The breeze dropped off during the night but it was not long
before it got up again. Colin and Tina are not walking very well so we decided
on taking a taxi – there are dozens of the little “Petit Taxis” buzzing about
and we quickly waved one down, only to find they would only take three
passengers. No problem, Bren and I could walk into town so we sent them off and
enjoyed a good leg stretch along the attractive sea front. The taxi cost 70dh,
about 55p!
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| The promenade and beach looking back towards our parking |
Meeting up again at the city walls we then spent the rest of
the morning exploring the walls and narrow streets of the Medina, full of
little shops and stalls mostly selling tourist tat – that’s actually not very
fair because some of it was very pretty and very cheap. However this is a
tourist attraction town, evidenced by the tour buses arriving and departing all
day, and it was very pleasant to just wander without too much hassle.
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| The west walls |
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| Ice cream - a la banana dolphin |
Lunch was at a restaurant we found amongst a whole bunch of
them in an enclosed square. The food was excellent, although as expected a
little more expensive than normal Moroccan, and there was some local
entertainment too. After a pleasant hour, we wandered back to the town gate – Essaoiura
is a completely walled town and you can walk all the way round if you wish –
and found a couple more taxis to take us back to the vans at 70Dh again.
As we enjoyed a cuppa, the smallest “motorhome” we've ever
seen squeezed themselves between us and another van. Very “hippy”, the owner
was a Moroccan, and his girlfriend, who had spent some time in America, hence he spoke excellent
English, and was bumming around before opening a French restaurant in the town.
They seemed to have everything they needed in a space no bigger than our bed!
Later that night they were joined by some friends and one of
them played excellent Spanish guitar. So we went to bed and were lulled gently to
sleep.
See all our photos on Google Drive here
See all our photos on Google Drive here
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