼ mile!) and he tried to sell us hats. I had already bought one the day before from a man crocheting them near our hotel but these were a bargain so after a good 5 minutes light hearted banter I agreed to buy one for 30 Dirham. His brother had appeared after following another couple along the beach and was trying to get me to buy one off him too but when he realised I wasn’t going to he burst into tears and thumped his brother for good measure! We started our walk and the younger brother walked with us (well me really – it’s always me!). We had a great chat and he was good fun – he finally left after he got me to part with 10 Dirham to take his photo! I loved Moulay and would love to come back here in our camper van. There was a huge English Camper in the car park and it was virtually the only vehicle there. We drove back to Essaouiria and to the surf cafe for coffee. Rob feeling really groggy so he stayed in while we went to buy take away pizza for tea and ate it back at the hotel. Saturday 7 January 2012 Breakfast at the cafe again then walked round the fishing port and small castle. We spent all morning walking along the sea wall and watching the fishing boats come in and unload their catch. As we walked back past the open air fish restaurants the men were desperately trying to get us to eat lunch at their restaurant instead of the one next door. It was amusing hearing them trying to persuade us to come to them. We finally made our decision and were treated to fried prawns, scampi, squid, sardines, some kind of flat fish and a huge bass, with bread and a drink thrown in:) We walked to our favourite surf cafe and Mag was pleased when a mother cat and her kitten decided to sit on her lap for the afternoon. We read our books and watched beach life – most unlike to us to do so much relaxing! Walking back along the beach we found the most amazing shells we had ever seen on the beach but unfortunately they still had the huge sea slug in them so we had to leave them there:( There is a local football league who play all their matches on the beach and there must have been 10 games being played as we passed. Went through a souk only really used by locals which was a bit scary especially when all the alleys suddenly turned dark and we were trying to find our way back to the hotel! As we had had our huge fish lunch we just got an assortment of little cakes for tea – just like pick and mix at home! Rob was approached 10 times to buy hash tonight, a holiday record! Sunday 8 January 2012 Last day. Breakfast in the cafe again then checked out of the hotel and went to fill the car up with diesel and get the punctured tyre mended as we didn’t want to drive the 150 miles back to Marrakech without a spare in the boot! Far too risky! We also thought we would get a better price direct than through the car rental firm. That all went really well and we met Rob and Hannah at the surf cafe for lunch before leaving for the airport at about 2.30 p.m. We got to the airport unscathed after braving driving in Marrakech again and gave the car back with no problems. More problems with the blooming luggage before boarding but all sorted and the flight even arrived 40 minutes early which was just as well because I have never been so uncomfortable! We got a taxi back to the parking-on-the-drive address (we had to read out our google instructions on how to get there to the taxi driver because he couldn’t find it either!) Both vans started fine and we finally got home at about 2 a.m. Photo Gallery 1 here Photo Gallery 2 here |
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