Modern aerial 18.11.19
The last day of the group holiday is a tour of Essaouira which I will admit I struggle both to say and spell! The oddest sight was possibly the heavily disguised communications tower (above). I am not sure what it is intended to achieve.
Essaouira 18.11.19
The town is principally a fishing port and the harbour still has a very large number of boats bringing in the catch which is then readily available in the local market.
Fish Essaouira 18.11.19
Inevitably being a port fortifications were needed
Essaouira Fort 18.11.19
You can see from the pictures that it was a nice day. We were looking forward to staying on a few more days after the rest of the tour party departed to enable a few quiet days of relaxation in the sunshine. Somehow the authorities had other idea and we ensured more or less constant rain throughout the extension. Most disappointing. I liked the town – but would have preferred better weather.
It seemed a long way through near desert to return to Marrakech to catch the plane taking about three hours or so. Then once at the airport our flight is subjected to additional checks which do not apply to other travellers plus they do not do the entire flight – so if you had turned up at the last minute you would not have been tested. No-one could actually explain why it was necessary or what it was designed to achieve so utterly pointless.
We returned home on 22 November.