Day 75, 17 September 2012, Essaouira - Today was the day for completions. We were fooled by the light this morning - it seemed dark for a much longer time than usual and even at 7 am town was still blanketed in grey clouds and a gentle sea mist. We woke up the night porter to unlock and let us out (sigh.... fire safety leaves a bit to be desired....). The streets seem 5 times as wide when not full of vendors, their wares, beggars and helpful urchin types, not ...

Day 74, 16 September 2012, Essaouira. Exploring, Expending - energy and euros - and of course, Eating! It was a magical day in Essouira. We slept in a little as breakfast in most riads gets underway at the civilised hour of 8 am. We tasted our first Morrocan pancake - sort of like a square crepe made out of croissant pastry and the usual baguettes, jam and coffee. Having spied the larger room and begged an upgrade we moved our belongings next door and then se...

Day 73, 15 September 2012, Essaouira. All packed up and ready to go, we were picked up and loaded into a mini-van along with 8 or 9 day-trippers. Very much the easy way - could have made the trip on a coach but that would have involved copious amounts of effort in getting to the train station, buying tickets the day before and then getting selves and luggage to the train station the following day via taxi to catch the coach. Sometimes it's worth throwing mone...