Riad Al Mamoune 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 ...

... ta med båda händerna men jag som är vänsterhänt måste nog börja öva på att inte använda ”bajshanden” vid måltider tillsammans med andra (en metod man kanske kan använda om man är väldigt hungrig nån gång och vill ha all mat för sig själv).

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Idag letade vi oss utanför murarna till nya delen av staden. Där fanns både Zara, Pizza Hut och traditionella tofflor, dock inga som Astrid ville ha ...

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 ...

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&# 1042;ечеро ;м на главн 86;й площа 76;и Хадж Муста 92;а жарил ягнен 82;а. Я смотр 77;л, как одним 80; и т ...

... 1075;олов 77;. Даже не обухо 84;... Не знаю, с чем сравн 80;ть. Если Фес - это как будто на тебя вылил 80 ...

... stepping daintily around a dead chèvre (goat), we found the little sucker (a micro hidden in a cubby hole in a clay/straw wall) and... I do believe Wales now has a new geoaddict! ;D

That night (alas, my last in dear Morocco!), we headed for the legendary "Djemaa el Fna" Square for a sunset ...

... English) have lived in this splendid house 3 years – since he retired. He’d come here as a visitor for 30 years before finally taking the plunge and buying the "riad" (a high-quality B+B). His wife decorated the home exquisitely. I kept looking at the unheated pool…..Did I say it was hot?

At 2:30, the first 'event’ I’d pre-booked began: our tour of the city with our guide, Mageet. It ...

... Even though I have had chicken pox before, Abdullah (our volunteer coordinator) does not want me working in there until everyone gets better just in case I would get them again or be carrying the virus to someone else. I am so disappointed they are sick because I am just so in love with them now and want to be with them. They have also started calling me mama. I walked in today and everyone got so excited and they were yelling "mama" "mama ...

... in it and was also copletely tiled: each floor over that looked down into the courtyard via a balcony and you worked you way up till you got to a sunterrace which overllooked the city: it was really nice and you could see all the minerets and hear the noises coming from the square: After a short rest we headed into the square; which was about 30 seconds away and we saw all the activity; there was snake charmers, men with monkeys, women selling biscuits ...