Morocco 2016

horshamjack said:
Hi Ken we are driving down to Ifni today and wanted to know if the road in is suitable for MH for a stop, I remembered you guys all bussed it in last year, thought I could kill two birds per say:unsure:
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If you mean Sidi Ifni then yes! There is a brand new road taking you all the way down to the beach and campsites in the town.
 
You are correct Ken, as you pull off the road you go down a dirt track to the right and there is some flat ground overlooking the village, what a nice place.
 
PhilandMena said:
With Mike and Gwen overlooking the massive lagoon in the Akhfinner national park with several other campers. The views are breathtaking as we are also surrounded by long desert sandunes. Down in the lagoon which has a exposed section when the tide goes out there are a lot on Whimbrel's and a host of smaller waders that I am unable to identify. Yesterday evening we saw a group of Flamingos out on the lagoon and believe it or not at our last camp site there was a Goshawk sitting on a wall.
Directly below us ( we are parked on a cliff) the local fishermen come in and sell there catch directly to us. Yesterday I bought 6 fresh monk fish for 25Dh each and they were still alive when they were gutted and skinned, big fish too. Those of you who have had monkfish know what a great tasting fish this is.
I will go fishing with one of our neighbour's today, an English couple and we shall stay here for a few days before moving further south.
It's mostly wild camping down here with little groups of motorhomes camped up at appropriate places along the coast road. We have seen some beutiful locations on the way down and are starting to see desert terrain now. Having difficulty with getting a good connection so no photos until later on. Everybody sends their regards and we look forward to meeting up with you in the near future.
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Phil,

This sounds great, need a mortgage to buy Monkfish here. Interested to know how you got on with the fishing?

Keith :cool:
 
Red hot here at Foum Zguid, Camping Kayma Parc which is a 5 min walk from the centre of the village. Not a lot here although Restaurant Chegaga does lovely chicken and/or beef brochettes with super chips. Proprietor is very friendly and we had a lovely evening there last night.

The site is busier than last year although there are more German and Dutch about. The three lads who run it are always around, and the facilities, though basic, are spotless. If you do come here don't be put off by the entrance, it's great inside with pitches amongst the palms.

A slightly depleted minigroup is departing tomorrow eastwards for Zagora - we've been told that the direct N12 is now an excellent metalled road it's entire length.
 
After a hot dusty bike ride across country to Tagazoute we deserved a slap up meal and coffee! Tag was buzzing with a great atmosphere, the beach was busy with loads of surfers and peeps just enjoying the sunshine.

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New wooden cabins and new road, near where we used to camp.
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Still nothing being built on the area where we all camped.
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We are now at Les Jardines de Zagora in Zagora. We were walking around town and met up with @Izzy who we helped with buying the tickets and getting through customs at Tangier Med. We last saw him at Assilah.

During the conversation it became apparent that he is not a paid up member but used us for the help and advise that we offered to our members. I am most disgusted that he refused to pay the £15 subscription but was happy to obtain the €20 discount we obtained for him.

Very angry at his attitude.

Colin
 
He won't be the first Colin nor the last.

If you run out of wine whilst there have a word with the patron and he can 'supply you under the table' so to speak.

A trip across the road to the Hotel Tinzouline is an experience if you'd like a hamam style scrub down and a cool beer afterwards.
 
We are now in the Western Sahara, somewhere south of layoune on the NI parked up in a dedicated spot that a local took us too and a little tired. We have been driving for most of today and still around 300 miles to go to Dakla. Today, I lost my offside headlamp protector, which did it's job to perfection and now lies somewhere in the desert, along with Mike's offside wing mirror, smashed to bits again by a twat that is unable to position his motorhome in his lane.

The roads here are surprisingly good, we get the odd short section that is a little worn and then it's all good, a lot of sections you can easily do 80 mph as there is little traffic down here. Lots of Army though. Today we went through two check points less than 100 Mts apart and we're given a thorough document search at each point. This was probably the point where we crossed into the Weston Sahara. It's all desert now with some stunning views interpret by a lot of nothing. Huge salt plains and long sand dunes. Layounne is an impressive town, quite large and clearly a garrison town with a lot of army barracks and an air force base. We had planned to stop at a campsite (camping Nil) but when we got there it had been taken over by the army and we were not allowed to use recognised night stops because the king is visiting Dakla and they are clearing the route for him. All the little towns spruced up and flags everywhere, including along the N1.
We fueled up on the southern edge of LAyoune at, wait for it 4.5 Dh a litre, about 30 pence. This will take us all the way to Dakla where we will brim again, and brim again at LAyoune on the way back up.
I have lots of pictures but unable to load up as my laptop suddenly decided it does not have the correct network protocols and so will not connect to the tinternet. Another time then, when I resolve that issue.

