October 5 – From Azure to Agadir
Good day. October 5th has come around. It’s time to depart Azure and make our way to Agadir. So for that we followed up on part of the conversation that we had with Maurice and went the way to get to Sidi Koyuki, where Maurice had been the day before and checking it out as a place for surfing.
We weren’t too far on our way yet and we were blocked on the road by Maurice who was waving at us, realizing that it was us and wanted to say hi one more time. He was practicing for his running and doing a marathon pretty soon. So that was a fun, unexpected encounter.
Then we drove into a wrong street and found a lower-priced diesel station. And that’s the first time that we filled up two tanks both at once. I mean, so many things happening all at once. Then we went a little further and came across a restaurant that was called Jimi Hendrix Restaurant. Of course it wasn’t open, it was early in the morning, but it was kind of fun to see that.
Surf Haven at Sidi Koyuki
Then on our way to Sidi Koyuki, where it’s kind of a surf haven. Everything is geared towards surfing. There are many places that teach you and many little pickup trucks with 10, 20 surfboards on it so they can handle big groups. All you need is to have the water accommodate.
To be able to see well in these parts of the world is not that easy. It’s generally a little hazy, so making good pictures is pretty hard. At the same place there were also camels waiting so you could ride them. So I can see that Morris is going to like hanging out in this place for a while. If he doesn’t want to surf, he can go ride a camel. Anyway, we had a coffee there and it was a good place for hanging out.
Journey to Agadir
So on we went to Agadir, which is a whole different story. Took us a few hours to get there and we took the road less traveled but still surface road. Agadir apparently had a double earthquake in 1960, followed with fires and a lot of water that actually killed 12,000 people. So the town really doesn’t have much old stuff left. It was rebuilt next to the old town and is a modern city — a really big modern city.
We stayed in a modern hotel and we did walk to the Medina which appeared to be one of the bigger ones I’ve ever been to. And you can buy just about anything under the sun for your house, clothing, food — you name it. It was a good place to visit. It might only be on Sunday nights.
Encounters in Agadir
Then we encountered a Dutch couple on the way when we were having some food to eat. They were visiting for about a week, one of them being half Dutch, half Moroccan, and it was his first time to visit his home country. Dutch people — you can find them everywhere, and it’s just not polite to not let them know that you can hear what they’re saying. Anyway, that’s how I’m going about it.
So that made for a great day to get to Agadir. Stick around. It’s a long ride, so we’ll see you tomorrow. Thank you.
