Essaouira is a charming town, which has not lost its traditional and historical roots despite a significant share of tourism. It feels like tourism and locals‘ daily life complement each other in many ways creating a real win-win for both sides.
The cultural density and diversity is amazing and to that extent new to me, extremely interesting and charming. This potpourri creates a remarkable melting pot of the new & old, traditional & modern, western & eastern, etc., multicultural & colourful world. Generally speaking, friendly, respectful, organized and not intrusive at all. Pleasant to be here and amazing to absorb.
While strolling through the endless labyrinth of the medina last night, I bumped into Boujemaa, a young Moroccan biker with a Trek Procaliber 9.5 from 2023. Nice cross bike. As there are not that many decent carbon bikes in this part of the world, we immediately started to chat about bikes and he took me to the best bike shop in town. Got all cleaned, oiled and 7bar back into the tires this morning. Not sure on the latter one based on the pump used 😀 but I will find out tomorrow. At 6bar the risk of snake bite goes up tremendously with my 28mm clinchers packed with all the luggage and harder hits from the road now and then. Enough bike talk but my hand-pump is a pain.
Boujemaa offered his help going forward, which is a great support for me, especially when it comes to approaching the Atlas Mountains soon.
On purpose I have limited the number of photos as it is impossible capturing cultural density and diversity to get close to any transformation of live impressions and feelings. Not my last trip to Morocco, I already believe to sense.
Tomorrow we will be on the road again, heading east.
Fair winds…
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