Riad Soleil de Marrakech
13, derb Boutouil Kaneria Marrakech, Morocco
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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
... by some boys, although they turned away untrusting. We walked that way in hope and the boys accepted we were doing this ourselves. Seeing tourists gave us hope & we found a familiar area.
Back in the riad, we found a letter from desert majesty 'Habib your driver called by to let you know he will collect you at 8am'
We booked a Hammam & were recommended the 'Berbere Hammam' 50 mins- Exfoliation with friction glove, black soap body scrub ...
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
... Aya at Mellah market.
We were offered King's tea- made up of loose green tea, saffron, aniseed stars, juniper, ginsing, dried mint & strong crystal mint- topped with hot water- delicious :)
He then put powdered rose face mask on one of our hands and made us smell a black seeds wrapped in a cloth- it was intense, like a kick in the nostrils.
I buy a little of the face mask & he gives us a clay pummice ...


