Palais Soltan Marrakech

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... being no seats and a million people trying to get into the carriages so at least we have a seat and can rest. The taxi driver was another scam artist at the begining he asked for 25d one way then when we where in the taxi he said oh its 50d one way so I was having a row with him about it, too funny the way once you are in the taxi the price will change so that you have no choice but I would not back down in the end we agreed that he would wait for us at the ...

... space that people have why would you invade it so much just deal with your own little space its so rude!<br><br>Apart from the idiots in front of us the flight was ok we thought it was only 2 hours but it turned out to be 3 as Morroco have the same time as us back in the UK. We got off the plane and had to wait ages to get through passport control then when we got out there was a man waiting for us with the name of the Riad, I always wanted to come to the airport and have ...

... toward the Saadian Tombs about 1km away, managing to get lost in the narrow Medina streets for a while &#8211; a very easy thing to do. (A nice boy helped navigate us out of a few backstreets, for the mere price of five dirhams!). The tombs were quite interesting. They were built by Saadian Sultan Ahmed el-Mansour ed Dahbi in the years leading up to the sultan&#8217;s death in 1603. The sultan spared no expense in creating his tomb, called the ...

... all topped with freshly-grated cinnamon!). Interestingly, during our lunch, a funeral procession passed by &#8211; 7-8 men carrying a rough wood platform raised high above their heads, with a body on top, covered with blankets. I had only ever seen that on TV.<br><br>[Fourth side note (sorry, I lied above): cats. There are kitty cats (or shall I say, &#8220;kitty witties&#8221;?) everywhere in Morocco &#8211; on the streets, in the plazas, even hanging out in ...

Met a fine fellow from Wales as a hopped off the bus in Marrakech (from Essouria). He was looking for an economical riad to stay and I knew just the place - the riad I'd dumped my rugs at just days prior.<br><br> After settling in, I invited him to tag along w/ me to grab a geocache at Menara Gardens. LOL ...

... motorcycles: old ones, torn seats with foam spilling out, nothing over 50cc. And the toddler is standing on the frame, leaning forward with hands on the speedometer, wife in full dress behind the driver (in a long ground level dark outergear called a jallabah). The street is pure theatre: scooters like this going WAY to fast, inches from unconcerned pedestrians; sand-brown cabs tooting their way through it all; people ...

On the way to Marrakech, we saw some monkey business going on. It was reminiscent of the bear scene in the Great Outdoors. We finally made our way to the grand market square where we saw dancers, jugglers, and our favorite the snake charmers. We were able to get up close and personal with these lovely cobras. They must have liked us ...

... thought and we found ourselves walking round in circles having no idea which way to go: we didnt want to ask someone as they would expect a tip and we didnt have much money; but everytime we got the map out people would come towards us asking if we were lost or if we needed or wanted to buy something: we walked down one road which led to a hospital and a dead end; and there was a little boy who was desperately trying to speak english so he could take us ...