So after a 3 hours car journey with a driver I can only describe as Jenson Button wannabe, I finally arrive at Agadir airport. I check my baggage in and I amazed yet again that it started the journey on 28kgs and according to the scales at the airport it is now weighing in at 33.4.......HOW!! I have less stuff! Maybe more sand.... who knows. Anyway I was even more surprised that I didn’t have to pay for the pleasure of carrying an over sized body bag!! I look around and realise that this airport was going to be my home for the next 2.5 hours and then realise that there is nothing to do! Coffee and a sandwich was about as good as it gets!! I settle in for the duration. A 1.5 hour flight takes me direct to Dakhla. Officially the smallest airport I have yet to see and I have been to Bournemouth! I arrive and go through passport control and then bang my luggage arrives too, happy days. What would a kite trip be without kites!
A friendly team take my bag and me to Attitude. Now Dakhla looks more like Egypt, no plants. No life and just desert for miles around which in a strange way has warmed my heart. The drive was awesome, if only these 2 really annoying French girls would shut up!! All the way in the car – yap yap yap yap. Now why they are here I don’t know. They arrive with hardly any luggage and they are wearing heels, so I doubt they kite but I could be very wrong!! Anyway they are annoying and whilst I am sat outside the bar (hoped to get online but no joy, I am not allowed the code till tomorrow) they are just inside already getting hammered on Mohitos, hopefully some salt water will sort them out! So attitude reminds me very much of Wadi Lahami, arse end of nowhere and either tents or bungalows to stay in. When it is described as basic – it really is! The shower room is on the back of my bungalow and all the write ups about the water were not a lie. I washed my hands after going to the loo and they now smell of sulphur!! I doubt I will be washing any of my clothes whilst I am here – fact! I am also glad of my limited requirement to use my baby wipes whilst I have been away so far!!
The bay is just as stunning as the magazines describe and to arrive and still see a kiter on the water at 8pm enlightens my soul!! Although looking at the forecast the wind is similar to that of the Canaries and Essaouira, it fills in late morning / early afternoon so a good excuse to have a lay in and a late breakfast!!
I am hoping to see some more progress with my kiting whilst I am here after what I have considered a brick wall period for the last few days.
10 days and home too!!
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