Hi all:
Updated my blog and added some short video clips of my swim at Aftas Beach, Mirleft, Morocco on September 28th.
Updated my blog and added some short video clips of my swim at Aftas Beach, Mirleft, Morocco on September 28th.
Well, for five months I've been swimming my way from Portugal through Spain and Morocco. I've completed all of my ocean swims which tallied:
Portugal - 43 swims/kilometers out of 45 days in Portugal;
Spain - 27 swims/kilos out of 32 days in Spain;
Morocco - 67 swims/kilos out of 74 days so far in Morocco (8 days in a pool in Casablanca-nice);
Morocco - 10 days remaining and I should get 8 swims/kilos in the pool here at my Airbnb in Marrakesh.
Spain - 27 swims/kilos out of 32 days in Spain;
Morocco - 67 swims/kilos out of 74 days so far in Morocco (8 days in a pool in Casablanca-nice);
Morocco - 10 days remaining and I should get 8 swims/kilos in the pool here at my Airbnb in Marrakesh.
My purpose for this trip was to get out of the pool and back into open water. Having swum 2 years in the Caribbean and Pacific I was yearning for the open water again. So I targeted the Atlantic and Mediterranean. However, between the 16c degree waters of Portugal in May; the 8 tons of jellyfish in the Mediterranean at Malaga, Spain in June (I dodged for the most part); a large (according to some onlookers) shark sighting near me while I was swimming in Tamraght, Morocco (fortunately he wasn't interested in a tough old bird); and the rocks and rip tides of Aftas Beach, Mirleft, Morocco (thanks to my good friends and local lifeguards Elhosein, Mohammed, and Ossaima I survived with flying colors), I am more than happy to return to a pool.
With only 11 days left on this adventure, I'm not sure there'll be much more to report. My return flight to the US on October 18 is part of a round trip ticket allowing me to return to Marrakesh on February 6, 2019. I will decide during the next five months if I'll use it or not. If I do, part of my pipe dream will be to travel south to Dakar, Senegal. I've read several blogs on how I might accomplish this, but southbound public transport ends half way through Western Sahara leaving me to my own devices to travel the rest of the way through Western Sahara and Mauritania. However, I just got a tip that I can take the CTM bus (excellent bus system) down to Dakhla, Western Sahara and a reasonably priced plane to the Canary Islands (property of Spain) and then a Ferry to Senegal. The pipe dream continues with travel through Africa to Cairo, Egypt. Not sure what to call that adventure. I guess I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it.
mike
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