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29.12.08
The guys have been flat out to get together our latest offering - the Surf Berbere Taghazout apartments and rental range. Basically we get loads of people looking for accommodation in Morocco, that want to know that they are getting a seaview apartment, don't want to get ripped off, and most importantly want to be within walking distance of the surf breaks, Taghazout and the surf camp. Good old Youssef and Pete have been putting this together and in the next couple of days there will be more info up on the website, but to cut a long story short we have over 50 apartments and houses in the immediate area of Taghazout and they range from €20 to €400 a night. Some are really simple - even basic, whilst others are full on luxury, with fountains, aviaries, stunning roof terraces and amazing courtyards.
The idea is that if you are in a large group, or a couple wanting a bit more privacy, it sometimes works out cheaper and easier to have a place of your own for your stay. Surf Berbere can organise your car hire/rental, tell you which of the Taghazout surf spots will be working, give you surf coaching and lessons, and then even welcome you up onto the roof terrace of the surf camp at the end of the day. We can organise airport transfers from the Agadir airport (Ryanair are doing flights from London Stanstead to Agadir Morocco from £38 return) straight to your Taghazout apartment and then Surf Berbere can take care of the rest.
The surf camp prices are staying the same even though the "mighty pound" is not worth a great deal these days, so take advantage of the all inclusive surf camp package with us, chuck in the cheap flights from Dublin, Paris, London and the rest of Europe to Agadir and you are going to get some awesome waves for next to nothing. Forget the ski holiday to the alps - surf holidays in Morocco are far cheaper, and you get a tan all over! Goggle eyes become a thing of the past!
Enough of the hard sales pitch, everyone wants to hear if Youssef has ben getting more loving. Sadly all has been quiet on the Youss front, he has left the bottle alone and been working like a saint, New Years Eve may be another matter. The interesting one has been Hassan. Hass is the man that replies to all your e-mails and is the team photographer - he has been out here for a while now and recently had his girlfriend come out and stay - not just a fly by visit though - a full on month, but here is the kicker - with here best mate as well. Hass, two nice English girls, one apartment, need we say more.
This sort of behaviour is not condoned by the management and we have severely reprimanded Hassan who has been exhausted for the last three weeks, it seems others have been getting "the best out of him".
Merry Chrimbo and a Happy New Year!!!
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30.11.08
The last month has been pretty tumultuous, we said goodbye to Rob, the surf camp manager, who is chasing his sheila all the way back to Aus; the line is "Ooh I'm so love, you know what is like when she is the one!" We wish Rob all the success in the future and hope he will be back soon with his Argan Oil exploits - check out www.arganaustralia.com when the site is up.
Pete has taken over the helm and immediately found himself bombarded by a flash flood, electricity cuts, no fridges, no ovens and no internet as the power surges knocked out all of our electrics, communications and transport. At the same time the renovations in his own bedroom were underway as Tudor and himself were smashing through the window (anyone who knows Tudor, he has been waiting to use his birthday present, the sledgehammer, for quite some time now!) We are now back online, the electrics have all got surge protectors and the sun is back!
Other news we are slowly building up our collection of big wave boards and wetsuits. Hassan brought them over from Blighty, they are slightly thinner than the other wetties that we have and are perfect for the sunshine surfing. Hassan used to run a guest house back in Aourir and is a keen bodyboarder so we are no longer allowed to pour scorn on the "non-standing" fraternity. You are now all welcome! We have had a busy few weeks in November, but we still have some spare places in the first two weeks of December for any last minute surf holidays to Morocco before Chrimbo.
We have over twenty apartments, riads and villas within the taghazout region available to us and can often book them at the last minute. These are ideal for groups and families and they are all either right on the ocean front (not closer than the Surf Berbere Taghazout surf camp we are literally Hash Point) or have fantastic views of the sea.
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12.09.08
Clean Ocean Project have just launched their facebook group and it would be great if as many people could show them some support. They have helped us over the last year with our beach clean ups and we are just one of many organisations that they spend their time helping in their quest to clean up the beaches. The link to their group is clean ocean project - facebook
Ryanair have just announced that they will be doing direct flights from London to Agadir starting on the 4th of December. This is absolutely amazing news as previously it was only charter flights that got really expensive in school holidays and were really inflexible. Now you can click on the ryanair site, book whichever dates you want and just get in touch with us. The long weekend of surfing is now an absolute must. Get the Friday off work, get to the airport for 8:30am take off and then be in Agadir by 12:30pm and in the water by 1pm for an afternoon surfing. Fly back on the Sunday at 1:00pm, back in London by late afternoon and ready to go back into work on the Monday. Check out www.ryanair.com
Youssef and his love life, alas there has been no follow up action for Youss as Ramadan has kicked, and all impure thoughts are put firmly to the back of his mind. Rob has fallen head over heels in love with his ex and Tudor is claiming to be in love having been back in England just for two weeks.
That being said, I am pretty sure the new love interest of Tudor did not get the chance to have a look at our Tudes’s photos of his little septic boils. If she had – then like facebook and google when we tried to load them up on the sites – she may have rejected the entry. Apparently sitting on a cactus is not the best plan of action when drunk. Even better still, not realising that you still have all the cactus pins in your bum when you wake up the next day! – “Like a golf ball!”
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15.7.08
Stop the press:
Youssef may have got some action…….
Youssef is our lothario chef, renowned as much for his tagines as his ability to drink himself to a very happy state (sometimes unhappy). For most people that have come out it has been the two Abduls that have got the pulses racing; Abdelkadir, I have six or seven girlfriends; and Wachow I have bagged myself an English wife.
Now Youssef may be a great chef, but ladies man he is not. Weighing in at a massive 8st and a towering 5’3” he doesn’t tick too many boxes. He is missing a fair number of teeth and the ones that he does have are of the yellow variety. He doesn’t shower that frequently and Rob has likened him to Gollum. Up until recently our man Youssef had been pretty unlucky in love, often turning to alcohol to solve his worries (60 percent of the time, all of the time???).
Things changed whilst I was away, Youssef upped his game and we are pretty sure that he had an encounter that didn’t require money to change hands. Who was the lucky lady? Well first let’s paint the scene, a couple of young girls staying at the surf camp. Youssef wooing them with his culinary skills, the said girls decide to take a trip up to Essouirra for the music festival. Youssef had already booked time off work to head up there for the Gnaoua music festival (awesome by the way, sadly the same time as Glastonbury). So the team head on up together, they hit a few bars and then it all goes blank. What may or may not have happened still needs to be confirmed by both parties, but off the record uglies were bumped. I like to think this little quote from a message we received after the guest’s stay may give a little insight:
“When you go back please give Youssef a massive hug from me, he was amazing and looked after us a lot!!”
