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| blaine wrote:
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Sorry all if my "War and Peace" wasn't reader friendly but it was longer than anticipated and I ran out of time to "tidy up" note the Welsh influence see!!!
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I hope you don't mind me breaking it up a bit, I really can't track the lines once part way down and if I'm going to add a few returns I may as well share it. It was worth the effort for me, a good read.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:24 am |
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Richard, I travelled last Febuary competely on my own for two weeks and had a fantastic time, going there again soon.
joe
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Solo as in No Partner. You Brave sole.
I am a single traveller and it takes me a while to get myself going. Just done three weeks France & Spain.
Want to go away for the winter so have started to phsyce (spelling) myself up.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:59 pm |
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Sorry I meant Blaine to say thank you too for his advice.
If you only had three weeks whilst in Morocco where would you go and how long would you spend at each place.
What is the weather/temperature at that time.
Will it be really busy, or can you always find campsites
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:02 pm |
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| PATSY4 wrote:
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Sorry I meant Blaine to say thank you too for his advice.
If you only had three weeks whilst in Morocco where would you go and how long would you spend at each place.
What is the weather/temperature at that time.
Will it be really busy, or can you always find campsites
Kind regards
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Pat we would certainly head down to Agadir, definitely south of Marrakech, the weather is much better. We had torrential rain on our way down the west coast in Jan.
Asilah- has a lovely secure parking by the beach, fresh fish in the evening and a beautiful Medina.
Sale/Rabat. -I would not miss. They are building a new Marina so the campsite at Sale will go but I think it will be replaced [In sha Allah, -you will hear that a lot]. Spent a 4-5 days here.
El Jadida -Camp International [<7 euro] enjoyed a couple of days here.
Essaouira. Loved this place camped outside the Medina walls guardian there 24 hrs [as is the case in most night parking throughout ]Stayed a few days
Agadir - Not the most authentic place but everyone wants to go if only to see the goats feeding in the Argan trees! Stayed 5 days as we were meeting friends. Atlantica Park has amazing facilities. Had a mural painted on the van. Facility for making awnings. Moroccan carpets etc and all prices reasonable [cheap to us]Good Internet facility. Down side is 20 k to Agadir but no problem parking, usual pay the guardian about 5 dirhams -35p! he'll look after it [as everywhere] There is a camp site in the centre but it is packed and am told not very good. Good Marjane supermarket for stocks of wine and beer as well as the usual.
Tiznit South of Agadir is lovely but the campsite fills very quickly after a days sightseeing we drove down to campsite at Aglou plage not far away. You may not have time for this.
Marrakech- stayed a few days did the usual Fna Square, Souks and evening "entertainment" Also cycled through the palmerie and found a very authentic local souk.
Ouzoude is not far from Marrakech and have fabulous waterfalls and Barbary Apes. We stayed for few days, walking to the waterfalls, an isolated village and the local village watching life as basic as it comes.
Ait Ben Haddau as I said previously is well worth a visit but is a long way and the roads are the notorious passes which tend to be slow!
Meknes is well worth a few days and you can go by train to Fez saving the camp fees and parking.You would go through the cedar forest where there are a lot of Barbary Apes and fantastic scenery. The campsite took a while to find though
Chefchaouen. We stayed 2 nights just enough to look around and eat a mix fish lunch. We found these places throughout Morocco where the locals eat and it is the most fantastic variety of fried fish dips etc for about 3 euros [30 dirhams]
Now you would be about ready for the short hop back to Ceuta.
Hope this isn't too much info but believe me you will enjoy just close your eyes to the black bags and don't encourage the children as their hands are always out. The King is really trying to stop them as tourism is so important to their economy. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:25 pm |
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Wow Blaine thank you that was a great response, we maybe able to stretch it a few days if we leave here before xmas we could take 5 days to get there and 5 days back, as I think the ferry to Santander or Bilbao will be finished, maybe able to take the ferry there and drive back.
We are quite adventurous but fairly new to motorhoming, would you take a large motorbike on the back of a trailer, or is that one more thing to worry about with security.
I just wished we had more time to really get to know the place but hopefully in 3 years my other half retires so we will have more time, even though we will have to work occasionally to support our lifestyle.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:56 am |
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| PATSY4 wrote:
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Wow Blaine thank you that was a great response, we maybe able to stretch it a few days if we leave here before xmas we could take 5 days to get there and 5 days back, as I think the ferry to Santander or Bilbao will be finished, maybe able to take the ferry there and drive back.
We are quite adventurous but fairly new to motorhoming, would you take a large motorbike on the back of a trailer, or is that one more thing to worry about with security.
I just wished we had more time to really get to know the place but hopefully in 3 years my other half retires so we will have more time, even though we will have to work occasionally to support our lifestyle.
Best wishes
Pat
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As for the motor bike I think this a personal thing, we have folding bikes and find them really useful again whether its cycles or motorbike there is always someone who will look after it for you for a few pence. Petit taxis are cheap and where available trains are also cheap [not many areas have trains] Personally for your first short trip I would think you are going to be quite busy seeing as much as possible. On your return you will have a better idea of how you want to play it and maybe more time.
One last comment, there are 2 types of diesel 1 is produced in Morocco and much cheaper, we often used it without problem. 2 is Euro diesel imported from mainland Spain [I believe] this is more expensive but better quality?
Happy travels maybe we'll meet some day
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:37 am |
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Pat,
If your motorhome is a newish model...ALWAYS USE THE DEARER DIESEL(the difference is really not worth calculating !!).....IF, its older.....as ours is, then the local brew is fine. This advise was given to us the 1st year we visited Morocco and we have never had any problems .
While we were in Ouzarzate we did meet people who had had problems with contaminants in the diesel...but this is generally in the deep south !!
Enjoy......we do !!!
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:29 pm |
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Thanks Jennie and Gordon
Its great to get advice, how many days would you allocate from dover to get there and back, is it quite busy that time of year, are the roads good for a tourer motorcycle, may decided to leave the motorcycle, due to cost on ferry and tolls, and worrying about it while there.
But then again if the roads are good, it would be great to get some motorbiking in.
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