12 things I learnt shopping in the souks of Morocco
Buying things in the souks (a souk is an Arabic market) of Morocco can be hard work, confusing and sometimes just annoying if you’re a tourist. If you ask the price of something, you enter a 2 way discussion and are usually expected to buy at the end of it – especially if you accepted the […]
Finding Morocco’s wild monkeys in 13 photos – with locations
Morocco has over 5000 monkeys (Barbary Macaque) living wild in the mountains. We went to go and find some. Here is our meeting with the wild monkeys living in Morocco’s Cedar Forest (near Azrou) and the spots where you’ll find them – see last picture. This post was originally about the cedar forest, with the […]
The Sahara desert by campervan and camel
We wanted to go to the Sahara desert (Morocco) so we got in the van and drove there. We didn’t plan anything but it all worked out well. Here’s what happened: We picked this guy up, Abdoul I was with Mona (from Germany – she was on the blog last summer here). We stopped to […]
8 days in the van with Leah Shann
I met this girl. She’s called Leah Shann. We spent 8 days together in the van. This is Leah… I picked her up from Marrakech We went straight to the coast and ran into the sea We got dry by the fire And kind of went surfing in the morning See this post: Surfing in Taghazout […]
Wildcamping paradise by the blue rocks in Morocco
A begian guy (Jean Verame) came here in the 80s and spent 3 months painting loads of the rocks blue with the help of a team of Moroccan firemen. What? People hate it, people love it. Let me show you… The blue rocks are just a few km south of Tafraoute in Morocco You go […]
The valley of the vans in Tafraoute, Morocco
Tafraoute is a cool place. I’ve never seen landscape quite like this. The town is super friendly and it just has a good feel about it. I kind of wish I found this place sooner. There’s no trouble with camping in the van here – totally different to the coast. I came here after Taghazout. […]
Vanlife: Hanging out in Taghazout – 14 photos of Morocco’s best known surf town
I Nearly forgot I was in Morocco. Taghazout is a small fishing village on the west coast of Morocco but It’s full of people from all over the world – it’s pretty much run by surf culture. Whether you surf or not, it’s a nice place out hang out. After being in Sidi Kaouki for […]
Video: playing (and learning) music of West Africa – drums and balafon
I met this French couple on the west coast of Morocco. Their van is full of musical instruments! Dominique is really into music of West Africa. He teaches music and even though we couldn’t speak the same language, I learnt loads from him. This was whilst camping in Sidi Kaouki – see this post: Sidi […]
Sidi Kaouki beach on the west coast of Morocco – where I’ve been for 3 weeks
When I find a nice place, I’ll stop and live. I’ve been camping on this wild bit of coastline, just south of Sidi Kaouki beach (map below) on the west coast of Morocco, for 3 weeks! Here’s why… Sidi Kaouki is about 20km south of Essaouira (see this post: Exploring Essaouira) You can drive right onto […]