French electrician Emile Leray is known to the rest of the world as the man who turned his car into a motorcycle to survive hunger and thirst in the Moroccan Sahara. In 1993, his car broke near Tan Tan after he was on a solo trip to the desert.
In Essaouira, bike-rental shop owner Jad El Argane has become a local attraction thanks to his rescued cats, who ride perched on his shoulder as he cycles through the city, a bond that began unexpectedly when a pregnant stray sought his help in 2023.