"Look at the green taxi parked over there," says Mesfar. "That"s stayed overnight from Taroudant [a city to the west of Essaouira] and that one over there is from Rabat as it"s white. Each city in Morocco has its own taxi colour scheme that makes it easy to spot and here in Essaouira it"s just like our fishing boats: sky blue. A proud colour that once upon a time made us rich."