Edinburgh - Sahara Journey 2009/2010: Towards Atlantic Coast

Next day we set off driving towards Atlantic Coast. We were driving close to High Atlas Mountain and Anti Atlas Mountains.

We had to stop few times as views were really breathtaking. In the very evening we arrived to Agadir, however we didn’t enjoy the city very much. It looked as typical European city without any African exotic patterns; even women were worn in European style. In the morning we started exploring the Atlantic coast. We arrived to famous Lagzira Beach – where people are able to see the steep and differently formed cliffs on the beach. That was amazing view... Waves crashing into high totally red rocks, showing off the power of the Atlantic Ocean. After a long walk on the beach we drove to small city called Sidi Ifni, where we finally found a great, cheap camp site, with HOT water (and not just an unfulfilled promise of it as it usually happen) and nice staff (The SolyMar – the best place for camping ever). Although Sidi Ifni is a relatively small town it has a few great and interesting features. First of all it has many relicts of colonialism still visible – with the hospital building and a few villas starting and on huge monuments and a massive disused airfield around which the town is shaped now ending. Also it has a great fresh produce market – you can buy quite fresh seafood, get a coffee or a traditional crepe for absolute pennies, and a great restaurant (1 and I’m pretty sure the only one). This was where we went this evening to celebrate Ada’s birthday which actually was the day before – after having problems finding any accommodation nobody was in mood to celebrate, but as it turns out that was a good thing as it allowed us to feast on some great food including banana split the next day to make up for the previous evening.