Oualidia, paradise by a lagoon

We left the peacocks and the municipal site at Safi to discover a little corner of paradise forty miles down the road at Oualidia. This was our first glimpse. The wind had virtually dropped from a gale to a breeze and we were excited at the prospect of spending a couple of days, working on the tan.

The views along the cliff-top, coastal road were even more impressive than yesterday. Here are some cliffs that appear to have slumped into the sea and a lighthouse which has the features of a Kasbah.



The walls of schools are often painted in bright colours or have illustrations to show a local scene. This one has focused on the olive trees.





In France, water towers are a common sight, but we have never seen one being constructed. This giant mass of scaffolding came into view and at first it had us thinking of a science fiction film, with a space ship landing on Earth! Vivid imagination required

This strip farming is taking place on a rocky shelf at the foot of the cliffs and each strip is protected by bamboo windbreaks.



Then came our first sight of accessible sand.

This time the fishermen had green boats and once a catch is landed a bevy of men on mopeds, with a basket on the rear, tout their fresh fish around the cafes, restaurants and campsites. We had four visits in as many minutes, but it was "La, la shukran" from us. We like our fish boned, filleted and on a plate.

So you can see where we are but note the anglicised spelling of Walidia

.These tourist boats take people for trips around the lagoon. Fun but expensive and through the arch, you can see where we are parked, just three hundred metres from the sea.