Riad Dar Zahia 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.

... some contemporary stuff that was
on sale. Some of the contemporary paintings were of Asian images which was
interesting. Made me get excited about getting back to Thailand soon!

The building
itself was beautiful and had a big cool courtyard with a water feature. But
again tourists were milling like there was no tomorrow.

On to the next
sight which was part of a three ticket showdown that included the museum and
something else which we weren ...

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 ...

... it had something to do with fortune-telling; monkeys on leashes who scamper up your body and sit on your head for a photo; and my favourite: the three transvestite belly dancers. Holy Moses, the theatre of it all.

On the way home, only about 15 metres from home, is the entrance to a small mosque. Men were streaming out about 10:30, putting their slip-on no-back slippers/sandals on. As we walked by, I spotted a young ...

... Of course I knew this "service" would cost us in the end (which it did) but the joy of having the package sent off superseded any argument. Our quoted range of transit time was 2 weeks or around 25 days... hopefully it beats us home by July.
After our successful post trip we ate at a nice café and got a mixed omelet that had lots of different meats in it... may have eaten pigeon which is popular here - who knows.
After our late ...

Marrakech is an incredible city. It has a huge walled city centre, the walls are 16 km long and still intact, and if you enter through one of the gates, the world is not like it used to be. People come dressed like in those movies about when Jesus was born, so I think it is a very adequate place to spend the week before Christmas. I wonder anyway how snow and Santa on a sledge came into the picture when the whole story ...

... walking I headed back to the hotel to relax for a few hours before going to dinner. For dinner I stuck to somewhere in my guide book. Its hard being in a place where you have to worry about what you eat, how its cooked, what the utensils were washed in, or to use bottle water to clean your teeth. While Marrakech is alive with people most of them are just trying to take the shirt off your back, they wont steal it but they will try to get money from you ...

Um grupo de desconhecidos encontram-se na Portela as 7.00 da manhã de
25 de Abril, apresentam-se e aqui nasce uma amizade. Uma amizade que
foi ficando muito coesa durante esses curtos 8 dias de aventura que
passamos. Momentos difíceis. Momentos divertidos, muitos momentos muito
divertidos, alias a maior parte deles.
Um pais com uma cor fantástica, com uma cultura estranha, mas muito viva e marcada, resumindo um pais que me fascinou.
Marrakech ...

... and just stuff; I rocked the kasbah; experienced awful and extraordinary smells reminiscent of china all around; and morocco being morocco, on one day, was offered hashish 13 times. Decent effort from the dealers. Interestingly, with the continuing calls from the touts, I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so. I still think the ignorable calls of 'Konichiwa' are better than being english - the touts thinking ...