After two nights in Fes, we got an early start down towards Er Rachidia, a one night stopover towards the sand dunes in M'hamid -- our final destination. Er Rachidia is a small town with fast Moroccans: as we first pulled the car over in the city, a Moroccan wearing an Armani shirt had already caught our scent and was attaching himself to the side of our car. After lying to us about the hotel we were hoping to find -- on the other side of town, we left him and drove off in a more or less straight path. Upon arrival to the hotel, our ninja friend had already rounded up some shady characters and appeared to help us park -- more pointing.
The next morning we took for M'hamid, which is part of the great southern oasis routes (according to our trusty guidebook). The drive is quite relaxing until Zagora, where the road halves in width -- but is still two lane. Most people drive down the middle at the usual speed and slam the brakes, when they see a car -- oh wait, that was just us. This drive also takes place through the mountains. Our favorite are the signs: (1) no passing in the opposite lane (???) (2) watch out for puddles (???) (3) Berber bull crossings (??). Each sign was preceded by a warning sign to inform you of an upcoming sign. On the topic of signs, another favorite of ours was the speed limit signs approaching cities in Morocco, which would change the limit within 5 meters -- we would see a sign to slow down to 80 immediately followed by another to reduce to 60 (truly making the first one pointless). Contrary to what you might think, Nachi was a stellar driver throughout!
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