Instead we headed out of zagora yesterday but only got about 30 mins out before someone else had a proble. They left most of us and went back to the garage again. It takes moroccan children about 5 seconds to sniff out a tourist, and not much longer to cover 1/2 mile agross burning sands, barefoot, to "demande stilo" (gimme a pen). We battled bravely for a while but they did wear us down and eventually Baz cracked first - he did insist though that they queued up like the english first! Followed up with making a rope swing, origami, writing and dancing lessons. We were quite glad to get aeway when the others returned 2.5hrs after they left!
Meant we had a long days drive to get back on track. Got to campsite at about 6pm, and pitched tents. TJ has been quite poorly with a tummy bug & nausea, but is much better after a good night's sleep. Attached pic is of our hotel room here in Taroudant, I hope it's more comfortable than it looks!
A 2hr drive this morning brings us to Taroudant, which is apparently like Marrakech used to be 30 years ago. We're here for the day and tonight, so will do some exploring after lunch. Tomorrow we leave for Essoauria (sp?) and then i guess we're on the home stretch up the coast.
Weather today is clear and sunny (hot, infact) so am looking forward to a mooch around the Berber and Arabic souks. And a dinner that is not tagine, brochettes or bloody couscous!
K
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