Keep on Rockin' in Morocco!

We were looking forward to heading to Essaouira. After the hustle and bustle (more hustle), were wanted a slower pace. When we woke up in morning, Kelly wasn’t feeling that well. She thought that she was just nervous about not getting up early enough for our bus. After a quick breakfast, we arrived at station for our 8am bus. Only three hours to the beach.

The ride on the bus was certainly memorable. The roads were only two lanes, narrow, and in the middle of nowhere in the desert. Also, the bus passed several cars and motorcycles, even with approaching oncoming traffic. About two and half hours into the trip, Kelly felt more nauseous. She tried desperately not to get sick. Steve handed Kelly his button-down shirt to use as a “bag” in case she did become ill. Well, Kelly did get sick, vomiting half in the shirt and half onto Steve’s lap (and the floor, laptop, and camera). The passengers on the bus were very understanding and helpful. Another 20 minutes later we were off the bus, hoping never see any of those people again. There's a good chance a photo of the fateful meal is posted in the post below.

Kelly spent the rest of the day and the next lying in bed. Fortunately, after her bout with food poisoning, she is feeling much better. Steve spent his first two days in Essaouira playing reversi and checkers on the computer (due to the lack of tv or internet in our riad).

Essaouira is a beautiful seaport town. It is small; the medina can be walked in less then twenty minutes. Orson Welles filmed Othello here because of the historic ramparts in the city. Today, we walked around a bit, stopping in a few shops and taking pictures. It is certainly more calm and peaceful than Marrakech. Our riad Dar Afram has a great bohemian style to it with stained glass windows and a huge tiger print bed spread with the mattress on the floor.



We have to post from internet cafes and they are not so good, so we may not post our pictures again until Agadir, but stay tuned.