Blogs from Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco, Africa - page 2

From The desert to the mountains...this time it was the High Atlas . We stayed the first night in another UNESCO site . Ait.Benhaddou...a kasbah that has been lived in since the 1600's . Several hundreds of people would have lived there and farmed the flat lands that surround it . Because it is still in such good condition it has been used in many films over the last 30 years . Atlas Film Studios are located in the nearby town . "GLADIATOR" "BABEL" and "GAME of THRONES " have all bèen filmed there. The next day we ciontinued into the mountains .We actually drove through a pass that was 2300m and really cold and windy . Not all that different from home.We were headed toward a mountain village that would have involved an up hill ... read more

We wake up in the morning in time to get out by 9:45 to catch the 10:45. We explain Steve’s inability to stay in Marrakesh to Yamina and she is totally understanding… or thinks Steve is a basket case and doesn’t mind losing the drama. Either way, she wishes us well, feeds us breakfast and Moha helps us get our luggage to the square to pick up petit taxi. We thank her by giving her our sole bottle of red wine we've been carrying since Spain. The bus tickets are cheap, the ride is about 2 ½ hours and off we go. These buses have been a pleasure both here and in Spain. The legroom is fine, the seats are comfy and there haven’t been any really loud talkers or crying babies. We stop for lunch ... read more

Ranajky mali byt od 8/00 ale 8/30 este nikde nic. Ani domaci Dvere zamknute, zacinam prehladavat izby na prizemy, mam stastie hned v prvej. Spi tam jeden z obsluhy. Odomyka mi dvere, peniaze nepyta, ja sa ani nehrnem mu ich dat, bo sak neni su ranajky nebudu peniaze. Takze po gratis ubytku smer bus na vlakovu stanicu. Na Arset El Bilk naskakujem do busu c.14, ktory ide okolo vlakovej stanici. Vodicovy platim 4dh, dostavam listok a usadzam sa. V buse dost skolakov. Skolacky tu maju ako uniformy take biele dlhsie bluzky. Po vystupeny z busu mi ostava este 1,5 hod. Oproti supratours stanici zapadam teda na ranajky. Davam si to iste co sofer busu, polievku, chleba a samozrejme nesmie chybat caj. Ten si uz ako rodeny marocan parkrat prelievam z pohara nazad do cajniku. Najedeny si ... read more

Day 1 a Travelling to Essouira It was a fairly early start today. Ross took me to the train train station at 5.50 for the 6.20 train to King's Cross. It was an easy trip down; a bit of snoozing, a coffee, then more snoozing! I've given myself lots of time to get across to Luton airport, so no rush! I sat for a while outside St Pancreas Station.....strange! There is a huge bird cage with a swing hanging from the centre. I didn't even notice it until a lad sat on the swing and started to work it forwards and backwards.... Whilst whistling! Then it registered in my brain, it's a human bird cage! Is it weird? Or is it art? To me, it became art when he started swinging! Then my eyes, or maybe ... read more

Kazdy mame sem tam ded blbec. Kdy se proste nic nedari nebo se naopak sejde vice negativnich zalezitosti. Ja ho mel dneska, cimz jsem alespon zvednul naladu svym spolucestujicim. Takze by se to mohlo pocitat jako pozitivni? V planu byla navsteva Essaoiury, coz je pristavni mestecko u Atlantiku cca 200 km od Marrakeshe. Cesta tam probehla v pohode. Zhruba na poslednich 50 km se u silnice zacaly objevovat arganie, ktere produkuji arganove orechy, ze kterych se zistava (prekvapive) arganovy olej, ktery je nejak straslive vzacny. A pry mistni kozy rady na arganie lezou, aby ty arganove plody zraly a pritom pry vypadaji neuveritelne srandovne. Takze jsme meli ocka na stopkach, jestli nejakou kozu na strome uvidime. Videli jsme kozy, stromy, ale nikdy pohromade. Ale videli jsme treba i osla pasouciho se u stredoveho pruhu teto rychlostni ... read more