Riad Fawakay
Travel Blogs from Marrakech
Carne, carne, CARNE!! The food (and drink) blog
... famous, at the oldest tapas bar in Madrid, José Louis. 32. After enjoying a delicious meal cooked on an open wood-fire, we thought it was quite dramatic when the fire alarm went off. That was nothing compared to the drama that ensued when local kids threw rotten eggs in to the restaurant and ran off! Free entertainment, luckily we were just shy of the egg projectory. (Lisbon, Portugal). 33. Ducking into Gibraltar from nearby Algeciras (Spain) and chowing down on ...
Toubkal
Inspiring Jouneys around Morocco
Toubkal traveling is a tour with an adventurous slant, organising high-quality group mountain trekking and 4x4 tours in and around the Atlas Mountains and Sahara, as well as tailor-made holidays for individuals and private groups. Toubkal traveling is managed from Imlil area by people who are both passionate and knowledgeable about Morocco, exactly in Atlas Mountains, ...
Marrakech 2010
... your hands.
We arrive to Mezourga after 12 hours by bus. When we arrive, the bereber ( the people who lives in a desert ) lend us a camel for each one. Then, we and our camels start a route to dunes of the desert. Two hours later we arrive to haima's ( is a place in a desert like a big camping tent where the people eat and sleep ). Around midnight the berebers talked about histories of the desert wolfs and ...
From gondolas to camels
... real leather...hand made...genuine Berber handbags...and...as you have learnt...you just politely say "no Merci" ....avoid eye contact...and keep,walking....lthis guy then says "EXCUSE ME" in the most offended tone...he says it like you had just spat on one of his children.....the Psychology being that they have worked out that MOST westerners are fairly polite and don't want to offend the locals so they might respond to the indignation of the tone used in "EXCUSE ...
It's the stuff Movies are made of.
We had organised a day trip to Ourika Valley. The mini van picked us and the rest of our group up at 9am. The drive was about 1.5 hours long and we stopped along the at several attractions including: an argon oil factory our guide told us "it is good for your hair and every part of your body, no exceptions". We saw them extract the oil using the traditional method and were shown round the herb garden.
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