Today was biking day. We decided to rent a bicycle and ride down to one end of the island. It is suppose to be full of beautiful beaches on the way. So that is what we did. Took the bike early morning from the campsite and started down along the beach road. Soon the road ended and we were on the beach. Early morning there was a nice secluded beach where we decided to take the first dip. So off in bathing suits on this sandy beach, we had some fun spotting more fish and just swimming. Then back to biking again. Riding on the beach at edge of the water was interesting. Then we joined the road back which led to the next town. This place was full of people doing water sports like wind ... read more

Today we took the bus from Fira side to other side of the Island to Perissa. The bus route is through a nice vineyard hill with very nice views of the whole island. Wish we knew and had planned that hike, but there was no time. The other side is less built up with buildings and has a beach. We decided to camp at Perissa camping http://perissa-camping.com/. We were prepared to rent a tent, but found out that this place does not rent tents at all. The only option was to either buy a new tent or stay in a cabin. Since we were set on camping, we ended up buying the tent. There were some people on the campsite, and some looked like they have been living there permanently. The campsite is right on the ... read more

Here are some tips we learnt about travel to Marrakesh and surrounding areas. The Jamaa El Fna square is nice to roam around and see daily activities presented for the tourists. The activities change from morning to evening to night. The food there is not great at the square though, at least not the vegetarian ones - couscous and tagine. The night stalls are cheap, typically 30 MAD for a entre, but I found them mostly tasteless. The restaurants that line the square are no better either. We found much better tasting and cheaper food in small lanes. In the evening in the lane next to cafe France there are little shops with women making parathas, hot from tava, yummy. We had one paratha stuffed with tomato and onion chutney, one milk shake of dates and ... read more

Today morning we started off at 9:00 for Imlil. The tour guide picked us up at the jamaa el fna square and dropped off at the taxi stand. There we met with 3 other Spanish tourists for a shared taxi. We reached Imlil and met with the actual guide. That is when we came to know that the tour operator we had paid money to had not communicated anything. The guide thought that we are there for day trip and will leave next day. Then started the phone calls and communication with language and bad cell reception barriers. Finally the guide said today have to do a day trek but tomorrow can do a 2 day trek. Fine, not exactly what we paid for but close enough. Good thing was that we were staying with the ... read more

Summary: Casablanca does not have much, just a big mosque which is worth seeing. In Marrakech airport bus is very good to get to city center. Casablanca to Marrakech train or bus are much convenient than taking a flight. We reached here yesterday night, the flight was OK. At airport it took long time to get out of immigration because the person at our counter was really slow. I think that rarely see Indian tourists so he was quite amused at our passport. He flipped through all the visas showing it to person on next counter. Thankfully we had enough time to catch the one an hour train into the city. The way to hotel was long, treason and then tram and then quite a bit of walking. But we finally reached by 9:00pm. 25th December ... read more