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Went to the port where the fisherman BBQ their catch in front of their huts.
Had this massive platter of prawns, calamari, hake & sole for the princely sum of £3.30 each, could hardly eat it.
 

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View from our wilding spot behind the beach at Sidi Ouzid.
 

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Actually staying in a Stalag for 1 night here in El Jadida.
I know, it goes against my religion but cassette was getting chocka, washing to be done etc. etc.
Thinking of calling into Casablanca, anyone know of any wilding spots in or around the city?
 
Visited the Hassan II mosque in Casablanca.
Mind-blowing, glad we went.
Tallest minaret in the world, room for 25000 worshippers inside & further 80000 in courtyard, St. Peter's in Rome could fit inside it, they didn't finish building it until the 1990s.
The Moroccans seem pretty laid-back, no apparent off-limits, didn't have to cover up, just remove shoes.
 
Casablanca Mosque
 

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Latest wilding spot, across the estuary from Larache.
 

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Just down the road from our wilding spot is the Ancient Site of Lixus, founded in the 7th century BC.
Supposedly the location of the Garden of the Hesperides where Hercules performed his penultimate Labour.
The Golden Apples of that tale being the Moroccan Tangerines that grow wild here.
It's feasible, Innit?
 

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Another good sunset from our wilding spot,
 

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spigot said:
Visited the Hassan II mosque in Casablanca.
Mind-blowing, glad we went.
Tallest minaret in the world, room for 25000 worshippers inside & further 80000 in courtyard, St. Peter's in Rome could fit inside it, they didn't finish building it until the 1990s.
The Moroccans seem pretty laid-back, no apparent off-limits, didn't have to cover up, just remove shoes.
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When I went in I'm sure they wished I'd kept my shoes on, was a very hot day ;)
 
Found a great wilding spot just a stone's throw from the ferry port.
Liked it enough to stay for a couple of days.
In the 2nd piccy if you look at the sky-line at the top right hand corner of the van, you can just make out a mountain in the distance.
That's the Rock of Gib'.
 

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The highest 'mountain' close to the Straights near where you are camped is where in mythology Atlas held up the world ....Mons Abyla. Gib is where his other hand held up the world ie. Mons Calpe.
 
Byronic said:
The highest 'mountain' close to the Straights near where you are camped is where in mythology Atlas held up the world ....Mons Abyla. Gib is where his other hand held up the world ie. Mons Calpe.
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A bit more useless information, those 2 points you mention are also known as 'The Pillars of Hercules' as the Med was an enclosed sea and for his 10th & most difficult labour, Hercules had to go outside the Mediterranean rim, & being quite a tough chappie, instead of going over the mountain range that joined Europe with Africa, he tore a gap with his bare hands, which is now the Straits of Gibraltar.
In another myth, the gap was too wide & Hercules closed it to stop Atlantic sea monsters getting into the Med.
Choose which Porkie you want to believe!.
 
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