Morocco 2005...

[pegasus]

Anyone on here been to Morocco?...

Thinking of planning a trip next year for around 6 bikes travelling to bilboa/santander then riding thru spain and ferry over to Morocco...

Anybody with any info/routes/digs....do's/dont's.....etc etc....

Thanks in advance!!...............

 

[Tim Cullis]

I'm toying with Morocco as well, so if you are interested in another body...

Best time to go is April (could be cold in Spain) or May/early June. July is too hot. Learn a bit of Berber, a few Arabic phrases, otherwise French will do.

I had a look at the World of BMW route and it's pretty much what I would have chosen. Maybe a side trip to Jebel Tarik (aka Gibraltar), more time in the Rif and Atlas Mountains, and less in the Erfoud/Ouarzazate area. Otherwise excellent.

It's an extremely safe country with racial and religious freedom. Very friendly people who will gladly rip you off but won't steal. Mostly.

Credentials: two visits on bike, five in cars, several by air, plus two weeks last year spent trekking with mules in the High Atlas.

Tim

 

[Timolgra]

DO DO DO check out the off road routes detailed in Chris Scotts Adventure Motorcycling Handbook. Many are not too difficult but to miss them would be a big shame. So get amongst the Anti Atlas Mountains and northern Sahara. (with a small tent).

You will gets lots of advise elsewhere on this forum re your other queries, I would suggest finding your own digs as you go, they can be cheap, beautiful and plentiful.

Take rehydration salts.

Give yourselves as much time in the south as poss.

Oh and don't eat Horsemeat Tajine.

Have a great trip, going back there myself soon.

Tim

 

[Mike Werner]

There's about 5 of us leaving from Barcelona on the 1st of Jan, together with the Paris-Dakar.

We'll be playing in that sandbox for 3 weeks....

 

[merlings1200]

Hi when are you planning to go to Morocco.

We are planning a trip end march 2005.
Going to ride through France,Spain and then on to Morocco.
If you have eny more info please let me know.

All the best
Mark

 

[Wreford Miles]

Great place to go...

Ceuta, Katma, Fes, middle and high atlas then out to Erfoud, 500 miles in a day. (Take the left hand route from Fes going south)

Get to the high atlas and then explore would be my recomendation.

pm me an email and I can send you an article PDF it's 5 megs though

 

[Tsiklonaut]

PDF

I'd be certanly interested in that article. Since i have Marocco plans circulating in my mind too.

Mine electronmailboxa is: nemos ÄT mac . c om
(Should fit till 10MB file per one mail)



Mo

 

[Tim Cullis]

Would also be interested in article, email tim.cullis AT infar. co. uk

Tim

 

[Charliem]

Morocco

DO DO DO check out the off road routes detailed in Chris Scotts Adventure Motorcycling Handbook. Many are not too difficult but to miss them would be a big shame. So get amongst the Anti Atlas Mountains and northern Sahara. (with a small tent).

Cor! seems that Morocco will be a pretty busy place come Spring 2005! Anyway, where can I get this Scotts Adv Motorcycling Handbook?

Ta

Charlie

 

[Mike Werner]

Re: Morocco

Cor! seems that Morocco will be a pretty busy place come Spring 2005! Anyway, where can I get this Scotts Adv Motorcycling Handbook?

Ta

Charlie

MC Books

 

[Greg Masters]

Anyone on here been to Morocco?...

This is me, Bakerman and Silverfish on the road from Erfoud to Merzouga.

Greg

 

[BAKERMAN]

Thats Me, Thats me thats me

I had forgotten that I went to MAROCO :flush

 

[Jon]

Mike (silverfish) hasn't forgotten he went

 

[Greg Masters]

Mike (silverfish) hasn't forgotten he went

I still have the complaint letter from the Spanish filling station owner!



Greg