Riad Attouyour Marrakech

... After a stressful spell though the buzz of Marrakech makes me appreciate all we have experienced and everything us Westerners have even more. Morocco is more amazing than i remembered with its incredible colours, culture and continuous backdrop of distant mountain ranges.

Reality beckons as we are back by Chrimbo but for now we are losing ourselves in all sorts of surreal and out-standing cinema in the sunny but still cold capital...

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... ta med båda händerna men jag som är vänsterhänt måste nog börja öva på att inte använda ”bajshanden” vid måltider tillsammans med andra (en metod man kanske kan använda om man är väldigt hungrig nån gång och vill ha all mat för sig själv).

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Idag letade vi oss utanför murarna till nya delen av staden. Där fanns både Zara, Pizza Hut och traditionella tofflor, dock inga som Astrid ville ha ...

... and left to have your own adventure. Side trips can be taken but they aren’t always organized by the driver. The road conditions vary from paved, dirt, mud, and everything in the middle. Sometimes you wonder how it is physically possible to make it through the narrow passengers that our driver navigates or the streets full of people and parked cars. It puts Austin Powers to shame. But there is really no other way to see Africa, at least for me.

... oils. I actually was subject to the henna con. They say "free" “Free” and you try to figure out how to politely say no thank you but before you know it you are being drawn on in Henna, badly drawn on, and bartering the price that was supposed to be free. My hand looks retarded by the way. Well I won’t fall for it a second time, I hope.

I highly recommend Marrakech for anyone thinking of going to Morocco but beware of cute henna ladies with freckles.

... host sister's name was Nassima. She's learning English from the Peace Corps volunteer Nathaniel, and she was absolutely amazing. She was 20, and after two days I felt like we were family. Our house was pretty awesome, and absolutely full of women! I connected almost instantly with Nassima's sister-in-law, Rachida. We talked all about Islam and she was impressed I knew the whole story of Abraham and Isaac, the story behind that weekend's festival, L'Eid. We also talked about marriage. She ...

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... per day + 100dh some additional insurance and 3500dh as a deposit. Unfortunately, because of all the informing ourselves and filling the contracts, it's nearly noon and so we take the car for two next days. The best thing about Sixt is a really friendly, willing and english speaking businessman working there - I can frankly recommend him. He even had a understanding for requirements such as "in the car, it should be possible to sleep";). On our way back we go by bus (3dh). The only ...

... OF SNAKE CHARMERS (WITH LIVE COBRAS AND VIPERS) , ACROBATS, MUSICIANS AND A MYRIAD OF OTHERS PLYING THERE WARES. I DONT LIKE CITIES BUT THIS ONE WAS FUN. I ASKED ONE CHARMER IF I COULD PICK UP HIS COBRA AND HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I WAS KIDDING BECAUSE WHEN I BENT OVER TO SNATCH HIM UP HE YELLED AT ME NOT TO. SISSY. HAD A PIGEON FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT. QUITE COMMON HERE. HAVING SHEEP HEAD AND BRAINS TONIGHT. BON APPETITE

... we began to realise the England**s' priorities are p**haps somewhat diff**ent to those of most Moroccans.  (The statisticians in us would expect football to feature high** in a national top ten poll of TV ent**tainment in England than, say, Thora Hird and Songs of Praise.)  10 minutes lat** as th**e still appeared to be no end and three English view**s became more and more frantic we went out to see if we could find the game in the local cafes.  Eventually ...