Chi's Travel Log - Agadir, Morocco 09-03-2009

Portraits of some people I met on tour

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Week15

20090309 Mon - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 very quiet this morning felt a bit delicate so had some yogurt and cereal and a chilled morning, then had a ride on the Moto to Banana village to fuel up called in on Jerry for a coffee on the way, just got back to the van and Richard arrived him & Paul had been come up from Guilmim fairly slowly then had camped at banana beach then arrived here today. Had a coffee with Richard and caught up on events and plans. Had a quiet evening getting the notes up to date and the computer then retired 9pm.

20090310 Tue - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 After breakfast went down to the internet and sent my weekly emails, also uploaded the website which is now up to date. After lunch decided to have a run north up the coast road on the bike, I was going to see a campsite supposed to be about 10 miles away, after 20 miles I concluded the one I was looking for was about another 15 miles so I set off back calling in at a few beaches, one was a really popular surfers beach which looked really cool, I confirmed the location of the site with a young English couple I spoke to on the surfers beach who had camped there. On the way out on the ride I also bumped into two couples in convey they were driving some serious off road kit one of the vehicles was a Man wagon with 8 wheel drive with 4 front wheel steering the other wagon was towing skycar, and they also had land cruiser or similar the girls were driving, they had been filming way down Africa skycar 2009 and were part way through their 9000km drive home to the UK. I have yet to check the web site.

20090311 Wed - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 After breakfast noticed the bike tax disc was missing so traced my steps locally but no joy. Spent the rest of the day chatting to Fred and generally pottering about, finally had tea and an early night.

20090312 Thu - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 After breakfast cleaned the van then emptied the grey and black and got the van washed, repositioned it ready for tomorrow afternoon. Went down the shops and got supplies to make a beef & veg chilli for tomorrow it filled two large pans and took a good few hours to make, it was about 35° in the van, finished and had a sample at 3pm, then went down the internet and uploaded some pics to the web site checked email and back to the van. Had a drink with Fred, Sue, Tom & Pam then had a few snacks some chateau Neuf De Pap Red and chicken curry to finish the night off.

20090313 Fri - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 had a good morning preparing for the party at 2pm invited a few fellow campers for a get together I was supplying chilli, bread, snacks and a few shots, they had to bring their own chairs, glass, dish and spoon. Worked out really well in the 30°s but there was a nice afternoon breeze and I had a nice bit of afternoon shade after turning the van round. Ian & Lou, Tom & Pam, Frank & Kath, arrived first followed by Jerry & Julia, Fred & Sue and Derek & Mary we all had a good evening eating, drinking, laughing and generally a good crack till about 11pm, we had the tunes playing throughout and no problems with the power, even finished off with some fresh cooked hot dough nuts a good night was had by all.

20090314 Sat - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 felt pretty good this morning and decided to accompany Derek, Mary, Tom & Pam to Marjane in Agadir for some shopping. After the shopping we all had pizza for lunch then had a run down to the European beach quarter where we had a stroll, a coffee, a little shopping and watched a beach off road bike competition, it was really busy bikes buzzing round everywhere and lots of interested onlookers, got back to the site about 4pm after another good day. Just got my dinner started and Manfred & Sylvia invited me to join then in sharing a Tajine for dinner, had a couple of glasses of wine and meat balls & vegetables with spices Moroccan style it was lovely, retired about 9pm.

20090315 Sun - Agadir Atlantic Campsite - m&a 7:30 bright and early had a tidy round and a quiet morning copying the pics from Friday night for everyone. Later ordered a special front screen cover to be made for the van tomorrow, then had a few pots with Fred, Tom & Sue, had a late dinner a movie and retired about 10:30pm.

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