Riad Casa Lila Essaouira

... about, I stumbled upon a very tres, tres chic hotel with wifi in the lobby! Thus, with my trusty little iPod I was able to swiftly log in here and post an entry. Easily entered the date 'n place, but... when I got to the interface for pecking the "Story" - alas for some strange reason my iPod (actually I believe it was a travelpod glitch) wouldn't bring up the keyboard so I couldn't type anywhere ...

... horse and canter wild and free along the beach like that – awesome!!

We get dropped off back in town and go to meet Yassir – he’s coming for lunch with us. The fishermen get back in around this time with their daily catch – some of which is sold in a handful of fish restaurants down by the harbour. We have other plans, we go to the local fish market which is in the centre of the Medina where locals purchase their fish and then take it to a small ...

Nous voilą parti
pour Safi, route superbe en bord de cote. Arrive labas nous avons
rencontre un ami d Aziz qui nous a aide a vendre notre remorque,
apres des petits coeurs grilles. Les marocains sont dur en affaires
je vous passe les details mais ca vallait le coup d etre vecu. Nous
voilą parti pour Essaouira. Arrivee labas Nous avons pose le
Essaouira, Morocco quatrequart

... two hours. When we arrived, it was such beautiful! We walked to the defensive fortress built right on the cliffs, there are many cannons which looks ahead on the ocean. The waves are crushing on the cliffs under the fortress... And the wind of course! It knocks you down as if you were a puppet... Incredible feelings... Then we went to the deep part of the fortress, to the town itself. We visited ...

... need assistance planning your day (perhaps a hike to explore the lovely


Atlas Mountains?) or a babysitter for the kids so you can have a night out alone on the town.


The list of entertainment possibilities is endless.
Both within and outside the hotel's walls. Pace through the courtyard of Heure Bleue Palais
and let the gorgeous palm trees and breath taking fountain put you ...

... of Arabia, and lots of people would travel back home to their families, so they put an old rattling bus back on the road and it came just at the right time. There was one seat left and it was next to a middle aged woman in a long dress so I wasn't too sure if it would be ok for me to sit there or would I get thrown out of the bus after only 50 meters, but I guess I was tolerable to the community ...

... monkey on his shoulder looking for people to entertain. There were people of all ages, and the atmosphere was friendly and sociable. When we return to Marrakech at the end of the tour, I will definitely return here to eat at one of the stalls. We then made our way out to Essaouira, a small town on the coast. We are staying at a lovely house a little inland - the meals here are fantastic (dinner ...

... a little more cosmopolitan but we got hasseled a lot! And it's really not the laid back little beach town it used to be--sigh. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good place to go--picturesque, and quirky, with great seafood--it's just different now.

... alone around Africa, who chatted with us and told us she sold all her posessions in order to become a nomad since we all have to do something with our lives... and why not? The hostel was really really a sweet place: open, simple, colorful, friendly, not annoyingly touristy. A really cozy hidden secret off the road spot, and apparently the surfing was intense here to boot... the waves got so huge and dangerous that some ...

... station and were harrassed as soon as we arrived into buying a ticket on one of the many buses due to leave very soon. Of course, it turned out that the bus wasn't leaving for another hour or so so you can imagine our mood!! Walking onto the bus it was clear that we were in for another adventure! The bus was very old, had some seats missing and was wet in places as it leaked..... finally on our way, the bus was full of locals and a couple ...