Riad Catalina 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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Efter att ha tillbringat natten på en kall flygplats i Barcelona var det otroligt skönt att igår eftermiddag äntligen komma fram till Marrakesh och få vila hela eftermiddagen på vårt toppenmysiga riad (typ hotell) "Marhaba”. Mot våra förväntningar var Marrakesh kallt och regnigt, så vi fick plocka fram elementet i rummet och dra på oss långkalsongerna.

Idag är det fint soligt väder och vi ...

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

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

I went with African Trails because it ...

... 1080;з себя предс 90;авляе& #1090; их жилье, их обычн 99;й день. Но повер 93;ностн& #1072;я грязь и мразь отб ...

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

Got up at 4am and got to the airport ok in the taxi the hotel where we stayed is really half a mile away from the airport you can see the planes taking off and the taxi cost us 20 euro they know how to rip you off around here. I am excited about the change of scenery and also about going somewhere that is hot I cant wait to get my summer clothes back on again! I hate it on aeroplanes though when people in front of you put the seats down, I know that you can but there is such a ...

... And oh my, we had the best balcony seats in the house as the sun turned the scene to a rosy glow and the square came alive w/ smokey food stalls, snake charmers, jugglers, magicians, et al as darkness descended.

All in all, a most magical night to top off my fantastic adventures in Morocco.

... green.
Later I thought what we probably saw were olive trees and cactuses, which are
abundant but don’t need a heap of water. Case solved, mission complete.

We went to meet
the sign with our riad’s name on it, and the man holding the sign, and got a
lift to our accommodation. Very excited!

The city is all
built from the same red mud so it has a gorgeous rosy glow and we loved it
straight away. It was very ...

... up buying a camel bone frame mirror in a traditional Berber design. An absolute bargain, thanks to my relentless haggling skills. Saw an hilarious little wind up train set for sale, set up on the pavement. Instead of a train though, it was Osama Bin Laden on a camel being closely pursued by George Bush in a tank! For some reason the seller wouldn't let me take a photo but a managed a distance snapshot when his back was turned for a split ...

Our last day in Morocco and we are spending it in the Atlas Mountains to see the Berber villages. It is about an hour and a half drive way up into the mountains. There is snow at the very top but we are not going that far up. We stop in a small community of restaurants and stores and start our hike up the mountain. An eleven year old boy named Said (pronounced Sigh eed) approaches our guide and for three dirhams will be our guide to the ...