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Day 11 in Morocco.
The disco kept us awake until the early hours, then the sites resident geese woke us up nice and early. A 5 hour drive to our next stop was not what we needed! We left Saidia on the N17, a nicely surfaced dual carriageway that took us the 60 Kms to the city of Oujda. On the outskirts of the city, the N17 became a nicely surfaced single carriageway for the next 88 Kms, until we reached the province of Bni Mathar, where it deteriorated into a pot hole strewn, sand covered mess of a road for the next 40 Kms. For the remaining 148 Kms, the road was smooth but badly eroded by the strong wind and sand which narrowed our lane and made passing on-coming trucks and buses a nervous affair.
But here we are in Bouafra, safely encamped within the grounds of the Hotel Climat du Maroc. We have EHU, toilet facilities, a restaurant and access to a shower in one of the empty hotel rooms. All for 100 dirhams. Tomorrow's drive will not be more than 2 hours duration!
The disco kept us awake until the early hours, then the sites resident geese woke us up nice and early. A 5 hour drive to our next stop was not what we needed! We left Saidia on the N17, a nicely surfaced dual carriageway that took us the 60 Kms to the city of Oujda. On the outskirts of the city, the N17 became a nicely surfaced single carriageway for the next 88 Kms, until we reached the province of Bni Mathar, where it deteriorated into a pot hole strewn, sand covered mess of a road for the next 40 Kms. For the remaining 148 Kms, the road was smooth but badly eroded by the strong wind and sand which narrowed our lane and made passing on-coming trucks and buses a nervous affair.
But here we are in Bouafra, safely encamped within the grounds of the Hotel Climat du Maroc. We have EHU, toilet facilities, a restaurant and access to a shower in one of the empty hotel rooms. All for 100 dirhams. Tomorrow's drive will not be more than 2 hours duration!