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Ca fait plus d'un mois que je suis rentrée! Passée par la Bretagne et de nouveau chez les Hélvètes pour retrouver mon hérisson volant et chercher (et trouver!) de quoi gagner ma croûte (et ma mie, ne faisons pas les choses à moitié!...). Mais je voulais quand même vous faire voir un peu la Ville Blanche, C A S A B L A N C A, la grande, la sympa, la bordélique, la qui sent la poiscaille et le matou! La qui donne envie d'y retourner un peu plus longuement et pourquoi pas d'y vivre quelques temps pour mieux la connaitre! On n'y a passé que deux jours, le temps de la traverser à pied sur une bonne dizaine de kilomètres, de faire goûter aux petons les joies de la mer version 2013, de se perdre ... read more
Casablanca ( Une Dernière Nuit au Royaume )
Published: April 10th 2013Africa » Morocco » Grand Casablanca » Casablanca8/9 avril C'est un 8h de bus qui séparait Essaouira de Casablanca. Je me suis donc rapidement lancé dans ma dernière longue distance, tout juste après avoir mangé une omelette au fromage et ayant laissé de côté le café. Vous savez, il est toujours préférable d'expérimenter une faible déshydratation dans les transports... qu'une insoutenable envie de pisser! À mi-chemin vers Casa, les amortisseurs du bus ont fait Ploc! Finit la suspension arrière! Et moi qui était assis juste là, sur le Ploc! J'ai donc terminé le trajet aussi confortable que le passager arrière d'une calèche. J'arrive à Casablanca vers 20h00. Le soleil est couché. Les taxis augmentent donc de 50% leurs tarifs. Tout le monde sait que l'essence coûte plus cher et se consume plus vite la nuit, non? Je me trouve une chambre d... read more
The Only Sun Was After it Had Gone Dark
Published: April 6th 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechOn the bus tour it said that the length of the Medina walls was 9Km (5½ miles) so I thought that would be a good idea for a run. It actually turned out to be 10½ miles (including the distance from the hotel and back) as there were a few points where you could run along the wall directly. I was also following what I thought was the Media wall, but it was actually the wall alongside the Jardins de l’Agdal gardens. I realised after a while that it didn’t look right as there were no buildings on the other side of the wall, so I turned around and cut through the gardens themselves, so that added a bit of extra distance. The walls along the side that we had seen were renovated and featured nicely ... read more
Essaouira ( Tous les Chats sont Rois )
Published: April 8th 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Essaouira5 avril La pluie tombe sur Marrakech à mon réveil, puis se calme, et repart de plus belle au petit-déjeuner. "Parapluiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie!" que lance à tue-tête les habituels vendeurs de lunettes-soleil, seuls sous l'orage. La température m'importe peu aujourd'hui. C'est que j'ai prévu me rendre à ma dernière destination pour ensuite boucler la boucle et revenir à Casablanca dans quelques jours. Je prend donc la route, comme je l'avais planifié, et je part pour Essaouira sous la rageuse ondée marocaine. Les sombres nuages ici se vident comme on tord une serviette. Schlack! D'un seul coup... et puis tout s'arrête sèchement. Comme on ferme la radio. J'arrive à la ville portuaire d'Essaouira en fin d'après-midi, somnolent, sous un soleil frileux enseveli sous les couvertures cotonneuses gris-... read more
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You Have Just GOT to Visit the Tannery!!
Published: April 4th 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechI thought I would brave the Souks again today to try and get some interesting photographs. That was reasonably successful, however I gave-up in the end as I got sick of the hassle, particularly when I was heading in the direction of the tannery. With no exaggeration, I must have had about 20 people offering to show me the way to the tannery. Well, actually I had 20 people actually taking me to the tannery regardless of anything that I said or did. Apparently every street that I tried to walk down that didn’t lead to the tannery was closed. In the end, it was a case of “I would have liked to have seen your sodding tannery, but it doesn’t seem worth the hassle”, so I made my way out of the Souks. I don’t ... read more
A Day on The Buses
Published: April 4th 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechI went for another early morning run in the Medina and the Souks were again the empty place that I remembered when I was here early a couple of days ago, however they were starting to come to life even though people were mainly sitting drinking tea before they opened-up their shops. There was a guy in the restaurant at breakfast in Moroccan dress, serving Moroccan tea, so we thought we would give that a try. It was a very sweet mint tea, which was quite refreshing, although too sweet for us. It would have been nice to get a photograph of him is in outfit, complete with a fez, and all his tea gear, but you could tell he was incredibly self-conscious about it, so we saved him the embarrassment. We decided that we would ... read more
A Sophisticated Day Relaxing - French Style
Published: April 3rd 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechAfter all the walking yesterday, we decided we were going to take it easy today, so after some extra sleep and a leisurely breakfast, it was off to the pool for a while. The hotel pool had been open for over an hour and still none of the sun-beds had any towels on them. Obviously there are very few British or Germans staying here. Actually, most of the people seem to be French. Of course if the place is full of French people then it goes without saying that the food is excellent – there’s no full English or chips here. Combine that with the relaxed approach to, urr, relaxing and I have to say that I would much rather stay in a hotel with the French than with the British. The only downside is the ... read more
Marrakech ( ou Le Grand Banquet )
Published: April 5th 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Marrakech2-3 avril "Eille boss... Marrakech, ça s'écrit avec un C ou un G à la fin?" " Eeeee... Marra... eee... avec un G ch'pense..." "Ok boss" - Vu sur une pancarte d'autoroute entre Agadir et Marrakech: Marrakegh 242 km ... Après un arrêt pour la nuit à l'hôtel "La Petite Suède" sans suédois d'Agadir, j'embarque dans le bus vers la fameuse Marrakech située plus au Nord, à l'intérieur des terres du Maroc. C'est que j'ai profité de cette escale dans la ville balnéaire pour d'abord marcher sur la plage ramollie par les vagues épuisées sous le soleil couchant... mais surtout, j'en ai profité pour dormir. Ouaip, dormir un bon douze heures de suite, sans même ouvrir les yeux. Facile ça, avec ce lit de loin le plus confortable que j'ai eu depuis le début de mon ... read more
Lost, Harassed, Shouted At, Threatened at Gunpoint and Hiding My Daughter's Bottom
Published: April 3rd 2013Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechI got-up early to go for a run whilst it was still cool and to orient myself with Marrakech. I managed to find my way to the city wall without any problems, although I had to run round it for a while before I managed to find a way in. I also managed to find the Souks without any problems. At that time in the morning everywhere was closed. There was the odd donkey-pulled cart delivering goods or taking rubbish away, but apart from that it was all very quiet. I really struggled to find my way back to the hotel. I had GPS, but with no data connection there was no map – just a waypoint to head towards. However whenever I was going in the right direction, I’d come to a dead-end or streets ... read more
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