Riad Dar El Ghali
Travel Blogs from Marrakech
Carne, carne, CARNE!! The food (and drink) blog
... and brief love affair with the 'Paul' patisserie chain who served us up hot, hangover-curing cheese baguettes at the Gare du Lyon train station after a massive night out. We all proclaimed it was the best thing we have EVER eaten (Paris, France). 6. Getting excited when catching a free promotional packet of chips while watching the Tour de France, then being horrified when realising they are peanut flavoured. (Pau, France). 7. Trying to blend in with the locals at a ...
Toubkal
Inspiring Jouneys around Morocco
Toubkal traveling is a tour with an adventurous slant, organising high-quality group mountain trekking and 4x4 tours in and around the Atlas Mountains and Sahara, as well as tailor-made holidays for individuals and private groups. Toubkal traveling is managed from Imlil area by people who are both passionate and knowledgeable about Morocco, exactly in Atlas Mountains, ...
Marrakech 2010
... your hands.
We arrive to Mezourga after 12 hours by bus. When we arrive, the bereber ( the people who lives in a desert ) lend us a camel for each one. Then, we and our camels start a route to dunes of the desert. Two hours later we arrive to haima's ( is a place in a desert like a big camping tent where the people eat and sleep ). Around midnight the berebers talked about histories of the desert wolfs and ...
From gondolas to camels
... wooden door that looked like something out of a middle ages castle....bolts and locks were slid and turned and the huge wooden door opened....we stepped into something out of Aladin....mosaic tiles everywhere....a courtyard with palm trees and a fountain in the middle...the staff were very welcoming...we were served traditional Moroccan sweet tea....which is a combination of green tea...mint..and lots of sugar....very nice....our room was large with mosaic tiles ....stain glass ...
It's the stuff Movies are made of.
... to a Berber Village to see how the Berber people live. They are an indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. We were shown how they live a simple life and how they use the land or nature to make their lives easier. One thing I found quite fascinating was a flour mill they had. Basically it was a big rock that used the flow of the water to turn the rock round and it ground down the grain to flour. It was really cool ...