Riad L'Orchidee Marrakech
42-43 Sidi Bouamar Riad Larousse, Medina Marrakech, 40000, Morocco
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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... pepper spray at the ready, and we were off. I gave Alta my canister figuring the last thing he would expect was an attack from the women if things got ugly. We made it to the next town without incident. Along the way he pointed out geologic features to the desert with his limited english, asked too many questions about our trip, and eventually tried to sell us a desert excursion. Upon reaching the town he asked to be dropped off at ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
... When out of nowhere appeared a man with a basket full of beautiful geodes. It was creepy but we ended up buying a few of them anyway after some fearce negotiating that was concluded by him dropping the rocks in my lap as we were driving off and agreeing to my price. The kids are really enamored with them. We continued winding up the mountain and came upon a Berber village with BBQ smoke billowing from several of the road side cafes. It seemed to be a ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... from, what do you do, very nice family etc., all questions designed to determine how much I could afford to pay.
"You know how much Moroccan governmet give me for my kids? 200D per month for each (that's about $23). You get much more than that in the US!"
Wow, I had no idea. "they charge me for kids in US. Why do you think I only have two? I need plate for them to share!"
Him-"plate marked with price on back - see? 500D!
Me - "were are too far apart. Bye bye shukran."
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All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... really trooped well as our packs are starting to get heavy. About half way there Jed had an 'oh ****' moment and stopped to dig for his camera. Later digging on the train did not turn one up, marking our second trip causuality. The first was Dorrie's sunglasses and med bag which seemed to have gotten lifted from her handbag in Madrid.
The train was very comfortable with a cabin all to ourselves to Casablanca. There, we changed trains ...
Marrakesh Madness
... a very relaxing place.
Heading into the town center, we came across the Koutoubia Mosque (which was closed to non-Muslims, as are nearly all the mosques in Morocco!). This mosque had the largest minaret tower in Marrakesh, looked very impressive (from the bottom anyways). Next to the mosque were some ruins of a former mosque, where we bumped into the German chap from our hostel. We decided to hook up with him and explore the rest of Marrakesh together. We also took a ...



