Hotel Essaouira Marrakech

... sleeping. The terracotta painted cement render almost acts as a urban camoflage amongst the red dirt everywhere…I hope this doesn’t hang around like the red earth from Uluru and Alice Springs, that **** sticks like glue to your clothes fibres.

De retour a marrakech pour recuperer notre compresseur et pour voir le garagiste qui nous a change les joints de la boite de transfert. Lui aussi il nous a fait de la *****. Il n a rien voulu savoir Ne pas aller chez Autoland a Marrakech. On a passe la nuit de dimanche dans le superbe riad de jany et philippe que l on remercie pour leur accueil.

... you kill, if you want to live like the folks on the hill" "Grace & virtue turn into stupidity" "Don't wish it away, don't look at it like its for ever"
Then there's just some nice lines " But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy" "You and me Babe, how about it?"
back in Marrakech, I have my bearings and walk to Riad Jddi, near the bus station ...

... for a week.
Next morning we do the walking tour of the city including the Bahia Palace & more of the souks, including the 'Berber Pharmacy' with its alleged natural cure-alls.
I then take myself off to the Jardin Majorelle which was owned by Yves San Laurent - see the photos.
Tonight was the final group dinner which involves a 'posh' rooftop restaurant but with dreadful service & the world's most overweight belly dancer - these are the things I would rather avoid!

... heures on a renonce. Bivouac dans le village et repas sur notre
nouveau tapis berbere que l on a troque contre une paire de tennis,
un pancho perruvier, 4 tee shirt et 15 euros. Ca y ai on est bon !!!
jeudi de retour a marrakech nous avons pris contact avec un garagiste
Land que Franck nous a trouve. Petite soiree avec Patrick et des amis
a lui marocains. Patrick est au Maroc depuis 5 mois et s ...

... inevitably there was no menu so we just got the base tagine, which was starting to get a little old. At the end of the meal was the also inevitable large bill not based on reality or quality ($35 for lunch in a small random town? Really?). We tossed down the minimum we could and moved on. The winding roads certainly weren't on the safe side, but having travelled on the death defying bus tours in the foothills of the Himalayas I could deal with this. The ...

... actually fits. Nope, no rulers or measuring tape here - he did it by hand...and just knew that it fit directly inside it. It was pretty neat. After leaving there, we made it into the mountains. They were gorgeous. We learned all about the Atlas mountains -- there are 3: High, Mid, and Low Atlas Mountains. We also learned about the inhabitants - the Berber people. So, we made it to the mountain. Once we arrived, we learned ...