Riad Julia 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 ...

... jda efter ett besök på torget där vi blev inkastade i Borats lilla hörn och avnjöt grillspett, grönsaker, och de klassiska pitabröd som verkar vara den enda brödsort de har här. På torget kan man även äta sniglar som säljs i små stånd och dricka nypressad apelsinjuice eller te och titta på magdans, ormtjusare, gubbar som går runt och spelar på ett litet instrument och snurrar med tofsen på sin hatt m.m. Här verkar det ok ...

... and left to have your own adventure. Side trips can be taken but they aren’t always organized by the driver. The road conditions vary from paved, dirt, mud, and everything in the middle. Sometimes you wonder how it is physically possible to make it through the narrow passengers that our driver navigates or the streets full of people and parked cars. It puts Austin Powers to shame. But there is really no other way to see Africa, at least for me.

... monkeys doing twirls in their petty coats. This city caters to the tourist. But the real show doesn’t start till dusk when the night market begins. The main square, which lies almost empty in the day, is filled with roll out restaurants, souvenir shops and everything else you could possible imagine. It is truly a sight to behold. The colors are mesmerizing as you walk down the aisles of the Medina where shop keepers try to entice you into buying anything from leathers to ...

I write this to you with the remnants of henna on my hand. My trip to Morocco was my last grand adventure during my time abroad before returning home, and it was a perfect trip to end with!

On Wednesday, November 25 I looked at my Outdoor Programs CamelBak in awe that everything I needed for my first time to Africa fit in it. But it did! I got the Aerobus to the airport way too early and ended up waiting awhile, but it was a good amount of time to get my head around the idea that I ...

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... temps is challenging to say the least), as we headed to Todra Gorge. We managed a mini 'trek' in the am about 1600 mtrs into the Atlas Mountains (although did I mention that we were already 1000 mtrs above sea level?). We also visited a carpet factory which could have been a tourist trap, but also helped us appreciate the level of effort that goes into an authentic carpet. Swigged the compulsory Mint Tea. Quite a few carpets were purchased, and while I would have liked to have ...

... by offering me a lollipop (that he had already licked and eaten half of), then his hat, then ½ of his cupcake. I kept saying no, so I figured I finally had to say yes. It was a darn good cupcake, I must admit! So kind - sharing! We couldn't communicate - he kept trying to say things to me while the show was going on, but I clearly couldn't understand. I tried to ask his name and found out that his name sounded like ...

... takes away the excitement!). And to complete the madness were water sellers, in crazy colorful suits literally vending their um... tasty? water from a tank on their back. The real show didn't start up however, until the sun starts to set. Then come the food stalls! OOOOH man, walking around trying to decide where to eat is a task. Not only does everything smell and look so tasty and fresh(minus the stewed sheeps head... a delicacy we happily didn't partake in) but sudddenly you ...