Tachfine Marrakech

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... them some money so the best thing to do is not even to engage in conversation with them but Ian keeps doing silly things like asking where things are then we cant get rid of the people they are following us around the streets it making me really on edge! In the end we did not see any of the sights we just made our way back to the square to see if they had a newspaper as Ian wants to see the football scores when all of a sudden someone grabbed hold of me ...

... goods fake bags etc and then we got to the big square I did not want to go until the night time but we could not miss it really. We got dragged straight away by a woman doing henna so I now have another henna tattoo.It only cost me 8 pound but she was dissapointed and I think she wanted more. <br><br>We then went and had some local mint tea and walked some more amazingly we did find our way back to our hotel and we went and sat on the terrace in the sun. Got ready after that ...

... at the lower end of the Medina, was built over a period of fourteen years by Morocco&#8217;s top artisans in the 1860s. The palace itself occupies more than eight hectares and contains 150 rooms. Through the front gates, we walked through gardens with banana trees and dripping palms before arriving at the building itself. [Side note: after about an hour in the spice markets, again running for our lives in the wake of busy mopeds and ...

... showered, and headed down the street to a boulangerie for breakfast. Murray had his café au lait and I had my freshly-squeezed, full-of-pulp OJ &#8211; and we shared a meal of crusty, toasted rolls, cheese, fresh apricot jam, and chocolate croissants to top it off! (I asked for cheese, and we were trying to ask for bread by way of asking for croissants, and the waiter brought us all that I just mentioned. Hey &#8211; we'll take it!) I also had some yogurt, which I ...

... seemed to baffle him. He left to go find someone who spoke English and no doubt kick us out. In the mean time, Shack had found it. It was more amazing and perfect than I&#8217;d imagined. Within seconds, we both had Coronas in our hands, sitting by the pool whilst security was frantically looking for a tall white guy and a short black guy. This ...

Met a fine fellow from Wales as a hopped off the bus in Marrakech (from Essouria). He was looking for an economical riad to stay and I knew just the place - the riad I'd dumped my rugs at just days prior.<br><br> After settling in, I invited him to tag along w/ me to grab a geocache at Menara Gardens. LOL ...

... and take rests from the action it is a rather fun place to be. Magical Marrakech was a wonderfully different city experience but it's time to move on. We are giving up the henna tattoos and hammams and heading to Essaouira and up the coast so we can leave Morocco before Ramadan finishes and the fiesta begin, or maybe we'll stay a little longer. Flights from Tangier to Istanbul differ greatly in price during this time. We can't wait to buy another breadstick for Wicksy.

Marrakech is love at first sight, sound, smell and smile. I am not sure what my expectations and preconceptions of Morocco actually were. Maybe a bit of Egypt. Maybe a bit of Africa. Definitely a bit of red dust and dirt. The sobriquet "oh, and the people are so friendly" is tossed around fairly loosely, most notably in countries where they are merely taking the time to smile while they relieve you of your wallet and your camera, thus ...