Hotel Toulousain Marrakech

... vous séduira par son atmosphère reposante.


20 chambres vous accueillent dans un univers de confort propre aux charmes de l'Orient. Soucieux de votre bien-être, l'ensemble du personnel mettra tout en oeuvre pour vous garantie un séjour inoubliable.

... pips!) and then we came home (taking a wrong
turn of course first). I was exhausted and crashed to sleep quickly. Dad made
friends with some German boys and played chess with them, then came up later.

The next morning
Shane and I were up early and went to explore. We were up very early and when
we got to the main market square it had some orange juice stalls and donkeys
but mainly people going to work and school. It was all rosy and big and
exciting, 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

... magnificent mazes of Marakesh. After the events of my manic few months back in Britain, i was up for a few days of down time but the city soon sucked me in.

Between BIG sleeps and snuggles with the resident cats, camp land lord and lovely courtyard at our hotel, we wound our way amongst the amazing stalls, scenery and scents of an awesome place.

It ...

... oh the group dynamics.

Okay so I dont want this to turn into a saga so to summarise the rest of my trip quickly...

Quad biking in Ouarzazate. Awesome. The 'Hollywood of Morocco', many movies have been filmed here including Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Alexander, etc. Despite a worsening flu, I managed to speed race... and despite the fact that my rear brakes were non-existant and the seemingly blase attitude of the company about it. Ah well, when in Rome... Went to ...

... at your riad to trek over to their riad), just down the alleyway from our hotel entrance, is a winding path, really, that after 2 minutes leads to a busy alley with shops, people and scooters. Along the way, at a 90 degree turn, sits a beggar woman with two boys about 4 and 6 yrs old. I stopped to give a coin to one of the boys, the elder one. (I think helping the poor comes right out of the Koran.) Then behind me I hear this ...

... e nós nem sequer pensamos no que
vemos em relação a higiene.
O souk (mercado) um autentico labirinto,
vielas que para mim ao principio eram dúbias, deixaram de o ser ao fim
de umas horas...são um povo simpático e afável. O roubo é pena capital.
As lutas de boxe em plena praça, os encantadores de serpentes, as tatuagens, todo um comercio.
Oukmaiden
uma estancia de Ski em pleno Alto Atlas, um ar frio mas puro, pouca
neve, subimos aos 3 ...

... to have a look around which was nice to be away from the crowds of the square. We brought freshly squeezed orange juice from the vendors for 30p bargain! And it was the best orange juice ever! And as the sun went down we sat on a balcony in the square and watched everything happening in the square! After this we headed to a restaurant across the road from the big mosque and each ordered a big Moroccan meal, and shared - yes I am actually trying new ...

... it 2 days, you'll be as brown as him (pointing at me), and in 2 weeks you'll be as brown as me!'. Neither of us had thought to bring a watch, and for bus times etc we figured we'd need one each. So off to the souqs we went, where the very finest watch labels on earth are available at a fraction of the price! As we walked through the maze of sellers, we found that there is a standard morrocan welcome: 'Hello there, come and see my shop. Where you from? New Zealand ...