Agadir, package tourist land
December 20th 2004
Published: December 20th 2004
Published: December 20th 2004
Agadir - Beach side
Welcome to...America??? You fly thousands of miles for the same junk as you can get at home.
At the bus station I fell into the first hotel. I've gone down market again - 70 Dirhams a night with shared toilets and shower. I also booked my bus out of here.
I'll be catching the bus to Dakhla at 7pm tonight. The guy on the reception of my cheap hotel was very helpful, he told me that he thought that, that bus took 20 hours! He also then predicted my intended journey through West Africa without me telling him.
I had considered breaking the journey up, maybe stopping at Laayoune for a night. But then I thought, what the hell, get the pain over with!
The advantage of getting a bus from Agadir is that this town is a major transport hub for buses. The bus station has a large number of companies, going everywhere.
So, my next post will be from the Western Sahara. The Western Sahara is still part of Morocco, but I will
Agadir
You don't have to eat at Mcdonald's. This is one of a group of cheap restaurants to the north of the city in a square behind the bus station. It is also where all the cheapest hotels are clustered together.
Once I'm in Dakhla it's still another 6 hour journey to the Mauritanian border.
... my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
(Alfred L... full info
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The beach. It is a very good beach and is well sheltered,so it is safe to swim in.
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