Essaouira 2

Nice day wandered the town.  I found a hat for the Sahara and paid only 3 dollars thanks to Cindy.  I got a falafel sandwich for lunch as I had not had one for months.  Stomach was not happy about that.  By dinner time I had the chills, good old food poisoning and it was a rough night.

Essaouira

9/5/12

No riding

Sunny

Love & Kisses

View from the hotel

Steve

Essaouira

Got up early but lost a bit of the morning to eating.  My map marked the industrial area as scenic.   The costal fog helped make the industrial region a bit nicer,  Just did not want to linger near the various smoke stacks.  My map did not make the big cliffs over looking the sea as scenic.  It was a long day as we road 125k up many hills.  I did get the bike up to almost 70k on one downhill stretch.  I should not have used the brakes on the turn at the top.   As the sunset we rolled in Essaouira.  Found a great room at the roof top level which you could walk out and look over the fortress wall into the sea.  There is a kitchen so we can cook for our selves

Construction is everywhere

Using hoses to dive from the boats

Essaouira

9/4/12

125 Kilometers, 7:42 Moving Time, Max Speed 69.2 k, Moving Average 16.4 k, 

 Stop Time 9:38 Overall Average Speed 10.3 k,   Start 9:20 end 21:00 Accent 935 meters.

Coastal fog in the morning then sunny

Love & Kisses

Steve

Sufi

I got up early and just road.  I plan to meet Cindy at the hotel.  It was a good ride getting to Safi at mid day.  Did a little looking around town and then looked for Cindy on the main road as I ended up at a different hotel than planned.  A little while later I spot Cindy going into the first hotel.  Found out she got there a bit earlier than I expected and ended up in the hotel across from me.  We saw a bit more of Safi and then took advantage of our own rooms.

Sufi

9/3/12

76.3 Kilometers, 5:54 Moving Time, Max Speed 46.5 k, Moving Average 12.9 k, 

Hey you should be on the other side of the road

 Stop Time 5:48 Overall Average Speed 6.5 k,   Start 8:00 end 12:30 Accent 512 meters.

Coastal fog in the morning then sunny

Love & Kisses

Steve

Qualidia

Nice ride down the coast.  Pic ended up looking a bit blue???

Qualidia

9/2/12

84.1 Kilometers, 4:36 Moving Time, Max Speed 41.0 k, Moving Average 18.3 k, 

 Stop Time 2:24 Overall Average Speed 12.0 k,   Start 12:00 end 19:00 Accent 227 meters.

Sunny with some clouds in the evening

Love & Kisses

Steve

Those hole are a fashion statement

Town has a nice Old Portuguese fort to explore.   Then found a tailor to fix my shorts.  She did not like my old repairs and rip them out to make my short have nice seems.  6 dirhams well spent.

Donut

El Jadida

9/1/12

No Riding

 sunny

Love & Kisses

Steve