Wednesday 2 January 2008

1400, 1500 miles - the road to Agadir, and beyond

We left Marrakech quite late in the day and headed west on the National route towards Agadir.  Didn't see any of the other teams en-route, which wasn't so surprising - we DID see (and get stuck behind) a massive tailback of 20+ vehicles headed by a couple of lorries.  Took us an hour of driving at 40km/h to get past, in very hilly country.
 
I think that the rest of the teams spent the night in (reputedly very plastic) Agadir - we headed an extra 80km further south to Mirleft, which is a one-street village on the coast reputedly popular with surfer types.  We arrived at night again, but this time the driving was a completely different story - minimal traffic, no donkeys, excellent road surface, reliable road signs. 
 
Hotel Atlas was very welcoming, and good value and clean to boot.  They even let me start to repair our stereo on the breakfast table, hopefully that will be working properly by the end of the day...

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