Finally the week of Spring Break arrived. It was over the same time as Miami's, which means I missed no important news. Well we decided to head South. It seemed to be the best time for such a trip due to the countries size. Morocco has an area comparable to the state of California. We went from Ifrane to Casablanca to pick up my friend Alessandro from the airport. There we visited the Hassan II mosque. By pure coincidence I also met Wynona and her husband Richard there, quite pleasant I have to say. That mosques is "ginormous", and completely out of proportions to reality. I mean, it is the third largest mosque in the world, it has the tallest minaret in the world, with all the bells and whistles, every Moroccan paid money for the mosque, and people even died building it. Instead of giving it a name that is synonymous to the people and the country, it was named after the King Hassan II. I assume that this is how Morocco works, if you have the money you get everything that you want.
The next day we started our journey due South. We left Casablanca and traveled towards Marrakesh, where we stayed for one night. The next day we left for the coast. We arrived in Agadir around 4ish, and instead of continuing towards Mirleft, we decided to go North and stop in a small town named Taghazout. We decided to do that, since Agadir is a giant luxury construction site.... YUK! In Taghazout we stayed at the beach, had fish 4 times, and Andrew tried to surf. From there we finally made our journey to Mirleft, yes we went to a small Berber fishing village.
Once we got into Mirleft, it became clear that it might just be one of the most deserted places I've ever put my feet in. One road, that was basically it. The beach was beautiful, cliffs all around, nice waves, fine sand. Except for some trash and a tourist trap cave, it was a very different experience. Most people there spoke better English and Berber than Arabic I felt. The place we stayed in was original Moroccan to a certain extent. A nice atrium style house with an original squatter toilet!!!!! It was quite an experience, be ready for it if you come to these parts of the world. The rest of the week was dominated by relaxation and random shenanigans. On Friday we headed back, the trip was marred by some disagreements, but all in all, we were a pretty fun crowd to travel with.
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