Riad des Droles 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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... jda efter ett besök på torget där vi blev inkastade i Borats lilla hörn och avnjöt grillspett, grönsaker, och de klassiska pitabröd som verkar vara den enda brödsort de har här. På torget kan man även äta sniglar som säljs i små stånd och dricka nypressad apelsinjuice eller te och titta på magdans, ormtjusare, gubbar som går runt och spelar på ett litet instrument och snurrar med tofsen på sin hatt m.m. Här verkar det ok ...

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

Comments on Overlanding:

Why I chose African Trails and other comments about the trip:

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 ...

... a good life and had died for a good purpose, and whose body would feed a family of 8 for the next two weeks.

That night I saw something I never expected to see. There was a man dressed up as a sheep in the skins of that morning's lambs. He walked around hitting people with a stick until they gave him money (which is later donated). This is called Hrma, and it was completely terrifying to be cornered by him. The kids of the town loved it! They ran in front of him screaming and it ...

... 1081; доли реаль 85;ой культ 91;ры этой стран 99;. Мои друзь 03;и прост 86; случа 81;ные знако 84;ые расс ...

... Strange!

We got some
things for the train trip the next day and then went to bed.

We were off to
Fez and dad was off to Casablanca!



Shane says:

Only two nights
in Marrakech, and we arrived late the first day. A painstakingly long delay
before we even got to the Taxi, enormous Immigration and Customs queues, as
well as Nick exacerbating the delay by ...

... a beautiful meal it was too. The variety of food was marvellous, if somewhat a little too adventurous for me in some areas. Rows of goats heads etc, waiting to be selected for the oven. I chose my final Tagine (what else?) - lemon and chicken, and it was perfect. A final stroll around the square, watching the fire eaters, acrobats and story tellers, before heading back to the hotel for a late night farewell drink, or 6, and to say our goodbyes.

... and tall mountain peaks. We spent the night in a charming hotel in an area called "The Valley of the Roses" and had some traditional Moroccan food for dinner and breakfast. On Day 2 we made an early start and visited another Berber village. We had a tour through their fields, then went into their mud buildings to meet a family. The mud buildings have to be repaired every three years, as they melt during the rainy season. The heat came on relentlessly after that, and didn't let up until ...