Riad Marosko Essaouira

... then sat and Mohammad cooked for us a tradition Morrocan feast, we had soup again for starters with lentals and chick peas in it then he brought out some salad of tomatoes and peppers covered in olive oil and lemon, some bread and a big tagine of beef with olives and peas and green beans it was an amazing meal and both Ian and I stuffed our faces full. We are off tomorrow to fez on the train and it takes 7 hours so we need to get some rest.

... to mention food and lodging) donations from Twitter followers!<br><br>3. And most interesting of all - the lad from northern England turned out to be a professional engineer-turned-artist knee-deep in designing elaborate and intricate "crop circles" (apparently a multitude of UFO origin yearnings to the contrary, all such crop circles are a hoax.)<br><br>Ah traveling - ever reliably chock full of serendipity!<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... into the small kitchen seating area to wait for it to be cooked. Yassir orders me some chips and a Moroccan salad. The atmosphere in there is superb &#8211; and I love every second. <br><br>Their selection arrives cooked and ready to eat. They all get tucked in and I really, really wanted to join them, I just can&#8217;t find it in me. Then Yassir breaks off a small bit of sole and hands it to me &#8220;come on&#8221; he says &#8220;eat it, it can&#8217;t kill you&#8221 ...

... A popular old Russian song by Alla Pugachova, the light suddenly went down low for a couple of seconds and the show was over... It looked like synthesizer of a band member was burnt by electricity failure=( It was so pity...<br><br>So, as far as we ended our drinks, we went back through the night city, which looked wonderful at night... Then again we spent some time by the pool with some wine=)<br>

... boats (all blue), unload their catch to waiting locals who are all covered in long cloaks like colourful Darth Vaders. Fishermen lay out their nets (also blue) on the wharf to mend. Back in the medina (old town) we discover the food market. There are fresh peaches, nectarines, stawberries and dates. We buy little flat loaves of bread for lunch. Everyone speaks French and Terry's French is useful. We finish the day eating fish in a cafe watching the sun go down over the Atlantic.

... lovely room in Moroccan style. I felt like I'd never want to leave again. My first stop was Il Mare. A restaurant right behind the city walls but high enough to look over them. Ten days before Christmas, I was sitting outside on the roof terrace, enjoying a good lunch with a view of the ocean. It was blue skies all over and just pleasant. Was it really 3 days since I was walking through the snow...

... The box was weighed and we paid the postage fee. Then we paid the worker a fee, no i mean a tip, no i actually mean a bribe. We paid the guy a bribe in the hope that our packages would be sent correctly. Nadine also paid the security guard in the building. I really need my Alladin teapot to make it, genies don't come cheap. We hailed a taxi from the main square in Marrakech and let the driver rip us off because it was too early and he was friendly. He kept repeating ...

The trip to Essauoira was about 3hrs by bus from Marrakech, and took us to the Atlantic coast with a town of gleaming white buildings as opposed to the clay pink of Marrakech. Here we were met at the bus by someone from the riad, a more encouraging start. Essaouira is a lot smaller than Marrakech, and it's harder to get lost in the medina; we felt more relaxed already. The ...

... confused when they gave him their passports. He looked like he didn't know what to do with foreigners!. I was getting worried as I had no ID on me whatsoever but the Moroccan man near us said they don't really worry about the tourists. anyway... the policeman decided he had had enough and got off the bus and we were finally on our way again. Yippee!!!! finally back to our hotel, we went out for dinner then bedtime couldn't arrive quickly enough!!

... we went. The place looked like it hadn´t been used in months, but wasn´t too bad and very big for the 5 of us. Upon agreeing and paying the agreed amount to the landlady who came down when we got there, our two touts hung around the apartment for a while until we asked what they wanted. Why, their commission, of course. And they wouldn´t really take no for an answer.