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Datum: 23-11-2016    Sale and Rabat, Marocco Part 1
 The Marina
In the Marina Bouregreg are the boats of the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI. Because of this, the Marina, following the information we read, would be heavily guarded. But to our amazement, the ponton is only closed with a rope. Admittedly, the area surrounding the marina is closed by a fencing, with guards next to it, but almost everybody can walk around freely. Within this area you will find luxurious apartments with a view of the marina; these are clearly for the more rich Moroccans. There are a couple of restaurants and at two of them you can even get alcoholic drinks. But eating out up here is almost European, certainly as far as the prices are concerned, just give us the nice small restaurants in the Medina. Looking at the outfits, much more modern, you can see that it is mainly the richer Moroccan that sojourns here. Also, less women wear head-scarfs.

Along the quay of the marina there are a few wooden cages for the guards who have to keep an eye on things here. They are provided with a whistle and when somebody gets too close to the edge of the water or touches the rope of the pier, they are immediately ‘whistled back’. In short, you hear the whistles all day! You see, the area is very popular with the Moroccan population. All they long, they do nothing else but make selfies with the boats in the background. Our boat must be on many a Facebook-page! By now we know most of the harbour staff and guards by face and in return they know us, of course, there aren’t that many foreign boats in the harbour. We greet each other friendly every time (in our best French) and a smile works wonders. In the beginning, there are a few more foreign boats: Canadian, Swedish, French, German and an American. But after a while it gets more and more quiet in the marina. Just us and the German boat, until one day, another Dutch boat arrives, the “Bravelender”, with Petra and Martin. Later more about them.

The harbour office has a view over the river and in a separate building, you find the showers, who are large and clean. We experience that the temperature of the water goes down on cloudy and rainy days. On inquiry it turns out that the system is dependent on sun panels. In short: no sun, no hot water! When we head for the showers, we often meet the ladies who clean the rooms there and they always ask how we are. We can only say the best things about the friendliness here. It is a pity there aren’t any washing machines. You can deliver your laundry at the harbour office and it is washed somewhere else. We did this once, but apart from the fact that it was relatively costly (more than € 10), we didn’t like the smell that was coming from it ànd it wasn’t really clean. So not to be repeated. We will be looking for a laundrette or do it ourselves.

Apart from the many seagulls in and around the marina, we see a kind of cormorant and very beautiful big white herons. Very small fish swim about the boat. We also have to get ourselves used to the many noises we hear here. The tram who tolls his warning bell every so and so many meters, the cars crossing the bridge, of course the whistling of the guards, but also the sound of the call to prayer from the mosque.
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19-12-2016, reactie van Karin en Jeroen, White Pearl
Doe Petra en Martin de groeten. En voor jullie hele fijne kerstdagen!
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