September 27, 2025 Mohammedia MA

Today we moved about 200 kilometers south to a campground between Rabat and Casablanca. Our plan is to use this campground as a base to explore both cities.

The drive was on a very modern and good toll road. The road was actually better than the last couple of hundred kilometers of freeway in Spain. The vehicles on the road though varied in quality and I had to be on my toes as the variation of speed was quite extreme. There were cars and trucks on the road only going 50 or 60 kilometers per hour when the speed limit was 120. We travel around 95 kilometers an hour so I had to watch in front of me to see how fast I was coming up on the old truck in front of me, and watch my mirror to see how fast the new Mercedes in the left lane was coming up behind me, to determine if I could pass the truck before the Mercedes caught up with me, or I should hit the breaks. It kept things interesting.

We stopped for fuel at a very modern rest area. The gas attendant was charming and spoke English well. When we travel over here the one business that is really thriving is fast food. The rest area had a McDonald’s which was not surprising, but what we never expected was to see a Krispy Kreme Donut place in Morocco, but this rest area had one.

After we arrived we arranged for a taxi to take us to Casablanca tomorrow and then spent the rest of the afternoon being lazy around the campground and the beach in front of the campground.

Ton wanted to go to the beach at sunset. It was quite busy as a lot of other people had the same idea. There were several food carts selling interesting food as a lot of the Arab dishes have a French influence here.

Ton loved the location for the sunset. Not only did it have natural beauty, but it had a lot of people doing interesting things. After the sun set the sky lit up with really beautiful colors so it made her day.

It’s nice to be settling down into enjoying the place instead of worrying about the drive. Morocco has made a very positive first impression on us.