First of all - we didn't get much sailing in on the passage down here but when we did it was quite magical. The highlight for us was that the water became that deep aquamarine blue that is the hallmark of "blue water sailing". This picture almost does it justice as well!
After a day to catch up on sleep and then a day to find our feet, this picture of the Grand Mosque de Rabat proves we are not in Spain any more - Hooray! Not that we don't really like Spain of course.
This is the picture postcard view of the Kasbah des Oudiyas which sits right at the mouth of the River Bou Regreg on the edge of Rabat.
This is a wrecked version of the hundreds of tiny fishing boats that operate along this coast. We met several while over 20 miles off the coast.
Inside the Kasbah is a very beautiful and restful garden complete with very aloof cats who decline to be photographed. Instead I tried to get a nice picture of the plants against the castellated walls!
The marina does not run to laundry facilities so we have been doing lots of hand washing. I should point out that the AWB (average white boat) behind me is not ours and we are still very happily esconced on Sarah Giddings!
There are lots of these white heron like birds all over the place including sitting on mooring ropes. We haven't identified them yet. If any ornithonologists can identify them ...
In an earlier post I mentioned the Hassan II tower and ruined mosque. This is the view from it over towards the sea. It is now next to the Mohammed V mausoleum which contains the remains of the King who won Morocco her independence from France and Spain in 1956.
I will put some more photos up soon I hope.
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the heron like birds are egrets - they are of the heron family actually
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