Riad Hasna Marrakech
33 Derb Molay Abdellah, Ben Hsain Bab Ksour Marrakech, Morocco
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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... with two ceramic bowls thrown in to sweeten the deal. So of you are in the market for a Moroccan rug, cut out the middle man and buy direct from the weavers! We made our way back to Ouazazate and figured we'd get a hotel in the middle of town closer to the local action. However, we found the road into the town center blocked off by the police. We followed some cars which seemed to know a way around only to find a police paddy ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
... getting hazzahed into a cramped bus, stopping at every carpet shop along the way, and fending off aggressive touts. So having gotten a feel for the country we opted to rent a car in Marrakech and drop it off in Fez. Our DIY excursion should last 4 to 6 days. Since all of the travel guides are weak on this sort of adventure I'll try to provide enough detial so folks can follow in our footsteps. After somehow making it out of the mazes of Marrakech, we ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... it all off, it was generously adorned witn plenty of stained glass.
Before making it to the Palace we were distracted by snake charmers and folks with monkeys. We stopped at one of the snake charmer booths and took anfew pics and the attached vid. I find snakes repulsive but still have a strange fascination with them. I gave them the equivalent of a few bucks and they insisted on more. They poor guy next to us gave them about $20 and they still wanted more from him. Whih leads me to a ...
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 ...
Wait, that postbox looks familiar...
Somehow, without the city really trying, I had fallen in love with Essaouira. Maybe it was the beach. I do loves me a good beach...
We had the morning in Essaouira before taking the bus to Marrakesh. I wandered. I bought a gift for my impending niece or nephew, I looked around, I spent time in the hotel using the wifi, I tried to buy a scarf and failed miserably. Soaked up the atmosphere, mostly.
The failure at scarf-buying ...



