And onward....to tree climbing goats and surfing paradise...

A bitter sweet farewell to Essaouira, partly because we loved the town so much and partly because we left another of our short termers behind. Amanda is heading back to Marrakech and the US today, and the bus - with the six Yanks who will see him to the Gambia - is heading south.

Stopped for lunch currently in the seaside town of Taghazout, just north of Agadir. The entire stretch of coast line here looks very similar to the California coastline, and is chock full of Europeans, mostly surfers.

We happened upon one of the most interesting things we've seen yet on the trip today - goats in trees! The local farmers herd goats and they eat the Argan nuts off of trees (Argan oil is is a regional product here and it is for sale every where). Anyway, the goats have figured out how to literally climb the trees to get to the nuts - some climb all the way to the top! Pictures to follow of this Darwinian marvel...

Hope to make far south today - at least Tan-Tan...