THE CLUTCH ISSUE
This morning when leaving for our final destination Asilah, the Def decided to play up again!
We had already filled up the clutch hydraulic liquid in Sidi Ifni but the reservoir apparently was empty again just after our departure. We toppled it up and bled the system at the gas station on the toll road, with Ollie underneath the car and dad pushing the paddle to get the air out.
Once arrived at the hotel in Asilah, the hunt was on for spare-parts. With the help of Ollie’s dad in Bordeaux and Aziz here in Casablanca we searched for a solution. It was already 16h and we decided to just drive to Tanger tomorrow and see how the Def will handle its deteriorated clutch-state. In the worst case dad will have to tow it into the seaport and into the ferry…
We’re asking you to keep your fingers crossed so we can at least make it to Bordeaux where normally we will have the spare-parts available!
We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting the beautiful medina of Asilah! It is breath-taking and reminded us a lot of the white and blue painted houses seen in Spain and Portugal. We enjoyed the last visit at a local pub with local beer and as an ‘apero’ freshly grilled anchovis & local olives.
I’m heading off to the internet café around the corner to upload this onto the blog… no wifi to be found here. We’re rounding off this great trip around Morocco with our minds full of beautiful memories and impressions of a country in full expansion and transformation brought about by its younger generation.
With our greetings from a lively Asilah!
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