Arriving in Marrakech by the skin of our teeth, due to a bus driver who thought he was in a Ferrari, we all had a sigh of relief stepping onto the hot tarmac. Arriving at our hotel, complete with pool and a/c, rooms sorted, bags dropped and we headed for the main square where you find musicians, henna artists, snake charmers, fortune tellers, and loads of food stalls where they barbeque meats and veggies and the smoke fılls the sky. Marrakech old city (the Medina) is walled with several gates and at the south end ıs a bıg square. Thıs weekend they were having a World Music festival wıth different music at each entrance. At the main square alone, there were about 10 or so drum circles going and you couldn't help but jump around!! It
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