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Riad Zeroual Marrakech

Marrakech, Morocco

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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

... shop, into which he invited us into for tea. We politely declined figuring that hard carpet or dromedary sales tactics were sure to follow. Looking back on the situation I would do the same again not wanting to leave someone stranded in the middle of some desert. Whether or not it was a scam remains unknown. If it was a scam to sell carpets or desert excursions, then they have taken things to great heights. But in this case ...

Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

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... just a pile of rocks at the edge. The switchback corners have insufficient turn radius to accomodate a truck, which we learned by following a loaded petrol truck up the hill. Just before the corner the driver would blare the horn to warn on coming cars that he was swinging wide into their lane. We listened intently for truck horns the whole way. At one point we pulled off the road to stretch our legs and relax our sphincters. I also had to take ...

All Roads Lead to Marrakech

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

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... out but he drags me back in. We haggle and I walk out again and he finally agrees to 150D. But he seemed too happy so I still paid too much! Although it was marked "Fez" on the back, it will still be a good souvineer from Marakech.
We bought nuts, a ring for Jed,a few other things and a basket to carry it all in. The kids were getting cranky at this point so we found a nice sit-down restuarant on the square who insisted that he advertisement for live music and belly dancing ...

All Aboard the Marrakech Express!

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

... to escape through the crowd but they cut us off and started painting Dorrie's and Alta's hands.
"How much for this?" I ask.
"1,000 diraham each sir" (that's about $120).
"STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!"
"no we only joke you"
Me - "how much?" again
"we give you good deal. Pretty women you have here"
"how much NOW!"
They continue to frantically paint their hands. Dorrie and Alta struggle to get free but these ...

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face . . .

A travel blog entry by thebests

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... may have been massive, it suffered from that recurring problem in Morocco, in that it did not work. The water was hot, but the showerhead slid off the wall when the pressure got too high. So you kind of had to chase the water around the room. A swim was in order, but the pool suffered from a design fault, in that it was too bloody deep. At it’s deepest, it was 2.60m, and at its shallow end it was 'only’ 1.60m deep. But I could not stand up anywhere. I know I’m ...

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