With the racers gone,
peace returned to Oualidia last night, although they'd now let in
even more motorhomes and were triple-parking them! Up at our now
normal 8.30 (Jamie is an excellent alarm clock!) we refilled the
water tank, having made arrangements with the guardian last night, then after breakfast continued our journey south in, yes, even more
hot sunshine!
Setting off a few
minutes after the main group we ambled casually along the coast road
– well, road is probably a bit generous as the way of life seems to
be with everything, make it and use it until it breaks. Maintenance??? Our route took us to the large modern port town of Safi, again where
we stopped last year, but this time our visit was simply to shop at the
Marjane hypermarket, which actually wasn't as “hyper” as we
remembered but nevertheless quite adequate.
Lunch on the car park,
took the opportunity to refill the fuel tank – much to our relief
the fuel consumption was now back to normal – and continue although
somehow the two groups seemed to go different ways. Consequently we
arrived at our intended destination of Essaouira first and found an
area in the guardian parking which would accommodate all of us. The
others arrived about 10 mins later, having taken the main road whilst
we hugged the coast. I have to say that this was not the most
interesting of roads, mainly through a highly industrialised area
supporting the phosphate works and then a huge port, half of which
was still under construction.
We loved Essouira last
time and wanted to repeat our experience, at the same time
introducing it to our new friends.
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