Skoura - On holidays at last
Honey Mooney HB-DVN
Flemming and Angela PEDERSEN
Mon 24 Sep 2007 22:00
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The
owner of Hotel Sawadi http://www.sawadi.ma is a most ‘sympathique’
Frenchman called Philippe who
bought the property, which includes a farm, just a few years ago. This is the low season – and Ramadan to boot
– and we were his only customers for the two nights we stayed there.
Our room
was lovely and spacious and we had the garden and swimming pool to
ourselves –
bliss! It happened to be market day in Skoura, so we drove back there, following the white dots with green arrows this time, stopping on the way to give a lift to a couple of women. But not all the locals refuse to have their photo taken as we were about to discover. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped the car and went for a walk in the palmeraie. I was about to take a picture of Flemming when some young boys appeared and insisted on being included in the photo. They then crowded round the digital camera to see the result. The early morning is cool and temperatures drop quite quickly after sunset at around 6:30 p.m., but between those times it’s a scorching dry heat – a good excuse for a siesta after lunch in the shade. As the sun sank low enough for the light to be good, we strolled around the garden to the stables where the goats, donkeys and chickens were to be found. |