Atlas Essaouira & Spa

... man after his bath with the locals. Apparently you go into a big room and they put local soap all over him and scub he said that a layer of skin came off and then they put big buckets of hot water all over him to make him clean. As I could not go Mohammad brought me back some local clay that you mix with water and put on your hair to make it really clean and nice so will have a girly night when we get home and we can try it out.<br><br ...

... alleyways of Essaouria. <br><br> - Though I normally minimize my time w/ fellow travelers (preferring instead to - why rub shoulders w/ the locals of course!), one evening I opted to sip a beer atop a seaside "tourist" restaurant balcony whilst enjoying a spectacular Moroccan sunset and... There I met a delightful couple from London, along w/ a lad from northern England. Blessedly, our chatter avoided the usual ...

... horse and canter wild and free along the beach like that &#8211; awesome!!<br><br>We get dropped off back in town and go to meet Yassir &#8211; he&#8217;s coming for lunch with us. The fishermen get back in around this time with their daily catch &#8211; some of which is sold in a handful of fish restaurants down by the harbour. We have other plans, we go to the local fish market which is in the centre of the Medina where locals purchase their fish and then take it to a small ...

... A popular old Russian song by Alla Pugachova, the light suddenly went down low for a couple of seconds and the show was over... It looked like synthesizer of a band member was burnt by electricity failure=( It was so pity...<br><br>So, as far as we ended our drinks, we went back through the night city, which looked wonderful at night... Then again we spent some time by the pool with some wine=)<br>

... br>the family or couple on vacation. Offering a host of amenties, including wifi, DVD players, spa<br>and massage services, a restaurant and club style bar, and a roof top pool that gives you<br>access to a view of the city you couldn't find elsewhere. Take a stroll through the narrow streets<br>of the medina and visit the many soukses (market places) that fill every corner of them.<br>Hear the ...

... lovely room in Moroccan style. I felt like I'd never want to leave again. My first stop was Il Mare. A restaurant right behind the city walls but high enough to look over them. Ten days before Christmas, I was sitting outside on the roof terrace, enjoying a good lunch with a view of the ocean. It was blue skies all over and just pleasant. Was it really 3 days since I was walking through the snow...

... vomiting and was able to eat real food again. We had a leisurely drive out to the coastal town of Agadir, on the Atlantic Ocean. We got in mid afternoon, and instead of staying in the campsite as they normally do, Marnie had organised us to have a couple of apartments for the night, which each slept 10 people and had a basic kitchen and even a tv where we got to tune into the Olympics! During the trip we all got very excited by any chance to watch it, as ...

... taking turns holding her son, watching her daughter play with her baby brother, and sipping mint tea her husband had made for us. It was, perhaps, one of the most relaxing experiences I have had in Morocco. As for the second quintessential experience? Well, the jury is out on whether one could call it relaxing or not. I think we are divided. But it certainly was an experience. We - all of the women in the group - decided to go to a traditional Hammam, or bathhouse. Steve ...

... the Western Sahara and into Mauritania and the necessity of having Euros to convert into Ouguiya (Mauritanian currency). Presenting myself at a bank I asked to convert my Dirhams to Euros, it was then that I found out that it was illegal for banks to provide euros to anyone but Moroccans who had already obtained a visa for a European country. This was going to become ...

... on the TV in the cafe in the town square.  If it looks like they are not going to be showing the England game a quiet word explaining that Mr R is in Morocco because he wasn't allowed into Japan or Korea should suffice.  P**haps with a chorus of 'Ing-gur-land' from Mrs R whilst she swings a plastic chair around h** head. A final word.  Please don't feel shy about sending us e-mails in return for the long ones we keep sending you.  Aft** 4 weeks of people talking ...