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As always great photos Phil keep em coming (y)
 
Pikeman said:
Phil,

This sounds great, need a mortgage to buy Monkfish here. Interested to know how you got on with the fishing?

Keith :cool:
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I got my rod out at the lagoon and fished from the little boat pontoon with a chp called Ian, great guy who loved fishing and had all the gear and told me some great stories about his fishing exploits. I fished with a running lead weight and as soon as my bait hit bottom there was tap, tap, tap but I could not set the hook. We fished as the tide came in but would have done much better if we hired a boat and went out into the lagoon like the French guy's did, they came back with loads of fish of all different types. The sea here is so rich with fish, you see the locals fishing all the time.
Next year I will get a beach rod so I can fish the beaches.
 
CherryPirate said:
We are now at Les Jardines de Zagora in Zagora. We were walking around town and met up with @Izzy who we helped with buying the tickets and getting through customs at Tangier Med. We last saw him at Assilah.

During the conversation it became apparent that he is not a paid up member but used us for the help and advise that we offered to our members. I am most disgusted that he refused to pay the £15 subscription but was happy to obtain the €20 discount we obtained for him.

Very angry at his attitude.

Colin
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Bad form that. :swear2:
 
PhilandMena said:
I got my rod out at the lagoon and fished from the little boat pontoon with a chp called Ian, great guy who loved fishing and had all the gear and told me some great stories about his fishing exploits. I fished with a running lead weight and as soon as my bait hit bottom there was tap, tap, tap but I could not set the hook. We fished as the tide came in but would have done much better if we hired a boat and went out into the lagoon like the French guy's did, they came back with loads of fish of all different types. The sea here is so rich with fish, you see the locals fishing all the time.
Next year I will get a beach rod so I can fish the beaches.
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If all goes well I will be just up the beach from you.

Keith :cool:
 
Sounds like some kind of adventure you are on there PhilandMena - keep up the good work, all great reference material for other campers. We are happily ensconced in the ARGANA hotel with decent facilities and accommodation awaiting van respray.

Noticed across the road from hotel about 8-9 french vanes parked up for the last couple of days in un-busy large car park near McDonalds on 'Avenue Prince Moulay Abdullah' Not too far from the SOUK and in the next street up 'Rue de Marrakech' there is a supermarket selling wine and beer cheap for Morac.

Felicitations to Terry, Colin, Brian, Fat Bob, Derek and the fair ladies - enjoyed your company on the way down. Hope all is well and keep traveling. As Dazzlin reminded me on leaving Tarfraoute, 'the destination's not important, it's the journey that counts'
 
Great Pictures PhilandMena.
I used to work for HMTQ and everywhere she went there were lots of flags and the smell of fresh paint. Same everywhere eh! Lol.
Safe trip.
 
Holed up at Plage Blanche, nice WC a couple other vans here, over 40km of beach

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Will stop here till water runs out then head to Abaynou and onto Tafroute
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Local Berber encampment
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That's as far as the local dogs came to the van!! Max had their measure
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PhilandMena said:
I got my rod out at the lagoon and fished from the little boat pontoon with a chp called Ian, great guy who loved fishing and had all the gear and told me some great stories about his fishing exploits. I fished with a running lead weight and as soon as my bait hit bottom there was tap, tap, tap but I could not set the hook. We fished as the tide came in but would have done much better if we hired a boat and went out into the lagoon like the French guy's did, they came back with loads of fish of all different types. The sea here is so rich with fish, you see the locals fishing all the time.
Next year I will get a beach rod so I can fish the beaches.
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Come on now Phil I expect you to catch lots of fish, you know you've had lessons off an expert, Monkfish make great kebabs by the way. Cold and pissing down today in Benidorm!
 
Ok help needed, will be heading down the coast over the next few weeks so will be sampling the local fish, the fish man comes round in the morning what's the best way to cook them ?? Don't have a BBQ (yet)
Thanks in advance

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