Riad Moucharabieh Marrakech

What a great last day in Marrakech. We had a lovely breakfast at the hotel: chocolate croissant, a basket of freshly baked baguette, mint tea, orange juice, half a kilo of butter and apricot jam. It made for a great start to the day and we set off in search of the Kasbah (the fortification around the palace and its storehouses). Unfortunately it...

Imagine a road. It is twelve metres wide, with four metres of footpath on either side. Down the middle of the road is a solid yellow line.

Buses and taxes drive on the centre line, only leaving to pick up passengers or pass oncoming taxies and buses. Taxis will pick up passengers from either side of the road regardles...

We had a lazy day today. It was much needed after the excitement of the past couple of days. It rained for most of the day, which helped us justify our lack of interest in sightseeing. We woke up late and hung around in our room, reading the Lonely Planet and talking about where to go next. At about noon we went out for lunch to a little place d...

We slept well. I’m actually unsure of what time we got up, as neither of us is wearing a watch and we don’t check the phone much. The sun was up, that’s all I know. We left the hotel room, this time prepared for the ambush that was upon us. We walked a little way down our street trying to find a place to eat. There are cafes wi...

Our earliest start yet – 4AM – luckily in Morocco they have a siesta!

Our taxi was waiting outside the hotel and we boarded it safely. It took less than ten minutes to the airport and another ten minutes to check in and another ten minutes to get through security, another ten minutes to get some breakfast and fifteen minutes ...

Happy New Year!

Morocco has been amazing. We spent 4 nights in Fez, and we've now been in Marrakesh 2 days. Get ready - lots of pics below.

Fez might just be the coolest city on the planet. I was there once about 9 years ago, for roughly 36 hours before getting deathly ill and heading back to Spain, but it made such an impression t...

24th Marrakesh

According to the weather forecast it was not meant to rain today but we awoke to another morning of rain. It finally stopped at lunch time which gave us time to organise Scooby and make room for 2 more people as Hayden and Gill were arriving at 3.30pm. Kim managed some great packing and we had everything tucked away and the...

July 24, Marrakesh, Morocco

Thank goodness we decided to stay near the Madrid airport the night before flying out versus commuting up from Toledo. Things are the Madrid end of that flight were smooth, getting a shuttle bus ride to the airport, etc.

The Morocco side, well, not so much. There is a building – nice façade ̵...

WHOOO HOOO SUCCESS!!! Sorry it has been a few days since the last entry. The Internet accommodations here are not very dependable. Since I posted last, much has happened with us. We spent a portion of Thursday traveling from Valencia to Algeciras via Madrid. It was during our layover in Madrid that I posted last. We arrived in Algeciras with eno...

Yey weve arrived We got off the plane and spent ages getting through passport security to go and get our bags, luckily because it took so long all the bags were already out: we went to pick them up and after looking at the conveyabelt i realised mine wasnt there: i wasnt too worried though, thinking they hadnt put them all out already: we sat o...