Meknes

The drive from Kinetra to Meknes was incredible. Once on the A2, the traffic all but disappeared leaving us to have a very relaxed journey and take in some wonderful sights along the way.

Stunning scenery en route to Meknes

The site at Meknes is described in the book as, 'hard to find' so, why we spent 2 hours in the Marjane, on the outskirts of town, remains a mystery. At the same time, we had to wait for the Maroc Telecom office to open so that we could pick up a local sim card for use in the Mobile wifi unit. 

It was worth the wait, and has been a godsend ever since, when we might otherwise have had no access to the internet. Once installed, which was straight forward enough, 'Top ups' could be bought in even the smallest village. We were paying 100 dirham 

Mifi. magic in a box

for 12 gig of data, which lasted for a month. In reality, we could get through that amount of data in a week, if we didn't ration ourselves.

We bought the unit off Ebay before we left home and, if you do the same, make sure that it's not locked to any one provider. This freedom will allow you to use a local sim card and you will get the best rates for your data.

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We drove around Meknes for over an hour, trying to find, what actually isn't a site, more a parking area, where payments are made to a 'Guardian' for an overnight stop.

Meknes. Lovely old town

The directions included, turning right through an archway, in the old town wall. Well, we turned through that many archways, and still couldn't find anything that resembled a parking area. Nor did we see another motorhome, anywhere, which would normally indicate that you were on the right track.

There was now about an hour of daylight left and, the general consensus is not to drive after dark because, 'Donkeys don't have lights on them!'

Yet again, we had to concede defeat and pulled over to enter the co-ordinates for the nearest site in the book, which turned out to be, Camping Zerhoune.