by Allen | Aug 23, 2017 | Updates
Change of plan Our new Aussie neighbours in Marina Boureg, Craig and Julie, came over to say hello after returning from a couple of days in Fes. Their enthusiastic description of their time there conjured up images of an ancient city unspoilt over hundreds of years,...
by Allen | Aug 22, 2017 | Updates
Kasbah les Oudaias Our journey to Rabat started on the bow of a small boat, expertly steered by the ferryman who rowed standing, incongruously dressed amongst all the disarray in his immaculate white dish-dash. The five minute journey across the Bou Regreg river from...
by Allen | Aug 18, 2017 | Updates
Salé 16th August 2017 We seemed to spend most of our first day trying to work out where Salé railway station is. Google maps thinks it is somewhere it certainly isn’t, and the signage is woefully inadequate. So, with no data roaming available, there was only one...
by Allen | Aug 16, 2017 | Updates
Leaving Albufeira The Sunday delivery of pink-skinned tourists, mostly from the UK judging by their accents and pallor, wandered the promenade of Marina Albufeira in various states of undress as we prepared to leave. We’ve been here long enough to spot the new...
by Allen | Aug 11, 2017 | Updates
The Return of the Trades The Portuguese trades made a thankful return for our overnight journey from Lisbon to the Algarve, making for a great downwind sail most of the way. And darkness never really materialised because the full moon shone brightly throughout the...
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