Morocco

Today we drive to Asilah, we find a campsite at the beach to just enjoy a day of Morocco and the sun. The drive is beautiful along deserted beaches and variety of agricultural areas. The roads are fine and we get along well even though we avoided the highway (all highways in Morocco seem to … Read more

We have breakfast at the campsite in Rabat with bread from the bakery and remain at the camp to do some chores. Marc and I commit some needed maintenance on Milady and Sonja and Saskia doing laundry (why roles …). We jack the front of Milady and find out that the wheel bearings have clearance, we … Read more

Breakfast at the B&B consists of Moroccan pancakes with honey and tea or coffee. It tastes fine after the warm night, it was good to sleep in a real bed and thanks to the fans the heat was kept out alright. Today we drive to Rabat, the road is pretty good, not too much Moroccan asphalt. … Read more

Today we are going to cross the High Atlas, the way we drive is recommended to us by the patron of Camp Jurrasique, he drove it several times with his private car. We have breakfast in the tent and leave in time so we can take advantage of the coolness of the morning. The asphalt … Read more

At 6AM the alarm goes off, we want to see the sunrise in the desert. Fortunately, the weather cleared up and we have a cloudless eastern horizon. We climb to the highest dune to be treated to a great sunrise, Then we leave towards Merzouga, I drive up the dune but the slope is steeper than I … Read more

Today we leave for the Sahara, in the morning we drive through the valley of the Oued Ziz and just before Errachida along the reservoir behind the Barrage Hassan Addakhil. As we move away from the Atlas, we left early on purpose, it becomes warmer and drier, although there are a few raindrops on the way. … Read more

We leave early on the way to the Atlas, the roads are narrow, and the landscape changes to mountainous. Every now and then we have a drink in a local pub, that is sodas or coffee or tea. The ride is not too bad, but it’s getting warmer. Near Azrou, we just had lunch, we enter the … Read more

Today we visit one of the royal cities, Fez. The morning we spend with to do some maintenance to the car and laundry. We look for the nearest Carrefour, this appears to be well sorted and we go shopping for diner, macaroni. The drink turns out to be sold in the “cave d’alcohol,” let alone, too … Read more

We drive to Volubilis today and then to Fez, today is Eid El Fitr, the end of Ramadan. We leave in time to avoid the hottest part of the day. The scenery again is breathtakingly beautiful and varied, we make full use of our AWCO (all windows can be opened) because the temperature continues to … Read more