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Marrakech Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakesh
... me apart from the bus and there were snowy mountains on the horizon. Everything was so quiet. And then... Marrakech. Hustle, bustle, tight spaces, Arabic, heat. Morocco is a kick in the butt for the senses as touts are numerous as are people and ...
Crossing the Mid-Atlas to the Saharan Desert
... for work and pleasure, so we prefer to see something different… but as we travelled through the harsh and hot landscape of Morocco we decided as arid ecologists it would be crazy for us not to visit the desert and a chance to see the biggest desert ...
Marrakech
Marrakesh
... 2 of us. I could get used to being served and waited on! Very easily! (Very very easily). We had a first hammam experience in Morocco too. I couldn’t bring myself to go to a public one, I was too shy! I could just foresee some really humiliating ...
Au Revoir Marrakech
We enjoyed breakfast in the hotel - and you could really feel the French influence. We had all sorts of flaky pastries and fresh fig jam. We went off in search of the sights, which aren't all that much to see. We visited the Almoravid Koubba - ...
Hayden and Gill in the Scoob
This is a top pick! ... ’s finest artisans starting in the 1860’s. Dar Si Said on the other hand is a monument to morocco’s finest artisans highlighting Marrakesh’s graceful riad architecture and local craftsmanship. A tough choice but we went for ...
Gladiator!
... believed to have been built as early as the 11th century. It is located en route from the Sahara Desert to Marrakech, and it served as a resting point for caravans making this trip to sell their products in the markets in Marrakech. From the ...
Marrakech #1
... besides a 15kg bagage limit, no food on board and no seat tickets, lowcost Ryanair is just like normal airlines. Finally Marrakech, 9:30, 20°C. After dogs having checked some baggage for money or drugs, we got some amount of inconverible dirhams (1e ...
Thank Goodness for Pizza
... stall 2 doors down always carries the exact same thing), the prices are the best. (After finishing my trip to Morocco, I can tell you that yes, Marrakech IS the best place to shop. Fez is cheaper for some things, but there are less stalls close together ...
Marrakech to the Mountain
... made it back to the cafe soleil in 4 hours (seeing a lizard on the way yey!). We'd arranged to share a taxi back to Marrakech with the spanish guy (pedro) and two english guys who had also been on the mountain, so we dropped off our rented equipment ...
The wheels on the bus go round and round
... room here as well, better than the front really! As predicted, it does rain on the way back, but nothing much. Back in Marrakech it's just a fifteen minute walk to our hotel. The taxi drivers think they have seen us coming and are demanding 50 Dh for ...
Marrakech
... ) is close to Djema el Fna. Other highlights were a trip to Atlas mountains and a visit of Le Jardin Majorelles in Marrakech...! ´ My favourite dish was vegetarian couscous. The new city is quite clean, full of roses, lemon and orange trees and ...
What a Moment!
... health care to 30 million Americans. I am so proud of my country, my family and my friends. Mucho amor from Espana (now Morocco), Corey How will the bill effect you? Helpful Graphic Explanation Jon's Note: This is a travel blog and not a political ...
Scorpions, bed bugs and big cops, oh my!
... thoroughly our visit in Morocco. I’ve never seen anything like it. We had a very late lunch in the High Atlas Mountains, and hours later pulled into Marrakech. The girls started their online schooling and didn’t finish until early ...
the end of the begginning
essouira was a lovely stop off- the coolest place in morocco, and also one of the most westernized, being a tourist destination. this made it a bit less threatening, and i did lots of wandering on my own, plus got a henna tattoo. then did lots of ...
Busy doing nothing
Today's plan is to sit by the pool and chill...all day! We rise at 9am. It has been raining. We wander down to the local cafe for breakfast. Brrr, it's actually quite cold. We decide to sit inside rather than on the terrace today. We return to hotel. ...
Marrakech Madness
So after 43 hours of travel - including a whirlwind stop in Washington, DC - we arrived in Marrakech, Morocco. We flew into Casablanca and took the train straight away. The ride through the country side was interesting - there are a lot more cactus ...
Marrakech
Ok so I am in Marrakech, was not to sure how to begin this blog, because I am not to sure how I feel about Marrakech. While I am thrilled I came, I probably will never come again. When I first arrived I headed to customs, which took quite a long ...
Battling on our own
... on the roof of one of the taxis. We then sped along in the cramped, hot taxis for two and half hours before arriving at Marrakech. We found our way to our Riad - hotel - where we were rather rudely welcomed, and after some problems filling out all our ...
Marrakech #2
... atractive place! The best thing to do is climb to the terrace, where one can enjoy a marvelous 360° view around. The whole Marrakech is completely flat and only the south is dominated by the Atlas mountains. Quite funny to see palms and storks [which ...
Marrakech
... wanted to relax and Marrakech is not the place for that! It doesn't take long to reach some true natural beauty from Marrakech, squeezed into a long distance taxi through the dusty and yellow landscape for about 3 hrs. Par exemple the Ouzoud cascades are ...
Marrakech Express!
... . She met her husband on the roof at night when her parents were asleep. Today, we went in to the main square in Marrakech. I saw snake charmers and got to hold a mamba, watch two cobras fight, hold a chameleon and a strange orange lizard, and a ...
I Don't Want to Crap in My Pants!
... were some pretty tight passes into oncoming traffic – Marianna remarked that she was surprised we survived the drive back to Marrakech. We were dropped off at the end of one of the pedestrian streets that radiates outwards from the Place, and ...
Marrakech: 22 McElaney's: -300
... the next opening. People are clutching and grabbing everything, all over the place (including Lauren). Boys in Marrakech apparently have a thing for grabbing girls not dressed in traditional Arabic clothing. Given this perfect storm of ...
Marrakech and all our lost mopeds resurfaced!
... not pass their smog tests in the late ‘70s have been shipped out here and are all operating full time in Marrakech and probably other North African cities. They are terrifying for foreigners on foot and pump out a remarkable amount of black smoke. ...
