Taghazout Plage on a Sunday

Imagine Caswell bay on august Bank holiday, in the sun and you've got a feel for the atmosphere here. A full on summers day out for local people at the beach. Fantastic.
We finished yesterdays tranquil day a la plage with a beautiful sunset over anchor point, the fishing boats staying out all night, bringing in their catch this morning. We walked first thing to Taghazout village amongst the mass of football games that started early to make the most of the beach before the tide came in. They obviously love their football and play with a fiery enthusiasm. In the small port, the fishermen were landing their wooden boats after a long nights labour. They carry the boats up the beach by hand, engines over the shoulder as well as the nights catch. They are a friendly bunch as I chip in with a hand to carry a petrol tank, they are very used to tourists here and french flows from them with ease. We feel more like tourists than ever here and find ourselves speaking in english when it comes to ordering a breakfast at a small cafe overlooking the harbour.

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We shop for supplies before returning to the van. A small demonstration in town interests us as children and families complain about prices in their verbal but totally peaceful way. Taghzout is essentially Moroccan with surf shops and pizza cafes thrown in for the visitors but at no time do we feel like we are anywhere else other than in Morocco. OK, if you don't like the way they deal with their rubbish, you might not like it here but for a  cheap holiday in the sun with Moroccan hospitality and hastle, Taghazout is a good place to start. We like it!

In the morning, Mohamed delivers bread to the van for 2 dirhams, he has been doing this all his life and assures me he was doing it 30 years ago to us surfers on Anchor point!! Life has gone on here in spite of the influx of wealthy visitors and Moroccans earn very little in comparison to us. So we happily buy goods from our visitors to the van as long as they are not ripping us off, which we don,t like at all. It's a happy balance.
We are parked next to a large motorhome which dwarfs our humble abode! Franc and Sophie live full time in their van and have all the mod cons you'd expect to find in an ordinary apartment. They have been living on the road for 5 years now and love it. We tell them, we have our Holts Field and family at home which keeps us returning to Swansea.

So until we do return
Lots of love
Ted and Krysia