Riad Nejma Lounge Marrakech

Situé en plein coeur de la médina, à quelques pas du port et de la plage, le Riad Chakir Mogador est le lieu privilégié de votre escale à Essaouira.


Cette maison d'hôtes, entièrement restaurée dans le pur respect des traditions et de l'architecture ...

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Shane, dad and I
were seen off by Olga on another warm clear morning and it was sad to leave. We
flew from Split to London, had a stereotypical curry in an airport pub and then
flew to Marrakech. The immigration queues were achingly slow (literally in
dad’s case as his legs were killing him standing still for so long) and the
Moroccan stamp was **** in the end. But we were there.

Coming in ...

From the fun flats of Marrakech...we made our way to the High Atlas mountains for well...mountains of magnificent hiking and views.

Jebel Toubkal stands at 4200m above sea level and at that is the highest most point in northern Africa and also a bit of a mission! We made it up the mighty mountain in a few days and did some sleeping, sun burning and Scrabble in there as well. An absolutely incredible adventure!

Back down and all set to embark on a road trip to Fez!

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... reminds me of India and all the experiences i had there that live on in my mind but it is an odd amalgamation of the western and traditional. The main square is a magical place where all is alive by night and oh so chilled and interesting in the day.

We did a couple of days exploration of all it had to offer and then onwards AND upwards...

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... But coins are useless to me; you can’t exchange them. In fact, you cannot exchange Durhams for Euros once you leave. So a little boy was at the right spot at the right time. Connection. (Susan said a man watched all this and said “Thanks” to her. Ha.)

The rest of the day was spent in the Marrakesh airport, in the air, riding various trains, metros and buses in Madrid, and taking a walk through central ...

I managed to get to the train station after that long hot walk. Then it was a 3 and a half hour ride through the country. I found myself sitting next to a white-haird old man in a long robe who demanded that I moved so he could have the window seat. Let me paint this picture for you. Imagine that man I just described, with his cell phone out blasting Islamic prayers with his skin looking like leather from all the years in ...

... br>Jantamos dentro da haima, um Tagine maravilhoso de frango,
arroz branco para limpar e muitas, muitas bananas, cola sem gás e pão,
o pão é divinal.
A noite, o silencio não consigo descrever, não tenho palavras, é é não sei...adorei.
As estrelas parecem que estão a meio metro dos nossos olhos.
Dia seguinte decidimos regressar a nossa vida de "Lords" pois não é facil a vida de nomada.
Meu Deus mais horas de dromedário.....AIIIIIII o meu rabo ...

... tait une bonne idée. Heureusement, la Villa Nomade est un oasis de calme et de fraîcheur, où l'on nous accueille avec un thé à la menthe et des pâtisseries. Nous sommes ensuite partis à l'aventure dans Marrakech, pour une première visite informelle : Jardin Majorelle, les remparts, la place Djemmaa-el-Fna, le souk... et les petites ruelles du nord de la ville (car on s'est pas perdu mais presque).

... powder eyeliner all wrong with our $25 angle brushes from MAC! The 'brush' in this case is a piece of bevelled wood, dipped in kohl, & placed on the bottom rim of the eye. You then close your eyes & gently pull the wood along the shape of you eye & voila! - instant, arabic-woman looking eyeliner!! Today (April 29th) is my last day here & I've been scheduled to get "henna'd" in traditional Moroccan designs (as opposed to Gulf ...