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TRAVEL- MOROCCO
SUZIE PREVETT
TRAILS, DUNES, AND TAGINES
Our Moroccan dirt bike microadventure began with a flight from Bristol to Agadir, a journey of just three hours and ten minutes, give or take the wind. For a trip that would take us from the Moroccan coast into the dirt, it was remarkably easy to get there. Even better, the flights were ridiculously cheap, costing between £ 18.99 and £ 24.99 each way, with the addition of luggage bringing the total to just under £ 200 per person.
This was also the first time we ' d travelled with our motorcycle helmets as hand luggage. We ' d read enough online horror stories about airlines being ridiculously strict and charging eye-watering fees to make us slightly nervous, but there was no need. Flying with EasyJet, our helmets caused not a moment ' s trouble. So far, so easy.
There was one other bit of preparation we didn ' t want to leave to chance. Off-road riding isn ' t
automatically covered by many travel insurance policies, so we took out Carole Nash travel insurance with the top activity pack selected. It ' s one of those details that is easy to overlook when you ' re busy thinking about bikes, routes and flights, but definitely worth checking before you travel.
Waiting for us in Agadir was our friend Jack, owner of Dirt ' N ' Dust Tours, who we ' d be renting our bikes from. He happened to be on a supermarket run – conveniently, Carrefour in Agadir is one of the few places where you can get your hands on alcohol – and was able to pick us up from the airport. One less thing to worry about when arriving somewhere new.
With the supplies sorted, we headed north towards Awrir. Wedged between the much larger and more tourist-focused towns along the coast, Awrir immediately felt like a different side of
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