Dar Jirane Marrakech

... After a stressful spell though the buzz of Marrakech makes me appreciate all we have experienced and everything us Westerners have even more. Morocco is more amazing than i remembered with its incredible colours, culture and continuous backdrop of distant mountain ranges.

Reality beckons as we are back by Chrimbo but for now we are losing ourselves in all sorts of surreal and out-standing cinema in the sunny but still cold capital...

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Efter att ha tillbringat natten på en kall flygplats i Barcelona var det otroligt skönt att igår eftermiddag äntligen komma fram till Marrakesh och få vila hela eftermiddagen på vårt toppenmysiga riad (typ hotell) "Marhaba”. Mot våra förväntningar var Marrakesh kallt och regnigt, så vi fick plocka fram elementet i rummet och dra på oss långkalsongerna.

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... significantly cheaper and their Trans went quite a bit further. We have run into the Oasis truck on numerous occasions and yes it is much nicer with coach seats and a better sound system but I'd rather sacrifice such things to be able to do more on my trip. I mean over $1000 in savings can go quite a long ways in side trips like rafting and shark diving. I would advise if you are choosing an overlanding trip that if you need the extra comfort to go with ...

... on the toilets since there were no toilet seats, but you can't be picky when it comes to these things. Well at least we would have hot showers for three days.

It really sucks to have such a weak stomach in Africa. I spent the better part of our first day in Marrakech worshiping the porcelain goddess, so I missed the first day in the city but felt well enough to go to the Marjane with Summer and Gavin where we loaded up on lunch supplies and had some incredibly delicious ...

... getting out of the buses was play soccer with the kids, of course! I have now played soccer in both a dry river bed with the kids in Yorkin, Costa Rica and in an empty lot (later used for community prayer) with the kids in Amzmiz, Morocco. It really is the game that ties the world together...so I should probably get better at it haha! From the game, the group divided into homestays. I volunteered to go with the first homestay, and I was thankful for the rest of the weekend that I did ...

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... learned that the gauntlet of vendors trying to get you into their eatery was not only a Peru phenomenon.  One of the guys went so far as to give Skippy a giant bear hug - which Skippy believes was a cover to see what he could shake out of his pockets.  We went up on the balcony of Restaurant Argana where you could see the entire plaza and ordered dinner.  I had a tangine with lamb, onions, raisins and almonds.  Needless to say it was good!

... of these exotic innards, just little tastes to be able to say I've sampled them, but no - they were nowhere to be found. Marrakech is at its best a place to take in the exotic Oriental atmosphere of winding streets and souks selling an astonishing array of beautiful handicrafts ranging from carpets to marquetry boxes, from brassware to jewelry, from ceramics to spices, and from leather to ironware. Behind the lines of shops selling similar ...

The night train passed straight through Casablanca at about 5 in the morning, and as I slept intermittently within the confines of my little train couchette, I missed my grand opportunity to pull out a good Humphrey Bogart impression. Day broke soon after, and our multinational travelling posse trod out into the very warm morning sun of Marrakech, Morocco´s imperial heart and a much friendlier vibe than seedy Tangier. Though given tremendous attention from a swarm of taxi drivers, we walked ...