Amanjena 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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... kollat in staden ordentligt och irrat runt bland alla små gator och torg där de säljer allt möjligt och omöjligt bl.a. på jakt efter fina tofflor som Astrid vill ha med sig till Sverige. Jag (Karin) har redan blivit pålurad en henna-tatuering vars pris varierade mellan gratis och 400 dirham (knappt 400 sek). Slutligen kom vi ”överens” om 50 dir (försäljerskan var inte så nöjd med detta). Här är många sköna m ...

... significantly cheaper and their Trans went quite a bit further. We have run into the Oasis truck on numerous occasions and yes it is much nicer with coach seats and a better sound system but I'd rather sacrifice such things to be able to do more on my trip. I mean over $1000 in savings can go quite a long ways in side trips like rafting and shark diving. I would advise if you are choosing an overlanding trip that if you need the extra comfort to go with ...

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... being no seats and a million people trying to get into the carriages so at least we have a seat and can rest. The taxi driver was another scam artist at the begining he asked for 25d one way then when we where in the taxi he said oh its 50d one way so I was having a row with him about it, too funny the way once you are in the taxi the price will change so that you have no choice but I would not back down in the end we agreed that he would wait for us at the ...

... space that people have why would you invade it so much just deal with your own little space its so rude!

Apart from the idiots in front of us the flight was ok we thought it was only 2 hours but it turned out to be 3 as Morroco have the same time as us back in the UK. We got off the plane and had to wait ages to get through passport control then when we got out there was a man waiting for us with the name of the Riad, I always wanted to come to the airport and have ...

... 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 ...

... halves, or everything from the neck up.   Rich wisely chose a quarter, the rest of us joining him but sticking to the local Tanjia (not Tajine, it's different), a Marrakech dish of beef slow cooked in a ceramic jug until it's meltingly tender.  Served only with flat bread, which is used like a spoon, we gorged ourselves on buttery soft meat as Rich daringly picked away at his bowl of head.  We graciously traded bites of food so we could try it, but we were glad ...

I got here! And a day early. From the distances I have been covering each day on this ride, I figured that Casa. -> Marrakech in one day was feasible. Only the amount of daylight was out of my control. So I decided I would give it a go. I didn't have anything to loose. If I got too tired to carry on, I could find some shelter and have a sleep. In the event, I rode ...