18/12/11
Story 1: I arrived in Morocco country where I spend part of the harsh winter in Europe, reaching the city of Tangier after 45 minutes on a ferry that went out of Tarifa in Spain, the process of admission to this country was something fast and easy , continue my way to Chefchaouen, a very touristy town but also magical as its varying shades of blue in it make you get carried away by time. Arrive twist of fate a lovely hotel, I could speak with the manager lowered to 15 euros from baseline. Morocco, a country where haggling is part of the culture at the time of purchase or need of some service. Chefchaouen Chefchaouen or as they call it is a small town nestled in the mountains of the Northeast.
Story 2: After several days in Chefchaouen Fez continue my path to where the city where I would meet with Monica to shoot for this country together. We have installed a one-star hotel where the room is simple but at least they had hot water. A city of Fez and a half million inhabitants where his Medina (old city) is the largest in the country with more than nine thousand streets, known as the town lost tourists. The medina of Fez is famous for its handicrafts and offer you all the places, where a careless buy something without have noticed. A city Fez Moroccan style.
Story 3: Departure from Fez to Rabat, the capital of this country, to reach this city and you can see some of modernity and cleanliness in the city center. Upon leaving the city to know we could realize that there are many areas with trash on the ground but still made her cleaner than previous cities, Rabat has many places of interest throughout the modern city and its medina also compared from that of Fez is like a supermarket 5 stars, a place not to be missed is where Hassan II tower a place with a unique peace.
Story 4: Depart from Rabat to Casablanca, this city of which everyone speaks abroad, this being larger than the capital, a city divided, as in the old town the streets are very appreciated and neglected edifcio the unfinished boardwalk area, but the great Hassan II Mosque to the sea makes a very imposing place to visit and makes you forget that deterioration of the old city, on the other side is full of the modern summer houses in the hills by the sea, a shopping center called the largest in North Africa that can compete with any in Europe. Casablanca is a city not to be missed and walk the boardwalk to see the sunsets and see the second largest mosque in the world after Mecca.
Story 5: After being a few days in Casablanca Oualidia continue the path to a coastal town about 5 000 inhabitants, a town famous for its oyster crop and also known for its lake which hosts a unique biodiversity as flamingos and other kinds of birds. Arriving at Oualidia may feel a lull in such a beautiful place, a very clean town and restored because here is the palace of the son of the king of Morocco who recently inherited it. After being several days and be expecting to spend Christmas in this beautiful place took me by surprise a respiratory tract infection complicated and reaching the tonsils were the worst days pass and no medicine gave me a favorable reaction.
Story 6: Al and feel a little better take the decision to continue the journey to my next point I would Essaouira, a city of more than 50 000 inhabitants, a journey that started easy and ended very difficult because the symptoms of this infection is were felt to its fullest, in all that discomfort was felt to find where staying put something simple as renting an apartment in an area of local people, making us feel an inhabitant of this city, after trying several medications and be stand for several days that infection began to subside and let out could know this city. Essaouira is famous for its fishing and kite lovers, a very clean due to the large influx of tourists that visit especially on weekends. Here we spent the New Year celebration cooking seafood delicacies sold at their market outside the medina and attached to the port. The medina is one of the most well made as it is focused on tourism and is kept very clean and constant restoration.
Story 7: already feeling much better and almost without any symptoms of infection that attacked me for over 15 days continue heading south with stops in the city of Agadir for about an hour and decided to continue to nit Tiz because that city seemed to us a monster in the tourism infrastructure that hastle. Tiz nit was the basis to move through several villages in the region and its ruins as Mirleft as Aglou beach.
Story 8: Depart from Tiznit to Sidi Ifni toward a village of 20 000 inhabitants where in the 60's passage to the government of Morocco as it was Spanish territory and that through the UN were asked to hand him over to Morocco. Sidi Ifni famous for surfers since most of the year you can enjoy this sport. A quiet town of friendly people, a place with endless beaches and unique wonders such as the white beach and Legzira.
Story 9: After spending more than three weeks in Sidi Ifni and making several trips around the area, such as day trips to different towns and places including the town of Tan as famous as the entrance to Western Sahara to name one. We went to a village nestled Tafraoute in the area of anti Atlas, a place with lots to see and know in their surroundings as painted stones, designed by a Belgian artist, also a place not to be missed is the circuit where lies the oasis of Afella ighir.
Story 10: We leave towards Marrakech Tafraoute, a very beautiful route, scenic in nature as each km that is rolling in it were doing a visual spectacle, after driving for about three hours we reached the midpoint of the route that was the city coastal Agadir, that afternoon we decided to stay in that city because when we passed it we had not known. To free some up adrenaline and get the child in us decided to go to the circus in town, making us have a good time. Agadir a city full of hotels, restaurants and tourist sites, not for nothing is the most visited destination in Morocco.
Story 11: Arrived at Marrakech, the city that we had been told it was full of magic and charm, and so was because of all the cities we had visited this was the best in all aspects. Its medina where are most of the attractions is a mixture of real Morocco but with a touch of tourism, where you can see plenty of crafts, souvenirs and street shows such as hypnotists cobras, transvestites dancing Arabic dance. Here in Marrakech Neouredine I met a biker friend who offered me all the help they need to make my stay in Marrakech as comfortable outside, so it met his wife and friends who invited us to dinner.
Story 12: After several days in Marrakech we continue our journey to the desert through the Atlas area, a road full of snow in the winter season. We made our way to make a night in Ouarzazate, famous for its film studios where movies have been filmed very famous. The next day we rose early to continue our journey to the desert of Merzouga through the Dades Valley, a place he did not want to miss because here is the impressive gorge of the same name, a valley with walls of rock higher in parts over one hundred meters.
Story 13: Merzouga We leave a path with curves at the beginning and the more we got into the desert road toward more straight, to get to Merzouga received us very kindly person who had had contact for my stay in the desert. After resting on the route we decided to climb the big dune of Erg Chebbi, which measures approximately 150 meters. We left the next day a camel ride to watch the sunset in the desert, a unique experience and that everyone dreams of riding a coarse sand and explore the surrounding desert.
Story 14: We start with the route north to visit as the last point the Roman ruins of Volubilis, to Midelt, also known by the city of cold, staying one night to rest on it. The next day we shot up the town of Azrou where the route before reaching it we saw families of monkeys in the wild, Azrou a city with little alpine style like the rest of the country. Passing through some 30 kilometers Meknes Volubilis before I noticed that the adventurer had broken one of the rear wheel bearings, having us to stay for the next day to fix it. The next day after a lot of laps and find a parts store and a workshop where they could install bearings adventurer returned to be in perfect condition.
Story 15: After touring most of Morocco this day was Monica who is accompanied me every day on the route of this country, so the adventurous and I returned to be by themselves. I continued my route to the north and preparing to go out of Morocco and to Portugal via Spain, to reach Larache place with a Spanish accent as for decades past was the territory of Spain, it reminded me a lot of the people I was called Sidi south ifni.
After almost 3 months I take leave of this country, learning and knowing much about him, people, places and customs, thank you very much to everyone who made my time in Morocco something spectacular.
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