Destroyed by an earthquake
in 1960, Agadir has been rebuilt to modern standards. There is little that
is distinctively 'Moroccan' - in fact you could be anywhere on the
northern Mediterranean coast (feels like Marbella).
We drove into a campsite looking for a pitch for the night, but the
community of campervans gazed on us as if we were intruders. This campsite
was more of a 'village' where the French/Germans set up home for the
winter months - all had gardens, fences, pets. We politely drove off ...
Martin writes... Arriving in the city of Agadir was an extremely
overwhelming experience as we had just spent a few days out in the
desert and the Atlas mountains and were expecting to see a normal Moroccan
town like Casablanca. Instead, we got a city which could be based along
the Mediterranean coast line offering Pizza restaurants, night clubs and a huge
beach. These were the key attractions and most of the people walking the streets at
night were European. |
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As a result of the 'European' flavour of Agadir we headed into town for a
Pizza at 'Little Italy' restaurant. Pizza, beer & dessert were on the
menu!
Casablanca beer (£3.00) |
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The locals call them
'Plastics', the Dutch we met, call them 'Tupperware' - they themselves
refer to each other as caravanners - and we call them campervans. In
Morocco they are everywhere. There are more campervans in this
country than local cars!
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Goats in Trees |
Heading to Tafroute we encountered our first tree climbing Goats.
Unfortunately we do not have enough photos as evidence but the goats do
manage to climb very high into the trees.
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