Louise’s bike needs new brake pads and luckily a wonderful local man, Rachid befriended us and found a place to sort it out. After stopping for directions a few times and many turns the wrong way down one way streets we’ll be back on the road to Marrakech soon.

We’ve made it to Oued Zem, a medium sized town 150km south of Rabat. We are clearly the only tourists around; there are no restaurants open because of Eid, our bathroom tap has a slight drizzle & the police stopped to ask what we were doing! Having fun and looking forward to collecting our visas in Rabat tomorrow.

We were very happy to have a day of riding with no rain today! The ‘B’ road from Khenifra to Oued Zem was perfect – mountains, rolling hills, few cars and lots of sheep that had clearly survived Eid.

We were very happy to find a small cafe in the square in Meknes open on Eid! Fantastic medina gate and amazing tiled walls.

Travelling through Morocco on Eid means you see some interesting sights. Here is a local cart collecting up the hides that have just been skinned from the sheep….

We left Rabat in the rain yesterday to be greeted by clear skies and wonderful scenery on the N6 close to Meknes.

We found some fantastic dirt roads on the way to Rabat today. Rode through some tiny villages, shanty towns and past a huge rubbish dump area….

Fantastic guest house in the Medina, Chefchaouen. Highly recommend it for a place to stay.