Blogs from Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco, Africa - page 46

Thanks for the good wishes messages. It was really nice to find them waiting when we logged on. Arrived safely early Saturday evening still 28 degrees! What a bustling place! Once we got through the onslaught of kids trying to sell us packs of Kleenex (3 Dirhams - about 5p) went walk about through the start of the Medina. What an experience! It was dark by then and we decided it was probably better to go back in daylight -too many alleys and Morrocan males to cope with, though no offers of camels for Lauren which was a bit disappointing - Ive told her she must try harder! Took a good look round yesterday (Sunday) through lots of souks selling pretty much everything, including tortoises of all sizes, iguanas and baby chameleons. Ended in Djeema El ... read more

Morocco is a country of people just hanging out.... Well, after 10 long days, Im finally back ''home''. I got in last night around midnight into Vienna. I think the trip back was longer than the entire trip total! Ill try to give a quick run of the itinerary... Day 1 leave for Bratislava from Vienna via train. Catch quick bus to airport and then plane to Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn airport. Don't let the name confuse you...Frankfurt Hahn is about 2 hours from Frankfurt. Slept in airport. Day 2 wake up early after uncomfortable sleep in airport and catch plane to Jerez, Spain. From airport catch bus to Jerez bus station, then bus to Algeciras. In Algeciras, buy ferry tickets to Tangier, Morocco. Catch: must take taxi to Tarifa, Spain...20 min away. Catch ferry to Morocco and ... read more

The Adventures of Fatima and Ab-Joel I have wanted to go to Morocco for quite a while and in the last few weeks I spent a lot of time trying to find the cheapest way to get there. In the end the cheapest way I could find was to fly to the south of Spain and then catch a ferry across the Gibralta Strait. I asked a few people if they would like to join me and often people were very positive but in the end only Morgan (Fatima), an American girl from Texas, was game enough to come. We left on the afternoon of the 5th and caught a train to Bratislava (Slovakia). From the train station we got a bus to the airport and caught a flight to Frankfurt (Germany). We arrived about 11pm ... read more

Breakfast was the standard French stick and jam on the roof terrace of Hotel CTM. The sight of a now quiet Djemaa el-Fna belied the action from the previous night, the odd food scrap being the only remaining remnant. Paul, Jo and I were all stuffed from a week in Morocco and decided on a quiet day of limited sightseeing. This was to be Paul’s last day with us as he was booked on the 2100 train back to Tangier – leg one of a long trip back to Newcastle. Our first stop was Palais el-Badi , a 400 year old palace in an equal state of ruin and repair where we spent an hour or so taking photos and discovering all the nooks and crannies. Towards the Ville Nouvelle is Koutoubia Mosque – at 70 ... read more

Be brave enough to live life creatively Alan Alda While my parents were skiing in McCall, Idaho I went to hot, sunny Marrakech on my day off. If I am sweating in a T-shirt in March I don’t even want to think about August. They weren’t kidding when they said it gets hot here. Today’s bus ride to the city was a bit more exciting than usual and I blame it on the heat. Nobody is very happy to have the summer heat set in already. The rising gas prices have forced up the bus fare from 15 or 17 dirhams to 20 dirhams from Kelaa to Marrakech. One woman must have been convinced she was cheated by the guy on the bus who takes money since she spent at least the first half hour of ... read more