Riad Les Terrasses D Essaouira

... gifts for people in the Souk its just really hard saw loads of things for people but try and haggle is annoying I just want to pay a price and it seems silly haggling for like 7 quid nearly bought you a bag Alex but the man was doing my head in so will have to try and find you something else ha ha.<br><br>Had some more mint tea in the square and then back to the Riad as Ian is going to the Hamam this is a place where all the locals go ...

... travel talk" and instead I learned of the following:<br><br>1. An amazing guy on Craig's list (?) who traded a red paper clip - via persistently "trading up" - for an entire HOUSE! (you can read all about it at his www.oneredpaperclip.com website).<br><br>2. Similarly on the "Twitter" front, incredible tales of a guy (a.k.a. "twitchhiker" who Twittered his way 'round the globe - soliciting plane, train and bus ticket ...

... everyone, collect our luggage from the riad and walk to the bus stop.<br><br>We arrive back in Marrakech around 10pm &#8211; and are greeted by the usual crowd hassling you to offer you taxi services. We could barely get off the bus for people thrusting things at us and shouting for our attention. John is trying to get our bag and he engages in conversation with one of the taxi drivers, for some reason one of the other taxi drivers seems to think that John is his cusomter and ...

... two hours. When we arrived, it was such beautiful! We walked to the defensive fortress built right on the cliffs, there are many cannons which looks ahead on the ocean. The waves are crushing on the cliffs under the fortress... And the wind of course! It knocks you down as if you were a puppet... Incredible feelings... Then we went to the deep part of the fortress, to the town itself. We visited ...

... br>the family or couple on vacation. Offering a host of amenties, including wifi, DVD players, spa<br>and massage services, a restaurant and club style bar, and a roof top pool that gives you<br>access to a view of the city you couldn't find elsewhere. Take a stroll through the narrow streets<br>of the medina and visit the many soukses (market places) that fill every corner of them.<br>Hear the ...

... of Arabia, and lots of people would travel back home to their families, so they put an old rattling bus back on the road and it came just at the right time. There was one seat left and it was next to a middle aged woman in a long dress so I wasn't too sure if it would be ok for me to sit there or would I get thrown out of the bus after only 50 meters, but I guess I was tolerable to the community ...

Today we caught a bus to Essouria which is about 3 hours from Marrakech on the coast. The road took us through many small towns which had active food markets in operation along the main road. The bus driver had to sound his horn on many occasions in order to move along pedestrians, horse and carts, cars or trucks. Using the horn while driving seems to be a Moroccan national pastime; it says hello, good bye and ``please get out of the way''.  Along the way we saw one vine ...

... s are endangered, so it was my obligation to save it. I ran after the cat, grabbed it around its waist, jumped onto it, and squeezed really, really hard until the cat coughed up the pigeon. The pigeon was wet but unharmed and flew away. I saved the pigeon, but then the giant cat came after me. I ran away from it and hid in a small doghouse the cat was ...

... like a badger's ****, but after 3 days of no hot showers and desert filth encrusted on us, we are probably not exuding the subtle undertones of Calvin Klein fragrances ourselves. Ouarzazate (pronounced Waa-za-zart) is redubbed "Whereitsnotat" and we make the choice to push onto Marrakesh for the night. Should be easy as the signpost said only 200km. Signpost didn't mention we would be crossing the High Atlas! Crossing the Tizi n Tichka pass is stunning though - the road affords ...

... between the two skalas stretches a long row of fresh seafood stands. Each stand actually serves as a dining area as well. Choose the entree of the evening from an impressive array of ocean life and have it grilled, garnished with bread and fried potatoes, and graciously served at a carved wooden table for just under forty dirham ($4 US)! From the vantage point of the fish stands, the famed Purple Isles loom just beyond the ...