I left Madrid on February 10th when I took a flight to Tangier. When I arrived there I found out that north of Morocco was cold in winter, only 12°C during the day and freezing during the night. Most of my hosts didn't have a heating so I was feeling very cold at night. I stayed in Tangier 3 days and I had a good time, my host took me to the cave and I wore some traditional clothes there and we went to the Cape Spartel where we had a nice view on the Spanish coast. 

We went also to a fish market and I ate a plate full of shrimps. I left Tangier on Monday and I went to Rabat by train. I met Younes in the train who lived in Spain but was originally from Casablanca and later he hosted me there. After arriving in Rabat I met two surfers who stayed with my host in Kasbah des Oudayas. Our host was an Italian guy and he was busy working, but I met other people from CS and we had fun. 

One of them took me to a trip to Sale which is very close to Rabat, just on the other bank of the river and we visited the old Medinah there. Another couchsurfer took me to Temara where he played a guitar with his friends and we were singing on the beach in the evening, but it was very cold there after sunset. I had to stay in Rabat 4 days because I had to wait for my visa to Mauritania. Then I took a train to Casablanca where I had two different hosts, the first one was from CS and another one Younes who I met in the train. Casablanca is not an interesting place for tourists, it is an economic capital but there weren't many places to visit, just the big mosque and the beach. 

When we went to a square with pigeons we were immediately surrounded by a tour guide and a woman doing a henna tattoo. The tour guide took many photos of us pigeons and the woman grabbed my hand and started doing tattoo because I wasn't fast enough to prevent her. It was overpriced and low quality, it was washed away within 3 days. Younes took me to a restaurant where I ate a very good lamb tajine. Then I travelled to Marrakech where I got a cold because it was only 18°C outside (although it was much warmer in the sun) and I was wearing a T-shirt and a skirt all day. The following day my host took me to the Ourika valley which was a beautiful place with its waterfalls, but I didn't feel good. 

We had tajine and I bought some necklaces there as souvenirs. After Marrakech I took a bus to Essaouira which is a small city but worth visiting. My host took me to the Jimmy Hendrix cafe in Diabat. 

Then I travelled to Agadir where the weather was warm enough to swim even though the water had only around 18°C. My host was studying English which was great because my other hosts didn't speak English well, they could speak mostly French. I wore a short skirt in Agadir and I got a lot of unwanted attention there, one guy accused me of not respecting their traditions. I found it surprising because he was a young guy and I thought they were more liberal in Morocco. 

After visiting Morocco I took a bus to Western Sahara where I spent approximately one week.