Oujda to Berkane

On the bike. Again.

It was a toss up of taking a longer journey, (130km), or the short one at about 75km.

When I checked the weather for today, it said rain for this afternoon.

That never materialised, but it has been cloudy all day. This and the fact there were no hills made it pretty pleasant. I did of course plump for the easy option.

Tangier

I’m taking a roundabout journey to the frontier town of Tangier.

The majority of it is traveling up a coast road, traversing the ocean and mountains. It has a number of small towns along the way. No doubt many of these will be suitable for a stop off either at lunch, or as final destination at the end of the day.

Hote Le Beau Panorama

Was the lighter option. It’s located on the side of a hill with views off across the valley toward the ocean.

I got here early, just after lunch which I had at ‘The Glacial’ restaurant, where the guy spoke particularly good English. Not bad, the only thing they are doing was breakfast, so I had another breakfast. Cost £1.80, no complaints there.

After that I made the 8km journey to the apartment. When I arrived there wasn’t anyone around apart from a couple of builders round the back and a chair. I sat down on the chair. After a while I could see people moving around in the house so I gave the window a quick knock.

At this point one of the other guests let me in and showed me around the rooms which was a bit weird but he managed to explain that the receptionist was away and she would sort things out properly when she returned.

Trip Statistics

• Distance: 69km
• 19.53kph Ave speed
• Max temp 21°
• -350m Elevation gained
• 1,629 calories burned
• Time 3h 25m