Still feeling feverish, i ate a light breakfast. The mountain hut workers asked if i was ok after inspecting the room and i confessed to having vommitted. Today was going to be all down hill, so i layered up with everything I had and began my descent down to a town called Ourika. About 10 …
The plan was to cycle to Oukaimeden, a height of 2400m. I spoke with the hotel worker and he assumed i would cycle down to the town of Asni and then up. I said no, my route takes me up to Tacheddirt, the highest rural settlement in this area, and then down and back up …
Today was a challenging day of cycling. My target was to travel 60-80km, but the climbs were absolutely epic today. I tried to ask Mustafa, the guest house owner, whether the route I had planned was viable to cycle, and he strongly suggested I take another route. I couldn’t understand what he was saying when …
After getting stranded last night, I decided to go back to the nearest village to ask for directions and get food and water. I asked locals where the nearest shop was, and was passed off to a man named Omar. He said he saw me last night and wanted to chat to me but didn’t …
I arrived in Morocco the night before. I won’t bore you too much with the details of that, other than to say that as soon as I arrived I unpacked my bike from the cardboard box and put it together quickly. I also realised that I had forgotten my tent footprint, oops! The aim for …
