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| Essouira, Morocco |
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Week 86 10th - 15th December 2012 |
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The main road south passes through a variety of towns.
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And the donkey carts became more abundant.
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Lots of things growing on the coastal strip.
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We left the main road and headed towards the coast.
This is an industrial weighbridge.
Haven't a clue what its doing there - maybe weighting!
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Just small strip towns.
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We took the occasional track out to the beach or cliff.
There aren't many. The country has grown up around animals not vehicles.
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Essouira.
Another old Portuguese settlement. The last one to be vacated in 1769 (we
think).
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The atmosphere is somehow different to further north.
We are beginning to leave the Arabs behind and meet the Berbers. And perhaps
the town is simply more used to tourists.
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Somehow better kept, and less hassle.
Relaxing.
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These buildings are in the wall of the medina.
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The old fishing port has been expanded.
Cleaning fish for direct sale.
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A very busy, active, alive, port.
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With a healthy ship building industry. About 5 partly built.
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Major industry in the town is wood.
Lots of marquetry.
The polish seems to be cooking oil.
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A large medina. Took us hours.
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We walked back to the campsite, successfully avoiding a camel ride, much as we
avoided a donkey ride on Blackpool beach.
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Next day bought some sardines at the port.
About a dollar a kilo. More than we could eat.
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Top, tail and gut them.
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Into the frying pan, eat them while throwing out the bones.
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We reluctantly left Essouira.
Lots of police checks. It seems tourists are simply waved through.
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Argan oil.
From the Argan tree of course.
Salad dressing, cooking, etc.
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We think Argan trees.
The fruit is separated and crushed by hand before the oil is pressed out. It
seems by women's cooperatives.
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The coast constantly changes.
This is one of our excursions down a sandy track.
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And we've started seeing birdlife again.
Further north we suspect its been eaten.
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| Plage Blanche, Morocco |
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Week 87 18th - 21st December 2012 |
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