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Back into Marrakech Old TownToday we headed back into the square and on to the saddian Tombs. This is the cemetery of the saadian Sultans and their entourage ( take Rue Riad Zitoun from the square and head straight. The acess is Posted by travelbug_ in Morocco | May 10, 2010
Around MarrakechAround Marrakech After a lovely breakfast we are out and about. The first priority is the Majorelle Gardens. To get here, we get lost a couple of times then head out along the correct street. (Tip – just because Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 7, 2010
Over the High Atlas Stuffed ourselves with breakfast to get us off to a good start. Late start made later by us going on Moroccan time this morning. We head out through the valley of roses, a Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 7, 2010
In the saddle againIn the saddle again We head up to Erfoud to then divert across towards Ouazarzate. First stop in Erfoud is a clothing shop to get a shirt like Lotfi’s that I admired. Pick Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 7, 2010
Camels In MerzougaIn Merzouga We wake up and head upstairs onto the terrace for our breakfast. Unlike last night, we can now appreciate the reason for dining up here. On the third floor, there are views over the irrigated crops to Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 7, 2010
Over the hills into the desertWe had a day’s downtime in Riad Tafilelet after our arrangements fell through. This wasn’t helped by the phones dropping out every minute, and I am not sure if the text Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 7, 2010
In the Fes MedinaWe had a great big breakfast to set us up for the day. Mohammed was waiting for us, this time in a traditional djellaba. We head out into the medina. Within two minutes we would have been Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 4, 2010
Into AfricaLast day in Paris today, we spent ages getting ready, only ended up with time for a short walk along Rue Moufftard to think what might have been. Into the Metro and the RER out to CDG. It Posted by lostagain in A big trip | May 4, 2010
Pop RocksWhen we arrived in Tafraoute the landscape suddenly changed. The scrub brush and flat desert collected itself into round red rocks and slowly piled itself higher and higher. It was Red Rocks meets Castle Hill (New Zealand) - Posted by meesh123 in A Broad Abroad | Apr 23, 2010
Tagine CuisineCooking in Morocco has been an enjoyable experience, mostly because Phil does all the cooking. We've got a routine of stopping in any village, picking up fruit and vegetables from the various stands along the road and mostly buying Posted by meesh123 in A Broad Abroad | Apr 23, 2010
Gracie and Lucy's Moroccan FavoritesGracie's Favorites: 1. going into the mosque in Meknes 2. walking on sand dunes in the Sahara 3. Land Rover tour of the Sahara and seeing the flamingos and elephant mirage 4. Writing a play and having the other kids perform it in the Posted by k2arevalo in The Arevalo Family Adventure | Apr 22, 2010
MoroccoOh Morocco, as Jackson Browne says about the place "we've just had a taste of something fine"!. It's hard to summarize our last three weeks because we have seen things that we've never seen, eaten exotic foods, riden on Posted by k2arevalo in The Arevalo Family Adventure | Apr 22, 2010
Spain, Portugal & MoroccoJohn had dropped us at the Luton airport to catch our connecting flight to Madrid. Arriving at Madrid we were met and transferred by cab to our room in the Orense Hotel.The hotel was good and we used the Posted by agmh in McLays in Europe | Dec 13, 2007
Moroccan' RollI just got quite a shock, looking at my last post it was exactly a year ago today (more now...). Can't have been that long! Well much has happened since my last entry -- I ended up staying in Chamonix Posted by meesh123 in A Broad Abroad | Mar 18, 2010
Driving in Morocco - Conduire au Maroc - القيادة في المغربNinety minutes. The length of a football match. Doesn't seem like very long. It's also the time it takes for the ferry from Algeciras in Spain to Tangiers in Morocco. Quite a short crossing. But Posted by scotsman in Vagabonding Down Under | Mar 13, 2010
Day 6: Fes to Marrakech This day was going to be a long and dull one, with an eight-hour train ride from Fez to Marrakech leaving very early. The morning started with another lesson in Moroccan culture: nobody takes credit cards. We received Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 21, 2006
Day 5: FesThe Heri es Souani, a 17th century stable and granary for sultan Moulay Ismail's horses Mohamed + A. Elahad-- Frieds 4 Live [img=http Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 20, 2006
Day 4: Fes, Volubilis, Meknes, and Moulay-IdrissToday was our first day of real tourism in Morocco. We began the day with the usual delicious and filling Moroccan breakfast (today’s variation: omelets along with all the rest). Idriss picked us up at the riad and Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 19, 2006
Day 3: Casablanca to Fes Our arrival in Casablanca was our first indication of how well things would go with our Sahara Trek contacts. As soon as we came out of customs (a wave-through; apparently no one was concerned with what we could possibly Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 18, 2006
Day 2: New York to CasablancaRoyal Air Maroc (RAM) was a pleasant surprise. One of the many examples of wild exaggeration about Morocco that I had read on the internet during our trip planning was that the Moroccan national airline was something like a Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 17, 2006
On the road to AfricaThe next place I move is going to be closer to an airport. In order to make our 8 a.m flight to New York (the first stop on our journey; living in the middle of the country means we Posted by redtogo in Travellin' Fools | Nov 16, 2006
MOROCCOTwo bus rides gets you from Mundaka to Madrid airport. We arrived at 11pm and this is where we dried and aired our wet smoky clothes. The airport started getting busy around 3am so we didn’t get much sleep at Posted by jessnsteve in Kays Odyssey | Feb 10, 2010
Casablanca to Cairo We thought we'd start this entry with a handy algebraic formula on bus journey times in Morocco: X = 1.5nY +Fba Where: X = the number of actual hours' journey n = the ticke Posted by JacChalky in Jac & Chalky's Excellent Adventure | Jan 16, 2010
Fez and Chefchaoen La Gare du Fez , being only an hour's journey from Meknes by train, greeted us with surprising modernity and the sunny day. Fez's medina is huge, with over 9,000 windy stree Posted by JacChalky in Jac & Chalky's Excellent Adventure | Dec 30, 2009
Meknes So after our 10-hour bus ride, we arrived in the dark, pouring rain to Meknes bus station. We tried flagging a 'petit taxi' into the Medina, but we were repeatedly ignored in favour of Posted by JacChalky in Jac & Chalky's Excellent Adventure | Dec 23, 2009

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