Yesterday was one of the greatest days in my motorcycling life, what an adventure. It began in Jerez, slightly hungover from Sherry, searching everywhere for energizer aaa lithium non rechargeable batteries. The ONLY ones my spot device will take. Then a mad dash to the ferry which I caught just in time. There was one other biker on the boat and we quickly became friends, an Italian named max riding a well equipped gs1200. We decided to tackle the trip from Ceuta to Chaoun together as our aims to ride off road are the same, though he is a superior rider for sure. But we had a problem... It turns out that in 2007 Colleen and I rented a car from Ceuta, went to morocco and upon the return forgot to return the exit papers. The customs agent, no joke, gave me the matriculation of the rental car from 2007 and asked me to produce proof of its existence outside morocco. Needless to say I got in the old fashioned way, with a rather expensive handshake and one fat ugly guy screaming at me in Arabic. Nightmare.
The drive south took us along the beautiful coast and then into the mountains. It was, hands down, the most beautiful ride of my life. Until the police stopped us for doing 100 in a 60. This one I talked my way out because there aren't too many blue eyed Arabs. Max had to buy me a beer, though I owed him one already for watching all my stuff as the customs agent tried to ruin my trip!!
For the final 10 ks we decided to take a track on the gps off-road and arrive to the town from above. This turned out to be a goat path and I have to give credit to the guys at quality bike for the work the did. At one point my whole bike was sitting on the guarda carter!! We were forced to turn back, but I will upload a video of the event.
We are off now to explore the area, cross a river, and enjoy the area.
More to come soon
Walid.
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