Ouzoud 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 ...

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Shane, dad and I
were seen off by Olga on another warm clear morning and it was sad to leave. We
flew from Split to London, had a stereotypical curry in an airport pub and then
flew to Marrakech. The immigration queues were achingly slow (literally in
dad’s case as his legs were killing him standing still for so long) and the
Moroccan stamp was **** in the end. But we were there.

Coming in ...

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!

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... 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 ...

... recommended restaurant nearby at 8pm followed by 1-2 hours in the spiritual, social and economic heart of Marrakesh, the square called Jemaa el Fna. The souks district feeds out of the north end of the square but we won’t venture into that maze again. The square comes alive at dusk with rows of smoky stalls selling skewers of lamb/chicken; a hubbub of vendors. It’s a place to meander without talking: open your ...

I navigated the streets of Marrakech again, and it felt like coming home.

"I am still waiting for you!" says the man outside the jewelry shop. After two weeks, he still remembers me and how I said I would come back!

I was touched to be greeted with such affection back at the riad. It was good to see Kamal and Hakim again. Tim had returned to Canada and his absence was apparent. Kamal told me that things ...

Marrakech is an incredible city. It has a huge walled city centre, the walls are 16 km long and still intact, and if you enter through one of the gates, the world is not like it used to be. People come dressed like in those movies about when Jesus was born, so I think it is a very adequate place to spend the week before Christmas. I wonder anyway how snow and Santa on a sledge came into the picture when the whole story ...

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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 ...

6 November Sure enough, once I toughened up-- ie turned off the lights and closed my eyes-- the situation got much better. I slept quite well, waking to the sound of the many birds (finches!) hanging out in the tree in the couryard. (I think that tree was the bird equivalent of the djemaa el fna.) It was 7:30. Nate had promised to knock on my door around 8, to say goodbye before he took the 8 hour bus ride back to Ifrane, where he's studying. From what he said when ...

... so much, that keeps the interior of its houses, the figures and faces of its women, and even its places of worship jealously hidden from foreigners, the great openness with what is manufactured and sold is doubly seductive." Of course, Noori led us to his favorite sellers in the souk. It was an interesting experience--overwhelming--loads to see & smell. There were precious few moments alone to feast your eyes without someone approaching to tell you all about the ...