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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... could be as big as 10,000 camels! Women's carpet weaving co-ops are scattered along the route. We stopped at a couple and bought a very nice rug at the shop in Agna. It is a large, pile knot rug measuring at about 2.5m x 2m. Prices at these shops are fixed and the asking price was 1,750D, which is slightly over $200. The flat weave rug we purchased on our DIY day trip to Tangier three years ago was $700 after some very ...
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
Since Marrakech is the hub of central Morocco there seemed no getting around another stop there. We booked a couple of rooms at the same hotel we had previously and set out on the LPG-recommended walking tour. About all we got done on the list of eight sights was the palace. It looked very much like the Alhambra in Granada, Anadalucia, only on a miniture scale and not on a hill top. But the intracate plaster carvings, wood work, tile work, and Moorish architecture were no less impressive. ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... to chase a bunch of locals out of our assigned cabin to Marrakech. Once there we hopped into a taxi who gave the obligatory fare reeming to the main square, except he was supposed to drop us off two streets south so as to avoid the touts. After shaking off the touts and getting our bearings, we headed to our target hotel area and found a very nice newly built place. It was spotless, all marble, and friendly albiet a bit pricey at 400D per ...
An arrival in Marrakesh
... was in no way boring men were butchering chickens and goats in the middle of the street throwing the guts onto a large pile of rubbish swarming with flies and cats and dogs. Children roamed the streets in packs as young as 4 playing with live chicks by the crate full. Even if i tried i would never be able to find my way back, there or even out so the man we followed we had to trust with ...


