Hotel Gallia Marrakech

... it. If you rather want an insight into the traditional Moroccan lifestyle, the medina will offer you precisely that : beautiful mosques and Medersas, vibrant souks and... dangerous kamikaze bikers! Go to ...

So after 43 hours of travel - including a whirlwind stop in Washington, DC - we arrived in Marrakech, Morocco.  We flew into Casablanca and took the train straight away.  The ride through the country side was interesting - there are a lot more cactus ...

... - which is gorgeous, btw.  And rode the train back to Casablanca. Once we arrived in Casablanca, we walked to our hotel.  General feeling is that Casablanca is like a dirty version of NYC.  We checked into the Ibis Moussafir City Centre  ...

... down for 25 years apparently).  Today we go and see the local Mosque (very impressive I'm told).  Will hitch a ride back to Marrakech in Bruno's massive 4x4 later.  From there I need to decide when I head south to the border... PS: So we ...

... .  But I'll go further and give you our top ten moments: 1.  Smart @$$ comment from Le Gallia Hotel Staff - Breakfast is served BEFORE noon. 2.  Marrakech street vendors think Skippy is Japanese and one tries all of his Kung Fu moves to prove it. ...