On leaving Morocco

Well I loved every minute of my time spent in Morocco.
I started out on this trip in search of an adventure and I think riding off the fast cat to Morocco is really where is started. To be immersed in a culture so different to my own gave me a real feeling of putting myself out there being vunerable and enjoying it, I think I had not ridden 20 km before I said to Chenty "can you believe we are in Morocco"
Finding the home stay in Fes was just what I wanted but I also knew Chenty would not like it too much, but as we have both said this is a journey of discovery not only to discover new places but also to discover more about ourselves.


Some of the things that come to mind now when I think Morocco are the people, they are friendly, happy and always ready to help, the children are happy whether they are working in the fields to help the family or chasing a football in the streets of the Medina where no grass is to be seen. the country is spectacular in many ways, The mountains the gorges the flat land heading to the desert then there is the desert I think every one should spend one night in the desert sleeping under the stars it was just one of those moments I will never forget. Marrakesh the night market a wonderful sight to see. That city really wakes up after dark and to go in and eat at the food stalls was a real experience (we had a recommendation from a friend we meet in Lisbon thanks Luis) Then on to the coast riding up the Atlantic coast on the African continent long beaches with no one there, lots of small farms growing everything from Bananas to tomatoes to Cabbages.

Other things, the garbage everywhere, mainly plastics, the overloaded trucks, the overloaded scooters, we saw up to four people on one scooter Mum, Dad and the two kids no helmets to be seen,
The chaos of the traffic throughout out the towns and city's, but we never saw an accident the traffic just flowed like water in the streets every one honking at each other but not once did we see any traffic rage. Then there where the Mercedes taxi cabs people here really know how to carpool I saw eight full grown men in one cab and the cab was so old we would have scrapped it a long time ago. The donkeys are a major part of this transportation system they move things through the Medina where the streets are so narrow nothing else will fit, also on the construction site packing sand and even bags of cement or bricks and also on the farms carrying all the produce and even the grass they will eat later in the day their little legs just one in front of the other.
All in all I had a great time, yes we dropped the bike in the sand and got the trots but that just seemed to make it more real and as we headed back to Spain I was sorry to see the lights go down on this wonderful country.

Now I am really looking forward to Turkey, Israel and Egypt.
Let the adventure continue.
Trev