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Morocco

Our trip to Morocco was pretty special, mainly down to the vastly different culture. Its not really that relevant to the blog, so there isn't to much to report. The riding was pretty shocking die to the terrible roads and drivers, but the scenery was quite stunning. Riding along dirt roads at 2000 metres on my road bike was scary. I did meet the Moroccan road Champion in while riding in Marrakesh which was interesting.

Here is a picture of our 6 hour hike through the High Atlas's. I made the risky decision to use my MBT's as they were the only proper shoes I had and I thought I could get a could core workout. I made a pretty poor choice though as my glutes were in agony after a few hours, I turned my ankle over several times, and my brother said I walked liked robocop. Here I am struggling through a creek...

This was after a 5 hour ride in Essouira on the coast. I was super tired when I got back as the headwind was so bad (at least on the way home) that I average 18kph for the last 3.5 hours. I ran into my parents near the Riad (Hotel) and haggled for a load of bananas and dates in the pissing rain. No rego or 'for goodness shakes' in Essouira.
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