Day trip to secret spot

The surf was poor in and around Tagzhout, so we caravaned a couple of cars and set off for the "secret spot" down south.

secret spot

A couple things I learned today
1. Pomegranate juice does something to your hands to make them turn a crazy yellow when you get back in saltwater. 
2. Fruit is incredibly cheap Morocco.I think I got 2lbs of bananas fro 30 cents.

3. I will hold my tongue in making fun of french vehicles in the future. We had a very impressive performance by 1.6L Peugeot in deep sand today.
4. It takes about 20 people to fix headlights in a Land rover.

Leaving Secret Spot

We also had a interesting time solving a broken headlight issue on the Land rover. Apparently the lights on the Defender don’t work so we have to take off immediately at sunset, get lost on the way back. Try to find a mechanic, so we stop at a bike mechanic shop. They give us haphazard directions to the real mechanic. We take the one car with functioning lights and go in search of a car mechanic. So we roll up to some Moroccan back alley, I've been in sketchier situations but this may have been in the top 20, looking for a mechanic. 6 guys are huddled around an open hood of a car, bingo mechanic. 5 min later this guys is in the peugots back seat rolling with us back to the Defender. I guess this is SOP in morocco, you need a mechanic, you go pick him up and bring him to what you needed fixed.

 

When we got back there was quite a little scene going on surrounding the defender and western girls. We have about 5 Moroccan guys crawling all over the engine compartment and we have 5 other "assistants" helping the 18 yr old mechanic diagnose the problem. I think the volume of assistance was directly related to the number of blond Norwegian girls in swimsuits in the vicinity. One of them invited us, (ida and frida) to spend the night if we couldn’t get the car working. I was crying laughing with the Norwegian guys. Lights fixed, car won’t start, battery is dead. So we give it a running start. So defender is started, lights work, 8 people pile back in we drive the mechanic back. The whole deal for pickup delivery mechanic service in morocco - $13USD. Overall all the Moroccans were super nice and very helpful, I almost wanted to take the guy up on the free place to stay for the story.

An incident to remember.