Going north along the coast, we stopped at Asilah, a nice coastal town, for a breakfast at the sea (Café Daya) and took a walk through the Medina. Further north lies a cave which felt a little bit like a rip-off. Foreigners pay Euro 8,- to walk into this cave, which is partly natural, partly …
North of Rabat, we had first stopped at the lagoon of Moulay Bousselham, where we could camp directly at the lagoon, in front of a restaurant, which served us a delicious seafood platter in the evening (34.869940, -6.279698). The next morning, Cordy went on a tour of the lagoon, looking for birds. Later we visited …
Rabat was a positive surprise to us. The capital of Morocco is a very green and beautiful city and has many interesting places to visit. We had found a paid parking just next to the walled Medina (34.024050, -6.841549), where we started our explorations, walking through the Medina on busy streets with many shops and …
From Marrakech, it was an uneventful drive back to the coast and to Essaouira, just that it started to rain, when we reached the coast – the first time since about one year we were told. We went to a campsite (Villa Coriandre), where we waited for the rain to stop, and of course, the …
From Foum el-Oued we took the road along the coast north, driving through a desert sprinkled with sand dunes in the shape of a crescent moon. We arrived at Tarfaya, once a Spanish colony. The nearby Cape Juby airfield was an important refuelling and stopover station for Aéropostale, an airmail carrier, based in Toulouse, providing an …
After filling up the car in Foum-Zguid, buying water and veggies, and a quick lunch at a restaurant, we hit the road again, to tackle a track leading over the mountains to Tissint. The route was described as very rocky, but the first part was very comfortable, which made us confident it can’t be too …
Before we made our way back to civilisation, we did a circle around these mountains. The track in the valley was a bit more challenging with steep steps and inclines, but the rock formations made it worth it. Driving in direction to the road leading to Foum Zguid, we thought the adventure was behind us, …
After we had left Zagora, we took a route to Foum Zguid which led us through all types of desert, driving 280 km on tracks we had from Pistenkuh.de but also tracks we found ourselves, taking detours and shortcuts. A sandstorm two days ago had blown sand over the tracks, making them difficult to spot, …
The former caravan stop and oasis at the Draa river is still an important hub, nowadays more for tourist, who want to experience the desert, than for caravans which had once crossed the Sahara. We found a lovely camping at Oasis Palmier, where we could relax under palm trees, got our washing done and did …
Driving on our own through the desert – a good idea? We hoped, yes, when we left Merzouga. We had spent 2 nights around Erg Chebbi with a lovely sundowner on the dunes together with a fellow traveller. Before we even had reached the end of the tar road, we were stopped by a local, …
