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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... two young Berber men with a broken down car in the middle of the desert. They flagged us down and we eventually came to a mutual understanding that one of them wanted a ride to the next village. One of them spoke limited English and no one in our party speaks Arabic, Berber, or French. I scanned them and figured that they were not carrying any weapons and seemed desperate for a ride so Dorrie piled in the back with the kids, ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
Ouarzazate (pron war-za-zot) is on the other side of the Atlas mountains as Marrakech and is a classic 'getting there is half the fun' trip, but maybe more in this case. We were originally going to access this area via 'excursion' out of Marrakech but the only two reputable ones listed in Trip Advisor were booked as of last November. The remaining ones I grouped into the rip off category based on review sites and travel blogs. The main theme amongst them ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... originals and not copies. Hopefully US Customs will buy that line too.
We proceeded to get lost in the medina. Once in a while the narrow paths would open up and we thought we had made it back to the main square but it proved to be a decoy. We happened on a shop where I fell to my weakness of hand-painted ceramic plates. I found a very nice porcelin plate with a very intracate blue on white Berber design.
"how much?"
This opened up a conversation of the usual ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... I told her to buzz off again. We went and freed Dorrie next and disappeared into the crowd.
In retrospect the whole thing was pretty harmless as they were just off to a better place to finish the hand painting. But parental instincts prevailed - a feeling I hope to never feel again!
We wandered the square more looking for desert and finally settled on ice cream cones. They were delicious.
Thumb pecked on my iPhone...please excuse the ...
Your key in hand seminar
... the first day
· Accommodation in 5* Hôtel /Breakfast included
· Transportation in a luxury bus at your disposal
· Transportation Hotel/City Center in Mini Van 2X/day
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