Riad Amira Marrakech
52 Derb Benzina - La Kasbah, Medina Marrakech, 40008 , Morocco
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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... with two ceramic bowls thrown in to sweeten the deal. So of you are in the market for a Moroccan rug, cut out the middle man and buy direct from the weavers! We made our way back to Ouazazate and figured we'd get a hotel in the middle of town closer to the local action. However, we found the road into the town center blocked off by the police. We followed some cars which seemed to know a way around only to find a police paddy ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
... drop off at the Marrakech and Fez airports, respectively, so as to avoid city driving as much as possible. GPS rental was not an option so bring your own or use your smart phone map. Along with obeying speed limits, the nice man who rented us the car also advised to always keep the tank above 3/4 capacity, park in secure lots, and no monkeys or snakes in the car; apparently this has been a problem in the past. He stressed keeping the tank full because ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... it all off, it was generously adorned witn plenty of stained glass.
Before making it to the Palace we were distracted by snake charmers and folks with monkeys. We stopped at one of the snake charmer booths and took anfew pics and the attached vid. I find snakes repulsive but still have a strange fascination with them. I gave them the equivalent of a few bucks and they insisted on more. They poor guy next to us gave them about $20 and they still wanted more from him. Whih leads me to a ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... to chase a bunch of locals out of our assigned cabin to Marrakech. Once there we hopped into a taxi who gave the obligatory fare reeming to the main square, except he was supposed to drop us off two streets south so as to avoid the touts. After shaking off the touts and getting our bearings, we headed to our target hotel area and found a very nice newly built place. It was spotless, all marble, and friendly albiet a bit pricey at 400D per ...
Crash courses in cooking and quad piloting
... was better than practically any salad I had ever had. We all ate it in copious amounts. You can’t get better value from a trip than to pay for a good cooking class if somebody is willing to learn and to produce it later. It was money well spent, just like the classes they took in Paris and in Florence.
Mason and I took advantage of the time apart from the girls during their cooking class and jumped into a cab to try to find a place where we could ...



