Riding the waves of Essaouria...
On our way to Essaouria, we stopped by the first women's argan oil cooperative in Morocco in Tamanar. Currently, there are 104 women working at this co-op doing various parts of the argan processing including cracking the nuts, pressing the nuts, and extracting the oil. The students even tried their hands at figuring out this process for themselves. After we passed many goats in tree -yes, the goats actually climb the trees and eat the argan leaves, we arrived in the seaside town of Essaouria. It is such a relaxing place to be! Last night, we ate at one of the fish stalls where we sampled many different types of fresh fish and then we followed this with a Gnawa music performance. Ellie and Lauren tested their musical abilities on the gimbri, a 3-string Gnawa guitar of sorts.
This morning, we learned how to surf the waves of Essaouria. Tomorrow, we will head back to Marrakesh for one final day and then head west towards the desert.
More adventures to come...and pictures of the actual Global LAB surfer girls shredding the waves...