Agadir, Morocco

 

Agadir is in the south of Morocco with a population of 346,000 at the foot of the Atlas mountains. It is quite a modern city since it had been destroyed by an earthquake in 1960. Andy took a tour of the city and its marketplaces.

The market place

Jim did a tour outside the city where he encountered this unique scene:

Goats in the trees

I took the ship’s shuttles to the hotels around the beach. The landmark of the city is the Kasbah which overlooks the city.

The Kasbah and beaches

This was one of our better cruises. We were really happy to travel with Andy and Jim. Jim had invited us to join him on a Oceania, a cruise line none of us had tried, because of its unique itinerary. How else will you see this much of Western Africa?  We had dinner together every night and never seemed to run out of conversation. So much better than traveling by ourselves, where we are dependent on meeting people. We really enjoyed the time together and we had a great time winning at trivia with Pam, Bart, Eileen, and Jim.