Monkey Run Morocco

Wow! Just...wow! made it across Morocco. Even though I just finished, it still feels unreal. In true Adventurist style, even the finish line wasn't easy. It wasn't in Marrakech proper, but rather, in some random location in the Agafay desert just south of the city. It was a race to the finish. At one point, we had roughly 30 km to go with only an hour to get there. We were going for broke with reckless abandon. Didn't even have road directions - just a compass that pointed to our final GPS location.

Finally as we crested a hill, there it was: the fabled flags of the Monkey Run finish line. We could have circled back around to find the road, but in proper Monkey Run style, we took the straight line route. It didn't matter that there was a ravine that stood in our way. I dragged Uncle Papply down that ravine and continued the final sprint to the finish. The finish was "officially" open from 2:30-4:00, and we got there at 4 o'clock on the nose - granted, since everything here runs on Morocco time, the finish line was open for much longer. But still, what a rush as we scrambled to make it to the finish line!

I started alone with 65 strangers doing silly shit on goofy bikes in a strange land. But there are no strangers amongst us anymore.

Do you know the way to Marrakech? Because I do...

Travis Munn

Monkey Run Morocco Oct '22

Merzouga to Marrakech, by way of: Goulmima, Aït Hani, Tizi N'isly, Bin El Ouidane, Ouzoud, and Aït Ourir.

Distance ridden: 1150km