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Travel Blogs from Ouarzazate
Berber music man, snake charmer, and Spongebob
... in. At every turn you didn't know what you'd find - a woman coming home from the market, or a little girl calling you to her mother's henna shop, or a man selling clothes or paintings, or a group of men sitting around sharing tea. At any turn you could go at least 2 ways - yet another risk in this country of getting ridiculously lost.
My favorite discovery was an older traditional Berber man, playing an instrument. It basically looked like a ...
Ait Benhaddou and more illness-Tim
We woke up this morning in our hotel after a good nights sleep. Nick still looking very pale and ill this morning. In our party "Big Nick" ( our new friend Nick Cannon from Harrogate ) had also been ill but this morning 2 more were down. We walked around this amazing place which despite being a UNESCO site had an additional front wall (false) built for Gladiator. Views from the top were amazing and we had a good look ...
Vomiting in the desert ! Caroline
I forgot to mention that after we arrived back at camp yesterday , at the " Bedouin " tents , we thought we had been too long without alcohol......so we went into the town of Tazzarine where we found a hotel with a very cold pool. The children played in the pool while we took the opportunity to have a few beers. They also took us down to their "wine cellar" where we choose 2 bottles of wine ( there were 4 adults!) for 100 ...
Atlas Film Studios-Tim
Back to Ouarzazate today. Unfortunately all a little tired and Nick sick having succumbed to Morocco belly. I was woken in the night with poor N throwing up. Unfortunately inside the "Bedouin" tents this wax a bit tricky especially as our suitcases were next to him. So we had a big clean up job in the middle of night. Ollie sket through the whole thing and Nick once he had settled managed to get back to sleep but Caroline and I had very ...
Marrakesh, Atlas mountains then Ouarzazte
... With snake charmers, monkeys and all sorts of stalls including someone who was sitting with a pile of human teeth making them into false teeth there is something for everyone here.
We spent a delightful couple of hours walking the narrow souks bartering and shopping for that spice or carpet I knew I always wanted from the ever so helpful locals who seem to have so many brothers that you ...