Le Caspien 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 ...

... too. Our room was very nice,
if low lighting, and dad had a bed too. The bathroom was mud brick and the sink
had a brass bowl that looked like gold so I felt very luxurious.

Dad and I went
to get some water and we had a little look around. People were all over the
place, lots of bikes squeezing through the streets and lanes. Tiny shop fronts
and light bulbs hanging over them, carts selling fruit (dad got some cactus
fruit to try, delicious though lots ...

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 ...

... the bandwagon, my backpack is getting ridiculously heavy (why did i pack 3 prs of pants?) and I had no idea of carpet prices to even use as a remote benchmark. It was an opportunity to watch the cringe-worthy bargaining skills of the condescending Aussie guy who managed to talk way too loudly and slowly (these guys could speak english) as well as fabricating his financial status which really irritated me i.e. how can you tell a local that you are a poor man when the average Morrocan ...

... by our host – he’s taking me to his barber in one of those tiny little shops tomorrow “for such a close shave you won’t have another one for 2-3 days” – we headed off for another pre-arranged dinner at the recommended Riad Lotus Privilege. Wonderful, wonderful experience: the surroundings and the six-course meal. I got pictures.

On the way there (one of their staff come to collect ...

... Toujbkal) Jbel Angour, Ait Benhaddou, Ouzarzate, Merzouga, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi, Vale do Dra, Desfiladeiro Todra.
Marrakech
uma cidade com vida, com cor, com aroma, a praça Jemaa El-fna, é
fantástico assistir ao final da tarde a todo aquele espectacular que é
o aparecimento de todos aqueles restaurantes ambulantes...onde se come
por 3,00 € apesar das condições de higiene serem bastante duvidosas,
mas a comida é sempre muito ...

... tourists around! So Liz asked for directions to the main square Jma - I - Fna where by day there are snake charmers, musicians, monkey handlers and ladies trying to paint your hands with Henna and by night there are all of the above plus story tellers, stalls of food, people doing card tricks, acrobats.... And more. Just off to the side is the Le Souk which is markets galore really, I never really appreciated just how many markets there could possibly ...

... not catch on fire with his lighter we then had our tea and tried to make our escape after convincing them we did not want anything our English speaking guided pointed us then into the direction of out. We were who knows where; hot and exhausted and just wanted to find something familiar so we opted for a cab 40 Durhams later we were back at our focal point catching the red hop on-off bus where we finished our day checking out the palace and the markets.