Laayoune to Dakhla: South South

My Rough Guide to Morocco mentions 4 places to see in Western Sahara: Tarfaya, Laayoune, Smara and Dakhla. There isn’t much to see in either of towns yet the splendid desolation is tempting. I was thinking to go to each town but the transport options are poor: Laayoune to Tarfaya looks like there are only […]

Sahara begins

I noticed it around 6am, where we stopped for morning tea. Silver ocean under full moon. Sand. A truck on the side of the road. The plants were gone. We were moving among nothingness, sand, gravel, all gray and silent. Then at 8am a police checkpoint. Sir, what’s your nationality? What’s your profession? Where are […]

It’s raining in heaven

Writing to you at 5am, as we were told to change the bus in Tan Tan. Tan Tan I always thought is capital of Western Sahara but we’re still way off the “border”. It’s been a rainy day. Rainy and cold, felt like Poland. +10 degrees, gray, cloudy, miserable. Lots of mint tea consumed. I […]

A stroll around Marrakech

A friend of mine, Deepak, whom I know from work, has recently relocated to Morocco. Deepak is an esteemed engineer previously based in Madagascar. And Deepak has a Moroccan girlfriend, who lives in Marrakech. And so it happened that I’m here and it’s weekend and Deepak is at his girlfriend’s. I got invited for a […]

Bienvenue à Marrakech

Morocco is long, if you include Western Sahara. There will be a lot of buslife on this trip, especially going South along the coast. I had the first such trip and during the day. A CTM bus from Tangier to Morocco. There are only 2 CTM busses a day and they cost 230Dh each and […]

Day 2: Ceuta-Tangier

I too was hoping for good Med climate to take over soon on this trip. I know, it’s only February and it’s the coast but still. And still, the morning was dark and gloomy and raining. After a perfect jamon & queso sandwich I took bus no. 7 to the border. The border was dark […]