Camel Head

We departed from Amsterdam Saturday september the 6^th at 13:00. The first day we drove until 02:00 and spend the night in a 1 star hotel just outside Bordeaux. It cost 41 euro and it reeked of sweat, but hey...the first 1000 Kms were a fact.

The Second night we spend in a field between Madrid and Cordoba. The only campsite on that stretch of road was closed and we felt like we deserved a beer and some rest, so we set up camp in the wild. Not the best night of our lives, but very doable and cheap.

The third day we really started to feel the vacation atmosphere while driving through the Sierra Nevada towards Algeciras to grab a ferry for the African continent. After 2500kms, 205 euro's and one hour later, we were in Morocco indeed. After some hustle at customs (They thought I was filming and had to be convinced I was not) we felt like the 'walk away car project' had really started. We spend our third night on a camp site in Tangier, named Montemira. Of the German owners no sight, the pool was not to be used during Ramadan, and a cold shower cost 50 euro cent but otherwise very decent. After setting up camp and a beer we grabbed a 'petit taxi' (fiat uno with no shock absorbers) to the old Medina for 7 Dirham (70 euro cent) and had a Tagine. That night I really got Rino jealous when it took me about 1.5 seconds to fall asleep.

The fourth day we drove form Tangier to Rabat. We had found some coordinates for a camp ground near a beach in Rabat on the Internet and set course to reach that and chill for a while. When there we found out that what once might have been a camp ground, now is a building site. Bummer. In Rabat we did - however- get the question answered we asked ourselfes upon entering Morocco 'does traffic from right have the right of way?'. The question seems obsolete since the driver showing most balls has the right of way. Approaching at fast speeds, and looking the other way seems to work best for us so far. Anyway, we drove on to Meknes and camped there. The old medina (city center) of Meknes is magnificent I found.

While in Meknes, we were looking for some meat for the BQQ, we (especially Rino) were very disappointed to learn that there was no camel meat left. Just the head! Oh well. Go ahead and try to spot the difference....