We left Essaouira quite early after a good breakfast and headed up the coastal road towards El Jadida, our destination for tonight. The vegetation change rapidly as we went further north becoming greener with lots of agriculture evident, lush green fields of newly sprouted seeds and lots of stones used for dividing fields and some… Read More Greener and cooler [C&T, Day # 52: 7.12.2023]
Overnight it rained quite a bit so the morning was quite fresh and the air clean. We had a leisurely breakfast at the hostel, who also provide an excellent breakfast of fruit, breads, jams, tomatoes and cucumber, cheese and tea/coffee, all included in the price of the room. The hostel has an open meeting area… Read More A day of relative leisure [C&T, Day # 51: 6.12.2023]
The breakfast provided as part of our room was only served from 8.30 this morning and so we were a little later than usual in leaving. It was a bit misty but overall visibility was OK. Our first stop was to visit an old French fort on the hillside above the town of Mirleft (we… Read More Another close shave [C&T, Day # 50: 5.12.2023]
We got up early and after a quick coffee and something to eat from our own stash, we hit the road at 8 am, still in the dark. We left early as it was a good 500km drive with a few stops on the way and we wanted to reach our hotel in Lagzira in… Read More And finally, our luck ran out ! [C&T, Day # 49: 4.12.2023]
Today was a relatively quiet (2nd) day at the sea in Foum el-Oued just outside of Laayoune. We headed to Laayoune which is a reasonably sized and modern city of about 270,000 inhabitants and has well maintained tree lined streets and beautiful parks. Our first stop was the Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi, built… Read More 10,000 km [C&T, Day # 48: 3.12.2023]
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 
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