laszlo111
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I've decided to start this thread in order not only to show you some pictures but also as a challenge to me to write story in English. A week ago I back from my second trip to Morocco. First time I have been there 10 years ago. It wasn't typicall birdwatching trip with GPS locationns and collecting as many species as it is possible. Just family trip but with constant care obout seeing birds nearby.
I don't want to mention every spot and adding list of birds. I will just write you a few thoughts and attach some pictures.
I was with my girl and our two kids - two and five years old. We spent few nights in the tent but mostly we used accomodations from booking.com which were very cheap in that period of year. We paid 12-30 Euro per night for a cosy room and breakfest for all our team.
I have to mention, that I'm still lerning English and I write that without checking out so tell me please if you have any troubels with understending.
Ten years ago we circled Morroco mostly by hitchhiking during 4 weeks. This November we flew into Agadir and rented a car. I can recommend you nice company www.car-rental-agadir.com.
They gave us 4x4 Duster, no deposit, no credit card need, pay possible by cash in Dirham or Euro. We returned car full of sand inside and it was not a problem for the company.
During two weeks we drove from Agadir to Merzouga and back with many stops, especially in the mountains. We tried to drive 3-5 hours a day to don't worry our children too much.
Ten years ago, we accidentaly found a great lake near Merzouga, which was full of wintering birds. We was very excited approaching to them now and very dissapointed when we realized, that the lake has gone. It has disappead. That was only one unpleasant and sad story during all trip. Residents of Merzouga told us that it happend tree years ago. The climate is going warmer and there is no rain in this part of Morocco.
The first day we spent in Inezgane, near the National Park border and we moved to Tamri looking for the Bald Ibis. We saw them in Tamri in 2013. Now We saw them also but only single birds and only flying. My goal was to photograph them on the ground. Not this time yet...
This is end of part one. Writing in English isn't as difficult as I thought.
I don't want to mention every spot and adding list of birds. I will just write you a few thoughts and attach some pictures.
I was with my girl and our two kids - two and five years old. We spent few nights in the tent but mostly we used accomodations from booking.com which were very cheap in that period of year. We paid 12-30 Euro per night for a cosy room and breakfest for all our team.
I have to mention, that I'm still lerning English and I write that without checking out so tell me please if you have any troubels with understending.
Ten years ago we circled Morroco mostly by hitchhiking during 4 weeks. This November we flew into Agadir and rented a car. I can recommend you nice company www.car-rental-agadir.com.
They gave us 4x4 Duster, no deposit, no credit card need, pay possible by cash in Dirham or Euro. We returned car full of sand inside and it was not a problem for the company.
During two weeks we drove from Agadir to Merzouga and back with many stops, especially in the mountains. We tried to drive 3-5 hours a day to don't worry our children too much.
Ten years ago, we accidentaly found a great lake near Merzouga, which was full of wintering birds. We was very excited approaching to them now and very dissapointed when we realized, that the lake has gone. It has disappead. That was only one unpleasant and sad story during all trip. Residents of Merzouga told us that it happend tree years ago. The climate is going warmer and there is no rain in this part of Morocco.
The first day we spent in Inezgane, near the National Park border and we moved to Tamri looking for the Bald Ibis. We saw them in Tamri in 2013. Now We saw them also but only single birds and only flying. My goal was to photograph them on the ground. Not this time yet...
This is end of part one. Writing in English isn't as difficult as I thought.
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