Essaouria, Day 1

So these are some pictures from the bus from Marrakech to Essaouria.

 

As we drove through this one tiny little town, there was a ton of dust being blown around.  Mini dust storm, I guess.

 

And while we ended up seeing lots of camels in Morocco, the first one we saw was in a truck.

Then we got there and walked through the medina to our hotel.

 

This was the view from our terrace.

Then we went back out and wandered around.

Being so much farther south, the shops had a lot more African-feeling stuff, like deep-Africa.  Just look and see what I mean.

This guy gave me his email address and wanted me to post this picture on Facebook.  No thanks.

 

 

I so wish I would have bought one of these cool long-legged horses for my dad.

 

 

 

Then, when it was about 6:00 and we were waiting for the restaurants to open in an hour, we went out to this open area between the walled city and the boat harbor and watched the pretty sunset.  Lots of people were also doing this, and we got more offers of smokes.

 

   

Then we went here and had dinner.

 

I had couscous and Brett had a pastilla.  It was alright but not phenomenal.  A cat came inside and sat on an empty seat.

We really liked it in Essaouria.  More of it tomorrow.