Category: Morocco

The weather remained unsettled; there was a severe weather warning as far south as Agadir.  For many years Morocco had suffered from a chronic…

Camping La Palmeraie, just south of Agadir, was run by a French family and was one of Morocco’s best-kept camp sites. The gardens were…

We found ourselves spending Christmas by the sea at Oualidia (sounds a bit like wah-LID-ia).  The place was seafood heaven; there were stalls selling…

The “11 am ferry” finally left Spain at 2 pm.  The causes of the delay were incomprehensible but the ferry was the busiest we…

We had never been in Morocco during the month of March and we were surprised at the abundance of wild flowers growing in the…

We stayed for two nights on the banks of the River Ziz, the deep gorge providing a spectacular backdrop.  The weather was sunny but…

  The sand dunes (ergs) were just a small portion of the huge Sahara Desert, which covered 8% the earth’s surface.  Most of the…

Himi and his family were the owners of La Palmeraie D’Amezrou, a camp site set in the shade of palm trees in the Draa…

We left Tata and set off north east towards Zagora.  The scenery was mountainous, rocky and starkly beautiful. We passed herds of camels, roaming…

It was March, the start of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims fasted between dawn and sunset.   Over 40% of the population…