Morocco Overland

INTRODUCTION PART 1: PLANNING When to go 8 (Daylight hours in winter 9) - Where to go 11 (What can I do in... 12, First time in Morocco 12) - Documents, money, costs and phones 13 (Visas 14, Motor insurance 14, Money 15, Some costs 16, Mobile phones & internet 18) - Maps 19 - Guidebooks 23 PART 2: VEHICLE CHOICE & PREPARATION Motorcycles 25 (Little or large? 26, Preparing a bike 26, Motorcycling in Morocco 27, Basic equipment checklist 29) - 4WD31 (Which 4WD 32, 4WD preparation and equipment 32, Tyres 37, Recovery equipment 38) 2WD 42 - Bicycle touring 46 (Pick of the pistes 47, A bike for Morocco 47) PART 3: GETTING THERE Across the Channel or the Bay of Biscay 52 - Crossing Spain 54 Crossing to Morocco 54 - Flying to Morocco 56 PART 4: AT THE BORDER Temporary vehicle importation document 58 Entry procedure at the port 60 - Leaving the port 61 PART 5: ON THE ROAD Dangers on the road 62 (Checkpoints and police 63, Accidents and breakdowns 64) - Day by day 66 (Roadside food 67, Health and water 68) Hassle 70 - Wild camping 73 - Renting vehicles locally 73 (Two-day excursions 75) PART 6: Off THE ROAD Off-highway riding 76 - Day trips for motorcycles 81 - Off-road driving 84 PARTS 7-12: ROUTE GUIDES Introduction to the routes 86 ME - East routes 89 (ME routes overview map 90) MH - High Atlas routes 108 (MH routes overview map 110) MS - Sahara routes 143 (MS routes overview map 144) MA - Anti Atlas routes 174 (MA routes overview map 176) MW - West routes 205 (MW routes overview map 208) MO - Ocean routes 223 (MO routes overview map 230) INDEX 239

CHRIS SCOTT first passed through Morocco in 1982 on an XT500 motorcycle while returning from his first aborted Sahara trip, an adventure he relates in his early memoir, 'Desert Travels' (available on Kindle). Since that time he's under- taken several other trips in the Sahara, including 'Desert Riders' in 2003 (on DVD) and the second known crossing of the Majabat al Koubra in 2006. For the full list of his other achievements go to www.sahara-overland.com and click his picture. His other books for Trailblazer include the 'Adventure Motorcycling Handbook' (now in its 6th edition), 'Sahara Overland' and the 'Overlanders' Handbook'.