Morocco from December 31 to January 6, 2009
Salam Malecum friends!, Barrancos not discuss today, but if one of the most beautiful adventures of our lives, where we left full of hope to Morocco and returned full of great feelings and great memories, then of more than 4000 km covered in these short 8 days.
December 30, 2008 departed Monica and Rachel, with good energy charge, from Valencia in the direction of Tarifa. Along the way, stop in Alicante, for lunch and our beloved Europe squeeze that may not accompany us, and who would miss you so much for the whole trip.
Next stop, Murcia. After picking up our "Cansino" Jesus, petamos the car in its broadest sense, literal and narrow path by grain.
ate with Carlos Berrios and his daughter Lydia and perform the change car, Jeep our beloved coffee with your emergency kit brand Berrios (dried chestnuts).
From here, Thank you Carlos, you're a great example of generosity.
Without you and your coffee, we could not enjoy this trip.
With Rachel's Coffee in hand, we Arrans and scaring the staff of Tarifa and while we wait for a fun and Juanjo conjoined Garbee, sophisticated wine bars visiting the place.
took the ferry to Tangier on 23.20 hours, arriving at the office about 1.00 hours Moroccan hat by changing Europe Africa. Something more crucial, because everything is different.
As we await the paperwork we discovered why they do not like to photograph their security forces, jejej. They are dressed as buttons luxury hotel the 20. Last
customs, a few meters, we exchange, under a master class of our friend and guide, Juanjo.
Soon, stop installing the station, and early spontaneous laughter with giving the glue, and the initial and continuing impacts of meeting in a country outside Europe.
Dinner at 2.30 am and continue for an hour after we stopped to sleep.
December 31, 2008 boiled breakfast at 7.45 in service station washrooms, which had only the name neat. We organize the car, and continue to Merzouga, through Meknes, Azrou, stopping at the Cedars forest and seeing monkeys as we go through the Atlas Nevado.
During the tour we saw as children we addressed in the road and what are the women in the country (van with 3 men and 3 women in the load, man and woman up truck pulling it.) Given to much reflection on the way. We
to Midelt and very tired, and rain and cold did not stop, so demoralized us a little, as it predicted a very wet desert.
Zaid contacted us and informed us that there was blackout in Merzouga and was still raining.
Finally Ali arrived at the Lame (
http://www.alielcojo.com/albergue.htm ) and enter ... everything changed ...
Discouragement became joy and disbarment. The joy of Zaid ¡¡¡¡¡ ten shit! to see Juan, meet Hassan (his brother), the ambient light of candles, colors, drums, crowd of people. Finally, joy every corner and lots of feelings ...
Zaid accompanied us to the Auberge Oasis (
http://www.auberge-oasis.net/ ), right next to where we were treated great and we prepared a delicious dinner of final year based on: Harira and Kalia. (Soup and meat and vegetable stew with egg). Tangerines for dessert, coffee and The. All this coupled with a bottle of wine and the odd beer we had brought us, because there does not sell alcohol.
Tiredness and exhaustion of travel, vanished to the rhythm of drums, clapping and dancing.
toast with a bottle of Moët and went back to Ali the Gimp, which delighted us with a castle of fireworks welcomed the new year.
There in the candlelight and with the air of the desert and its people, in a utopian goodbye 2008.
We started 2009 with more dancing, more drums, a bottle of whiskey in hand, with good passes from pipe and non-stop laughing What good times!
discovered the new Juanjo (what comes accustomed lately), Zaid taught us to get the headscarves and Jesus retired to the shared rooms (room for 4).
arrived an hour later and miraculously, and that which is just 100 mtros and silence of the desert only heard our laughter. While Jesus came to greet us as the hostel staff.
share a pleasant surprise, the clouds were going and leaving a sky full of stars. Tomorrow would be a good day!
slept soundly, though the orders of Monica with light, snoring and coughing Jesus Rachel, enlivened the hours of sleep that first night, hahaha.
January 1, 2009 We started the year with great push ..... yeah, yeah ..... pushing the coffee to the big dune, we looked awesome and under a great day. We were already in the Erg Chebbi
Berrios warnings the day before, comes to mind immediately. Fortunately, the breakfast of date jam, orange and honey, gave us energy to tear it to achieve success.
went to pick up Ali Zaid and his hangover, which would remember the day. Visit the Laguna de Merzouga, dodging, not trampling, the thousands of children who addressed us on the road asking anything with despair.