Hotel Les Jardins De La Medina 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 ...

... that’s because we are so far from the sea.

There were lots
of ladies doing henna tattoos, more tents and lights up, and one lady giving
quite a speech to a tonne of men listening eagerly. Strange!

We got some
things for the train trip the next day and then went to bed.

We were off to
Fez and dad was off to Casablanca!



Shane says:

Only two nights
in Marrakech, and we ...

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!

XXX

After immense Irish experiences and an interesting and equally incredible adventure in Italy i arrived in Morocco having met both big brother Jage and eventually Stewart in Milan...

We made our way to the mad, mixed and amazing Marrakech with a few friends we found along the way and ended up in the midst of Ramadan at a funky guesthouse hidden away in the ...

... at the riad, a day-trip into the Atlas Mountains the next day that ended with a luxury 6-course dinner, today was our unplanned day to explore. We slept until 8:30. Actually, I slept pretty well considering eggs could have been scrambled on our bedroom’s tile floor. Susan, on the other hand, had another fitful night because of the heat. She said the air was still hotter outside at 3am so she didn’t open any ...

... Moroccan Dirhams in the UK beforehand. We need money in order to pay the taxi driver - after several attempts using various debit cards in both of the ATM machines we go to the bureau de change, to find that they don’t accept cards either – we try ringing the various numbers on the back of the cards, all to no avail. Eventually we decide to try one of the cards again and just by sheer luck it decides that it will give us some of our money after all!! It ...

... be an incredible picture to shoot at each and every corner, but the people here really get a fit when you take a picture of them. The Egyptians seemed far more relaxed about this. Pull out a camera here and you will feel like a rapist in a monastery. No telephoto lens is long enough. They will spot you. I started shooting out of the hip like John Wayne, without looking through the viewfinder, but I got caught. When ...

... if we were walking on a rock on camel ka ka. They also have to be the funniest mammal alive. They are always smiling and eating. If only all people were like that, how entertaining would the world be. Camels kept Ty and I constantly amused while in Morocco. The trip also involved driveing through the atlas mountain range which was breathtaking. After our trip in the desert we went to a place called Essaouira. A hippy haven where Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix once ...

... mt, respira-se...umas vistas fabulosas, vimos o
Toujbkal o segundo monte mais alto de Africa 4.167 mt.
Ait Benhaddou
um Kashbah fabuloso, bem tratado dentro das suas possibilidades, mais
uma vez labiríntico. Com uma cor ao final do dia quente, muito quente,
uma terracota quase vermelha. Aqui comprei a minha recordação da viagem
o tapete. Aqui foram gravados filmes como "A Jóia do Nilo", "Lawrence
da Arábia", "Jesus de Nazaré".
Um rio com ...

... and of course the main square. It is also incredibly smelly and dirty, a mix of garbage and car fumes filling the air. Lots of old cars, but just as many donkeys and horses, gaunt and tired looking, pulling all sorts of carts. Also people pulling carts. Traffic EVERYWHERE. But while these seem like inconveniences, they are not really. What is annoying to me are the tourists here, mostly garden variety French and English, hanging out in the hotel bar ...