Essaouira is a really chilled out port
town to the south of Morocco. It's famous because Jimmy Hendrix lived
their for a year in 1968 making amazing music and sampling the fine
Moroccan hashish. It kind of reminded me of Freo a bit. Nice beach,
very relaxed people, port, music and markets everywhere. We basically
did nothing for 3 days and soaked up the sun.
Chefchaouen is my favourite place in
Morocco!! Set in the mountains the town is covered in one shade of
indigo after another. The old city is just completely covered in the
colour blue. Surrounded by amazing mountain scenery, with rivers and
waterfalls in abundance. We walked up to a mosque on the top of a
hill that looked out over the whole city. We were awe struck and sat
taking it all in for over an hour. The next day we trekked for 2
hours in the mountains to find another natural beauty The Cascade D'
Akchung. A towering waterfall set in its own epic rocky arena. The
walk was hard and hilly but we made a Moroccan friend who helped us
along the way setting a very quick walking pace. I decided to go for
a swim because the water was perfectly clear and amazing shades of
blue. But it was icy cold and I almost froze when I emerged.
We spent a lot of time relaxing and
wandering the small streets checking out all of the local artesian
delights and sampling more of the delicious Moroccan cuisine.
Ahh Morocco why did it have to end.
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