Goodbye Africa

We still do not have internet in our hotel in Agadir, so we apologize that the posts are less frequent. The remainder of our stay in Essaouira was nice; we ate dinner at our riad one night and Kelly had the best vegetable tagine of her time so far. The day we left, she went to a local hammam - which is kind of a Moroccan bathhouse - and had some of their treatments which provided some nice relaxation. Steve spent the time in an internet café trying to post our many pictures (unsuccessfully).

The bus ride from Essaouira to Agadir was a lot less eventful than the one from Marrakesh! However, it was one of the most picturesque (and curvy) rides we have ever been on, with the bus following the narrow switchbacks of the mountains while overlooking the rocky coast of the Atlantic. Most of the land – amazingly – is undeveloped and unimaginably beautiful. We were also able to see the sunset over the water on our ride.



Agadir is a beach resort and, in a serious contrast to the rest of our trip, we are staying in a beach resort hotel (and for about $50 a night). The people here are extremely nice and seem very happy and surprised when they learn that we are American. The majority of tourists here are English and German it appears. We are using our time here to recharge and not do too much as we get ready to fly to Paris!!

We’ll post back soon.