Riad Zehar Marrakech

Confirming my ever-strong belief in fate and allworking out eventually, we ended up in Morocco right on time for the 2009 Marrakech Film Festival! As film fanatics, we hot-well, actually cold-footed it-from freezing cold Casa to Marrakech making it just in time for films galore...

Getting back to the Western world is weird after adventures in African countries like Mali and Senegal as it seems so different yet only a drive-or even briefer flight ...

... kollat in staden ordentligt och irrat runt bland alla små gator och torg där de säljer allt möjligt och omöjligt bl.a. på jakt efter fina tofflor som Astrid vill ha med sig till Sverige. Jag (Karin) har redan blivit pålurad en henna-tatuering vars pris varierade mellan gratis och 400 dirham (knappt 400 sek). Slutligen kom vi ”överens” om 50 dir (försäljerskan var inte så nöjd med detta). Här är många sköna m ...

... and left to have your own adventure. Side trips can be taken but they aren’t always organized by the driver. The road conditions vary from paved, dirt, mud, and everything in the middle. Sometimes you wonder how it is physically possible to make it through the narrow passengers that our driver navigates or the streets full of people and parked cars. It puts Austin Powers to shame. But there is really no other way to see Africa, at least for me.

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... 1077;дро воды (или помое 74; – это кому как), то Марра 82;еш - это бейсб 86;льной битой по роже со вс ...

... went to ring Danielle and then went to look at a restaurant that we had got a flyer for in the day it did not open until 7 so we went to the square in the evening it comes alive with street food sellers and snake charmers Ian made the mistake of taking a picture then that was it the snake man came over and started putting the snake around Ians neck and they were demanding that I take a picture I said no as I know then that they want money and I only had 2d and I did not even ...

Met a fine fellow from Wales as a hopped off the bus in Marrakech (from Essouria). He was looking for an economical riad to stay and I knew just the place - the riad I'd dumped my rugs at just days prior.

After settling in, I invited him to tag along w/ me to grab a geocache at Menara Gardens. LOL ...

... fire. Later in the afternoon I actually returned to the neighborhood over to have our platter of sardines baked. I must have looked funny walking through the souks with a tray of fish and an apron on. The cooking class was great and we were able to enjoy our Moroccan diffa (feast) with our new Dutch friends. Hope you enjoyed the abbreviated version of my experience in Marrakech! Next up Barcelona!

... 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 ...

... to warrant any of my hard earned Morroccan Dirham, snake charmers should be facing death every second from angry cobras, constantly planning revenge on their oppressors - the cobras, however, remind me more of Shelby the cat that used to sleep 24/7, mainly on my head. But Djemma El-Fna is so much more than average snake charmers. The mass of juice stalls - selling perhaps the most outrageously brilliant orange juice at equally outrageous prices ...