Friday, March 16, 2012

Day 251 : Agadir Beach and the Souk

While at the coast, I wanted to check out the beach of Agadir and took a 15 minute walk to the beach.  The shoreline was extremely wide and long, and I decided to walk from one end of the beach to the other. 

As I was walking, one guy approached me and started speaking in French.  I replied in English saying I don’t speak French.  He subsequently asked “Spanish?”, and although I could speak some, I said I couldn’t and can only speak English. 

I continued walking, with him walking alongside, while he continued trying to communicate with me in broken English.  After a few sentences, he blurted out “My wife is dead… I love people (I think he meant women)”.  I just continued walking, while thinking, was that supposed to be a pick up line?!?  He followed a few more metres, and seeing that I was not responding much, he gave up and walked away.  What an encounter!

Agadir BeachSand Camel

After spending about an hour by the beach, I made my way to the Souk and to find lunch.  The Souk was huge, with a good assortment of products available.  Prices seemed really reasonable, and there was never a need to bargain as people were honest.  I soon settled for a store at one of the food outlets and ordered some fried seafood – it was delicious!

SoukMulti-coloured OlivesGrilled seafoodMy lunch!

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