Here is a typical scene at a bus stop. Men/boys line up with their wheeled carts to carry your luggage for you to where you need to go, usually for just a few dirhams. There are several kinds of buses. One is CTM, on which you can make reservations (with assigned seats) in advance, and they give you a receipt for your luggage. Another is Supratours, which is owned and located by train stations, and is similar. Both of these make very few stops enroute to your main destination. Then there are the "souq" busses, and it's first come, first served, with MANY stops
along the way, and no guarantee of a seat, nor that your
luggage underneath is secure. Prices for rides vary
accordingly. .


Another picture of a fine rock wall, of which I
viewed many during my trip to Essaouira.
Next is a beach scene in Ess. The beach is covered with many boys/men playing soccer. The few people in the water were generally of the same sex, with a few tourists being the exception. Soccer is everywhere and anywhere there is a raggedy old ball and a vacant area. Always and only played by males, of course.


The last is taken from the pier looking towards the medina, or center of town.