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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... barrier proved to be too difficult to gain confidence and close the deal. In the end, we did our good deed (trust in Allah) yet remained vigilant on the defensive (tie up your camel). We continued our trip noting that the roads bounced from one desert oases to another, stopping at a few and an authentic sand dune to stretch our legs just as the ancient Berber trade caravans did only on camel. According to our guide book some of ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
Ouarzazate (pron war-za-zot) is on the other side of the Atlas mountains as Marrakech and is a classic 'getting there is half the fun' trip, but maybe more in this case. We were originally going to access this area via 'excursion' out of Marrakech but the only two reputable ones listed in Trip Advisor were booked as of last November. The remaining ones I grouped into the rip off category based on review sites and travel blogs. The main theme amongst them ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... were absolutely true. So we climbed he narrow stairway into a beautiful dining room adorned with intracate tile work and a hand carved wood ceiling. The dining room filled quickly after we sat down with chain smoking Europeans but the food was delicious. The kids had chicken kababs with an interesting spice, Dorrie had chicken with couscous, and I had lamb with zuchinni and fresh mint.
We got ice cream cones on the way back to the room.
Thumb pecked on my iPhone...please excuse the ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... to chase a bunch of locals out of our assigned cabin to Marrakech. Once there we hopped into a taxi who gave the obligatory fare reeming to the main square, except he was supposed to drop us off two streets south so as to avoid the touts. After shaking off the touts and getting our bearings, we headed to our target hotel area and found a very nice newly built place. It was spotless, all marble, and friendly albiet a bit pricey at 400D per ...
Morocco
... for rubbish or non-existant service. Just went on and on...
Another 4 days in the Sahara: giant sand dunes, camel riding, quite cool really.
The 10 hour minivan trip from hell, drive and drive and drive and...
As long as you do not expect any level of service, it's great.
Back in Kathmandu, those locals were much more "in-your-face", but always ...


