Casablanca to Asillah 31May2012 For a while we took the motorways wanting to get maximum mileage up. Each section had toll booths and while each bit wasn't very expensive, the total was starting to add up. As well the scenery was a touch boring. The map showed us a small road running alongside the motorway but passing through small villages which we thought would be more interesting. It was the worst decision we had made all trip! It was the one of t...

Essaouira to Dar Bouazza: Word from home regarding our family had given us much to think about. Finally we made the decision to cut short our trip and head home to spend time with my father and to help out the family. So from here it was to be a quick dash back to the ferry to Spain, an equally quick dash back across Spain to the ferry for the UK. The coastal road heading north showed us many changes of scenery. Rocky ground, covered in weathered limest...

Essaouira Heading north out of Imsouane, we again took the tiniest of roads on the map and were rewarded with spectacular coastal scenery. The strong wind continued to blow and was making us wonder if driving on the coast was a good idea. However we had been sold Essaouira by several people who had raved about it. Two of the big vans had headed straight there after leaving Marrakech and Ray said it was his favourite place in Morocco. So of course we cou...

Marrakech to Imsouane: We have driven in cities with dreadful traffic and Marrakech is up there in the top ten. Once we had taken a turn too soon, it was a nightmare to get back on the right road out of the city. We did have a good tour of the back streets of the city where no tourist ever ventures but none of it would make you want to go back. Where the poor locals live is never in the brochures. We wanted to get to the south and to the coast with our ...

Back to Marrakech: We said our farewells to Paul and Liz and to Hamid who was getting a ride to a town which was on his way back to his home in Meski. And so we were on our own in Morocco, and it felt a bit like being cut adrift. We took the road out of Ouzoud through more steep gorges on, yes you guessed it, narrow winding roads. The high areas were still part of the Middle Atlas range but the drop to the plain is sudden and the land is flat to the hori...