Moroccan Christmas

Monday 2nd January 2012

Sun, Santa and a Christmas day surprise!
So nice to get a bit of sun on the bones (instead of frost) over Christmas. Admittedly, first thing in the morning and late evening it was a bit on the cool side, nothing a light jacket didn't fix but daytime temps were wery pleasant with plenty of sunbathing.

We were staying at the Caribbean Village in Agadir, now a well established winter sun destination.  During what was essentially a relaxing sun Christmas break, we visited Bird Valley in Agadir, a free entry small zoo that was surprisingly large and despite the name, did have other animals plus an inpressive children's play area that proved extreemly popular.

Christmas Eve was great, the complex really pushed the boat out with a very impressive production of the Navtivity followed by nibbles and cocktails round the central pool before we all headed in for a special gala dinner.  The table service proved a bit slow and it wasn't 5 star dining but perfectly acceptable and a lovely atmosphere. 

Christmas day around the pool saw Santa and his helpers arrive on camels - yes I did say camels, ok not exactly traditional but hey, this is Morocco and reindeer are a little bit hard to come by but again, a great atmosphere and all the children received a gift.

This event was followed by another Christmas special - a total power failure, which lasted 12 hours, just the Caribbean Village was affected, (wern't we the lucky ones) and it caused a few difficulties when the sun went down but with hundreds of candles placed everywhere it was actually very Christmassy, (the old Dunkirk spirit prevailed).  As a group, we decided to eat out on Christmas day evening and found a delightful local Moroccan restaurant and enjoyed a great evening with music. After one final day of tan topping up, Dec 27th saw us heading home to the UK in time for the New Year celebrations.

Keith - (Small Families host)  Christmas 2011.

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