Riad Le Rihani Marrakech

... After a stressful spell though the buzz of Marrakech makes me appreciate all we have experienced and everything us Westerners have even more. Morocco is more amazing than i remembered with its incredible colours, culture and continuous backdrop of distant mountain ranges.

Reality beckons as we are back by Chrimbo but for now we are losing ourselves in all sorts of surreal and out-standing cinema in the sunny but still cold capital...

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... som glider runt i en slags rockar med stor luva som kallas jellaba. Allra finast är de män som matchar denna med en fez på huvudet, men solglajjer är också en poppis acessoar. Det har varit otroligt mycket intryck under dagen så nu vilar vi med en kopp marockanskt te på terrassen och laddar för att ikväll gå ner till det stora torget, Djemaa el-Fna, som är stället där allt händer kvällstid.

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We have been in Marrakech for three days now and I just finally made it into town because first I was sick then it was pouring down rain. What a drag. Anywho just thought I'd give a quick update since we aren't sure if we will have internet for the next couple weeks.

Thought I'd put in some general stuff

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I went with African Trails because it ...

... had expected rain in Africa. The rain continued all through the night and into the next day, leaving it less then appealing to venture into town.

On the third and last day in Marrakech the few of us who hadn’t been into the city finally got our chance. With the sun shining high in the sky we piled into the minibus and headed for the city center. The whole city is truly vibrant with horse drawn carriages lining the streets, snake charmers charming their vipers and ...

... how much I love driving in buses or vans or cars. This drive went through the Moroccan desert, and it was so beautiful!

Marrakech was a bit intense. Barcelona is a city, but it's a city where I know at least one of the official languages. That was not true of Marrakech, where like the rest of Morocco the official languages are Arabic and French. I knew I was not in Kansas anymore when I woke up before sunrise because of the morning call to prayer. That's when it started to hit ...

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... heard of the Riad. The chicken man only spoke french and Shona nothing but English. It was interesting. From a distance Dino noticed a small folded piece of paper in Shona s side pocket of her bag, he yelled to her, could it be, oh God yes it was, the most beautiful piece of paper on earth. The chicken man had heard of the street and pointed us in the right direction, even with his invaluable advice we had to ask others ...

... during this first stop in Marrakech, the number of tourists was at a manageable level. The vendors were aggressive in Marrakech and even looking at an item in passing ...

... Luckily we Australians are well liked and everyone we meet gives us a big warm welcome to Morocco. Anyways, my first two nights were spent in Marrakech at the lovely Riad where we got our first taste of the souks. The souks are a maze of little alleyways filled with different market stalls and shops - shopping paradise if you have the stamina and room in your bag! The souks range from beautiful fabric stalls, shoes, leathergoods, lamps and lanterns galore, ceramics ...