I left Fez at 2 am, hopped a night train to Marrakech, and then a bus for the coast. Essaouira is a popular coastal town and great place to relax for a few days. I met a couple Brits on the bus from Marrakech and we ended up getting rooms at the same hotel. They lived in Tarifa, on the coast in Spain directly across from Tangier. That night, we all went out to dinner with a friend of theirs, Magid, a Moroccan who teaches kite surfing in both Tarifa and Essaouira. I decided to take some classes.
The course consisted of three 2-3 hour days. Day one: controlling small kites on the beach. Day two: larger kites (6 meter) in the water bodysurfing (without the board). Day three: with the board. It would seem that it takes more than six hours to master the controls on a 6 meter kite on a windy, gusty beach. Quite fun but I spent a lot of time dragged throught the water and sand and managed one 10-15 foot stretch of actually standing on the board.
Next...to Marrakech...
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