Riad Dar Naima Marrakech

Situé en plein coeur de la médina, à quelques pas du port et de la plage, le Riad Chakir Mogador est le lieu privilégié de votre escale à Essaouira.


Cette maison d'hôtes, entièrement restaurée dans le pur respect des traditions et de l'architecture ...

... we hadn’t wanted him. It
was getting dark by the time we got there and he took us to the wrong one.
Luckily the lady who answered showed us to the correct one. We were deep in the
narrow lanes of the medina and it was exciting but I was exhausted. We finally
got there and plopped our stuff down. The riad was very pretty, unassuming on
the outside and then with a little courtyard inside and rooms situated around
it. Lots of cushions, lounging areas and a ...

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!

XXX

After immense Irish experiences and an interesting and equally incredible adventure in Italy i arrived in Morocco having met both big brother Jage and eventually Stewart in Milan...

We made our way to the mad, mixed and amazing Marrakech with a few friends we found along the way and ended up in the midst of Ramadan at a funky guesthouse hidden away in the ...

... day. Our in-house fellow, a real nice Arabic guy named Abdu who speaks decent English and better French (this was a French colony until 1956) kind of invited himself along (fine by me). Our driver, Mustafa, was nice too but not yacky. That’s also fine; concentrate on the road. The journey I’d selected when I made the reservations was a daytrip into the High Atlas Mountains to a 4,000 meter elevation. Long & ...

... of exotic acrobatic positions. After this
bombardment through a riddle of streets our riad’s small yet very solid
wooden door and four thick stone walls created an almost fortified
home, which we were relieved to be welcomed into. Following a rather
warm night’s sleep, but a good breakfast of Moroccan pancakes and
flat-breads with home-made jams, we set off to be bombarded once again
with the visual sights of the city ...

... originates in Palestine. So here I am, and sometimes I do wonder if I stepped on board a Boeing 737 to get here, or was it really a time machine. Luckily, every few minutes you get almost run over by a motorcycle in those narrow winding streets, so the time machine is kind of out of the question, but then you walk a little further, take a side lane into some spooky neighbourhood and start to wonder again. There ...

... small souveneirs from indonesia that I thought would be perfect. But then, he asked for my shoes! I explained to him that I could not part with me shoes because I needed them to continue travelling and buying new shoes would be very expensive. He acted very offended, I insisted on giving him a little necklace from indonesia and taking nothing in return. I feel kind of bad for not giving him my shoes, maybe he really needed them, but i need them too...

... para o deserto...horas em cima do dromedário é um
calvário....nem é pelo calor, nem pelo vento, nem pela areia e somente
mesmo pelo nosso coccix....MEU DEUS!!!
Quando desci da besta nem consegui segurar as pernas, tremiam pareciam varas verdes.
Chegamos
a umas das maiores dunas do Erg Chebbi 250 mt de areia....podem pensar
o Monte Crasto tem 125 mt, mas é granito, areia 250 mt são 5 km...dois
passos para frente um passo para trás, é muito ...

... are filled from incredible heights with the tasty liquid(apparently the height aeirates the tea) from metal teapots or fresh mint and green tea, and drunk in a relaxed manner. They have this stuff all the time! The best place to have it, on a terrace overlooking the market, and we participated in this gladly. Michael also befriended little chillins over the stuff, that sold us some macaroon type cookies... although theirs we didn't eat(a little too much handling for my ...