With every organized motorcycle tour I take part in, it is always a little adventure and a big surprise when you meet the other tour participants for the first time at the briefing. The "Moroccan Dreams Exclusive" tour of the adventure agency "Wheels of Morocco" starts tomorrow and I will be in there. My tour buddy Sean from London gave me the idea in February. I had already traveled with him in Colombia and when he asked me if I would like to come along on this motorcycle trip through Morocco, I immediately said yes. In addition to a challenging route, a properly maintained motorcycle and a tour guide with integrity, it is always important to me that nice people are with me. I've known one with Sean and trusted his assessment that the others would be fine too.
At 5pm we meet at the pool bar of the Adam Park Hotel in Marrakech for the first time with tour guide Greg and everyone else. Except for one or two motorcycle T-shirts, you don't necessarily see that these people are here to ride a motorcycle. In the round of introductions, a colorful mixture is revealed: