300 days of sunshine in Morocco.  ‘There is so much sun, that we are obliged to pray for rain’, said a Maroccan meteorologist.  

At the coast around Agadir the mornings are cool with quite some mist from the ocean.   The so called « White sky ».   Afternoons are sunny but not too warm.  January evenings are cold.

It’s Sunday and we have booked an local excursion to the hilltop at the northern end of the Bay.

 

A quick walk around the ‘Agadir Marina’, a billion dollar pleasure port between the beach and the commercial port which appears to have the biggest export of sardines in Africa.

With warnings in Berber, Arab and French.

View from the hill, 266 m abonne sea level.  

Surrounded by city walls, this hilltop  is the rare survivor of the 1960  eartquake.  Built in 1541 and restored in the 1970´s, the area housed 300 people.  The inscription over the entry arch in Dutch and Arabic, says ‘Believe in God and respect the King’.   King Mohammed VI seems to be popular.   He has initiated historic reforms including regular parlamentary and municipal elections across Marocco plus the Mudawanna legal code offering unprecedented protection for women.   

A stroll through the Souk filled with odors and colors ... live chicken, dead fish, loads of vegetables and fruit.

Steaming hot mint tea and a pancake completely cuts the apperite before supper an hour later.