6 July

TRADITIONAL TATTOOS AT ESSAOUIRA

This morning we slowed down the pace a bit as the last few nights were quite late… 

Kimo and Keone had the swimmingpool to themselves as the camping only had a couple of visitors which hadn’t surfaced yet. We soaked up some sun ourselves before heading off to the Medina of Essaouira around noon.

The parking in front of the old city centre was one big ‘souq’ ! Cars were double-parked, some were just being pushed forward or backwards so you could access the spot next to it, somewhat like those games you find where the pieces are mixed up and you have to slide them along !!

This Medina turned out to be a real tourist trap and it was far less authentic then the one in Safi.  Still it was nice to walk through it and see the splendid narrow old streets that were built in such a way as to keep out the windy weather on that particular coast.

We ended up finding a cozy little restaurant “La Clé de Voûte”  where they served very tasty Moroccan dishes.  The Oldies enjoyed their glass of cold Casablanca beer and I had a wifi access to update this blog. What more could we have wished for!

We set forth our tour beyond the Medina and ended up with Fatima for a traditional Tattoo session. It was mum who had the idea although none of us were too excited about it. Well it turned out that Fatima had her day, as she didn’t have any clients for over 72 hours because of the gusty winds…. 

and Kimo, Olivier & I had her decorate our skin with Henna . Amazing how she drew the traditional designs in no time!  The ones for the boys were a bit harder on her.

Tonight we prepared bags, cars and the rest of our stuff to continue our trip tomorrow direction Agadir.