Ait Mhemed Night twenty six

Full day of exercise today.

We had agreed to visit the local larger town market so we got up an hour earlier than usual. We left our overnight parking spot at 10am to travel the 7km and found some parking. The market is the biggest in the area and covers a huge area and based on an incline. Moha led us to buy vegetables whilst Rkia took the children to buy some clothing. I found walking uphill a real struggle. Soon we climbed to the upper part of the market to meet with Rkia. At this point it was agreed that Tina would continue with Rkia and Moha and I would find a local cafe where we would wait for the ladies.

The cafe was outside of the walled market and here we ordered some drinks. Moha then left me there whilst he went searching for some beef and chicken for us. I probably waited 90 minutes for everyone to meet up again. I was getting worried that Tina would become anxious but later found out she held on to Yanis, the 3 year old, to ensure she was not lost. Eventually we all met back at the van and then proceeded to drive back to the house.

We then learnt that the Governor of the province was due to visit the village and Moha didn’t have the required permission for us to be camping on his land. He had arranged with a local garage that we could park in their yard thus hiding our presence. We walked back to the house.

Rkia made a Berber omelette for lunch followed by apple. It was about 5pm before we went back to retrieve the van from its hiding place and got hooked up again.

Later Tina found some custard sachets and introduced the family to apple and custard. It was a moderate success.

Both girls are keen to help their mother and happy to wash the dishes.