Day 15 | 09.05.2007 | Casablanca!

The car entered the SMEIA Land Rover workshop in Casablanca today…

The car entered the SMEIA Land Rover workshop in Casablanca today after the fast reaction of Land Rover Greece (KEDO S.A.) that communicated the problem to the regional manager of L.R. for Middle East and North Africa and he gave proper notice to the Moroccan importer to serve us properly. So the gearbox will be off tomorrow and the spare parts are ordered and expected to arrive on Monday, if not on Friday. So, we are convinced that we can proceed from Tuesday on and that we are not so lonely in this adventure.

So, today we overnight in the financial and industrial capital of Morocco, a huge – pretty like Athens – city, not so impressive as in the famous movie with Bogart, that was shoot in a Hollywood studio. But now let us watch in our 22 euros hotel at the centre, Spiderman 3 on our VAIO thanks to the 10 dirham (0,9 euros!) DVD we bought from the Medina…_Akis Temperidis

Wednesday 9/5/2007, Total km.: 3.828  Hotel Noailles, Casablanca, Morocco Tip of the day: if you want to have a kebap at a local fast food, you buy the meat first… Cultural shock for Vula! Highlight of the day: Police stopped us outside Rabat for crossing a red light and they left us go, thanks to our good manners.