Day 11 - Tuesday, January 12, 2023 - Marrakesh to Essaouira
Today
we headed for yet another UNESCO site. Essaouira is a relatively new town compared
to Fez and Marrakesh. along the way we stopped to see the goats in the Argan trees - a rather strange site and then stopped at a women's co-op that produced argan oil and related products. After arriving at Essaouira Khalid oriented us as to the high points in the
town. He showed us the bell tower as our reference point and we went from
there. We visited the Fort (Skala de LA Ville) the Port with all the blue boats
and walked the beach. We ate at a restaurant that Khalid had told us was
associated with one of the nicer hotels in the town but it was pricey. Since it
was a beautiful location on the beach we checked out the menu and found mussels
tagine for 60 dirhams- $6. The beers were more but we had more mussels(50) than
we've ever had in an order. With 2 orders of mussels and 2 beers our bill was
just over $20. Their beers are expensive, relatively speaking.
Upon
arriving back at the hotel we took all our purchases from the bus and packed
our suitcases to make sure everything fit. Thankfully it did. Tomorrow we leave
for Casablanca.
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| The goats in the Argan Tree |
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| Woman shelling argan seeds |
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| Explaining how Argan oil is made. The facility is a woman's co-op. |
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| Grinding the Argan seeds |
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| Extracting the argan oil |
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| Entrance to the Medina |
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| Clock Tower |
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| At the fort |
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| The Blue Boats |
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| The Blue Boats |
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| Lunch at the beach |
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