Agadir, Morocco (day 6)

Before going home we wanted to walk along the beach, visit the marina, and return to the souk. With the temperature set to rise to 75c by lunchtime, our warmest day yet, we decided today would be beach and marina day. The sun was warm from mid morning and as we walked the shore the temperature rose.

The rolling waves of the Atlantic bowled onto the beach, the retreating waters smoothing the sand as it was sucked back into the surf. Sellers were everywhere. Would we like sunglasses, amethyst, watches and jewellery, footballs or kites? As always we were polite when declining and thanked each and everyone of them for showing us their wares.

The marina was smart. A world away from the humble abodes a few miles away. We stopped for coffee, the price just £4.00 for us both. The area was immaculate, what a shame it wasn't like this elsewhere. A new Hilton hotel was in mid construction, we felt we were in a totally different country.

The walk to the marina had been long, but wanting to return to the restaurant we'd eaten at on Sunday we set off on a thirty minute hike to an area up behind the beach, passing along the way four young men entertaining the diners along the promenade with their acrobatics.

Their performance really impressed us, and we were happy to drop money into the little hat they held out. It was almost mid afternoon when we sat down to lunch.

Not sure of portion size we ordered two chicken cous cous and a beef and date tajine. Mistake. One cous cous dish would have been enough. We didn't expected the chicken to be accompanied by so much veg! Somehow we took on the challenge, and ate quite a lot. Tomorrow will sadly be our last full day here in Agadir. Whilst sitting at the marina we discussed returning to Morocco with Marge at the end of the summer, subject to her having a clean bill of health. We thrive on the thought of having an adventure here, but Marge is key to it all going well.The people here have made us feel so welcome and we'd really like to see more of this wonderful country.

Arriving back at our hotel we were introduced to the hotel tortoises