Week 4 After a very hot day and evening where we could sit outside drinking and chatting for a change, we woke up to a wet, grey morning! Our guided tour to Marrakesh took us to the Yves St Laurent gardens which had an amazing display of cacti, the Bahia Palace – lots of ornate ceilings and archways and the royal tombs. We then were taken through another maze of alleyways which were a lot wider than those in Fes. There are just so many goods for sale in these souks, it's hard to imagine how they can all make a living. The Jmm El Fnn – Square of the Dead – is the main attraction in Marrakesh, there were musicians, men in traditional costume, snake charmers, men with monkeys, women painting henna designs on hands,
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