Day 15 – Oualidia second day

Relaxing day spent in the warm sun….

Around breakfast time we had one of the local traders call and offered us a “Tagine” made by his wife which he would deliver to us in the evening at the time we specify. Our choices were either fish or chicken…. we chose chicken and have it delivered at 6:30pm. The meal is like a spiced vegetable stew with the chicken added. It arrived at the appointed time and I have to say it was delicious and fed both Tina and I for £7. Tina got away without cooking again today! We also bought an orange and grape cake from him which was in the shape of a round doughnut of about 6 inches diameter. The cost about £1.50….there goes my diet especially as Tina ordered another for the morning when he delivered our meal. I am sure she wants to feed the 5000!!

Later in the morning our group decided to walk up the steep hill to town. We asked our friendly meal man to order us a taxi which we shared with Ray & Mary. £1.50 per person for the return fare. We strolled around the town and bought a few things ….. some very large T-bone and fillet steaks (£7), teapot for £2 (ours broke back in the UK), some bread for 14p and some bananas for £2. Everything here is so cheap to the cost in the UK. We sat in the local coffee shop and had a cafe au lait which was just 9 DH or 64p. It would have been at least £2 back home. Our newbies can’t get over how cheap everything is.

This afternoon the racing commenced. Brian and I wondered over to watch the first race. They were using the local streets to form a lap which took about 2 minutes to complete. They drove 12 laps in total. The cars were mainly small renaults that had been tuned up. They did try and provide some security for the crowd in the event of an accident but it certainly wasn’t european standard still it was good to see something different and free to watch.

The weather today was very warm and the wind had dropped. It was a day when you could get burnt if you were not careful and sat out too long. Moving on tomorrow so we sorted out where we can get our water tank topped up… done a deal with the guardian for the water for £1.50. We will also drop into a supermarket and provide our newbies with this new experience.

Lets hope the sun continues to beat down and the warm weather gets hotter as we move further south. Until tomorrow …