Le Tafilalet Hotel 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 ...

... We kept walking, Dad took a small interest in a
wooden mask and then boy then followed him for hundreds of meters through more
stalls trying to get him to buy it. The boy looked like he was half asleep and
his fly was undone, not really someone up and coming who you would buy an antique
off. Finally got rid of him by the herbs and veggies and then we left Shane and
went into the museum of Marrakech.

It had lots of
beautiful old knives, clothing and art ...

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 ...

... 8217;s this? It’s nothing, only a coin.” So I said, “Give it back then but that’s all I’ll pay.” I took it back.) Then we called a cab – not the Mercedes cabs that charge more but the sand-brown beaters. We were back at the riad in 5 minutes for 5 Durhams. Time for a gingerly entry into a cold plunge-pool.

After a very stiff gin & tonic (now I was feeling better ...

... decide to give it a miss as Alex has been in a couple of times before and me and John have all day Wednesday here to look round.

Instead we head over to the bus station to get tickets for the bus to Essouria tomorrow – we had thought about hiring a car to get over there, but on the basis that the bus would cost us a fraction of the price and the fact that Alex had been before and said we would have no need for a car once we got there, we decided upon the bus ...

... 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 ...

... a 2 week road trip in Portugal this fall so it isn't the end yet. Is there ever an end to anything? From Bangkok I flew to meet Tyler in Morocco. The days leading up to this event were combined with mixed feelings of nostlagia- for the place and people I was leaving and so in love with and for the person I meeting and missing for a year, my brother. I couldn't wait to see him! I'm sure you have all felt this before. I played out 100 situations in my head of how we ...

... agua
limpa....asneira....e grossa...que ficou fina...bem já passou...muitos
Imodiuns, Demicinas, Cipro, e qualquer coisa mais..
Merzouga, porta
do deserto de Erg Chebbi, 50 km da fronteira com a Argélia, um calor
abrasador...a vista do hotel para as dunas ao fim da tarde é
fantástica...subimos algumas dunas para ver o por do sol, não tivemos
sorte nesse dia, havia algumas nuvens, mas mesmo assim valeu a pena.
Partimos
no dia a ...

Hello all from the edge of the desert. It has been five days now in Morocco, and the best way I can descibe it is indelible, and a bit overwhelming. We got off the boat in Tanger under sunny skies and were met immediately by a guy whose name was Mustafa, who explained that he was employed by the government to give a sort of guided tour of places you wouldn't ordinarily see in the area. So we went along and enjoyed a mostly amazing tour of the city and surrounding ...