Riad Bahja Marrakech

... vous séduira par son atmosphère reposante.


20 chambres vous accueillent dans un univers de confort propre aux charmes de l'Orient. Soucieux de votre bien-être, l'ensemble du personnel mettra tout en oeuvre pour vous garantie un séjour inoubliable.

... nice though. I was tired, and frustrated from the
days proceedings, and opted to stay inside the hotel while Milli and Nick
walked around and then when it started storming Milli and I had a early night.

We woke pretty
early and went for a wander, then back to the hotel for a breakfast of jam,
bread, spongy pancake thingies and coffee. Milli and Nick wanted to see some
sights, all I wanted to do was walk around the souqs so we split up for the
day.

Marrakech, Morocco shanemilli

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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... reminds me of India and all the experiences i had there that live on in my mind but it is an odd amalgamation of the western and traditional. The main square is a magical place where all is alive by night and oh so chilled and interesting in the day.

We did a couple of days exploration of all it had to offer and then onwards AND upwards...

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... juice (a large glass of orange juice that was in oranges 30 sec ago cost 42 cents Cdn); to skewers of chicken or lamb with rice & salad for a buck. That was the smoky part of the square. Then the women competing hard for customers, portfolio of their work in hand, to apply henna tattoos (Susan got one); a rooster on an old man’s hat who was surrounded by a circle of people – we couldn’t figure that out ...

... 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 ...

... adjusted our watches crossing four different time zones and our passports have been stamped so many times they are beginning to look like a raver's arm after a weekend bender. But we digress... PROLOGUE Keen to make a fresh start after the accommodation fiasco in London, Caroline and Chris began their assault on the Continent, starting with a few days in Paris, then boozing their way through French wine country, before skipping ...

... já me chega a diarreia e afins...
Bem
lá passou...chegamos ao hotel que paraíso...aqui percebo porque se
chora quando se vê um oásis, não é pela sede, é por causa do rabo....
Descanso....piscina soube mesmo bem....
Dia
seguinte fazer os trilhos do Paris-Dakar bem o nosso "driver" o Speedy
como nós carinhosamente lhe chamávamos, o tipo tem o pé pesado....150
160 km/h em pleno deserto de pedra vulcânica...não gostava de chegar em
segundo...

... have hoped for. Of course, everyone else I have spoken to who has visited the place goes into raptures when they talk about it, even those lacking the sweet tooth required to enjoy their brand of mint tea. Diversity and exoticism go hand in hand, and the one compliments the other extremely well, and with the kind of mystical depth I had sought out in Marrakech, it's no great surprise that I couldn't even resist those Moroccan fez hats to bring home as souvenirs.

After a great night sleep, and breakfast, we all soldiered back out. After seeing most of the Medina the night before we decided to get the Hop On - Hop Off, bus tour of the city. It took a good few hours to get around both loops, however Megan and I were not really impressed with anything. I think partly we are a bit over desert, but still we don't quite see what the huge attraction is for Marrakech. It is easily my least favorite place we have been in Morocco. A lot of tourists ...