Dar Marhaba Marrakech
22 derb sidi bouamer Marrakech, 40008, Morocco
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Marrakesch
Die gute Nachricht des Tages, der marrokanische Schlangenbeschwoerer hat es geschafft. Zwar sind alle alten Daten und Programme verschwunden, aber ich hab ein neues Windows (englische Version, was dazu fuehrt, dass keine Umlaute mehr vorhanden sind und ein paar Buchstaben vertauscht sind, aber daran wird man sich gewoehnen). Das Ganze fuer 200 Dirham, also keine 20 Euro, da kann man nicht meckern.
Den Tag hab ich ...
Starting it solo
Woke up early today to make sure Dave and I see the last of the attractions he wanted, the Saadian Tombs and Koutoubia Mosque. After seeing Dave off the bus stop where the no 19 bus was rather prompt for Morocco standards, I ambled back to the hotel. In the luxury of the hotel terrace, I read the Lonely Planet in planning my last few days here (Rabat or no?, cooking class, hammans to try? were all question marks). It was quite hot despite ...
Souks & Spa
Mum woke at 5am to listen to the call to mosque on the terrace, then returned to her bed.
I slept through it and woke for breakfast at 8am. I loved having a routine :)
Now onto experience haggling in the souks...
After turning down many stall holders and walking quickly past every stall to assess where we wanted to look.
I decided I wanted a tea set. The first man we saw was very pushy & wouldn't let me put the item down. I ...
Exploring the crazy market square.
... stalls.
We waited till a seat was free- as our french was limited and we knew no moroccan- we choose to watch what others did and we were handed bread, salsa & aubergine dip. We pointed to a dish of battered fish & asked for une frites- nice food. We discovered the Moroccan way is to eat, then pay everywhere we went.
After dinner we walked around the entertainment. I was grabbed on my arm ...
You are never lost, only discovering
... a carpet. I did find out it takes 3 months to make a medium carpet by hand.
On the way back to our riad, we walked along to palace walls of El Badi Palace, taking photos of the storks. 2 young boys on rollerskates offered to show us the way to a mosque & garden- knowing no english they insisted on money by holding their hand out, we gave them a few centines- they looked disappointed.
We walked miles this ...

