IsleHopper

"Enjoy Life"

Niranjan Vaswani

71 / Male

Ahaus, NWR, Germany

About IsleHopper

Member since 29th Jan 08

Citizenship: Spain
Previous Name (ie Maiden): -
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired business man
About IsleHopper:

I am 70, have lived in Spain (for 45 years) U.K., and Gibraltar.

I have visited Canada, USA, Holland, Morocco, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Greece

Hobbies:

Cooking, enjoy good food and wine, reading books on every subject, writing, painting, travel and visiting Art Galleries and Museums

Favourite places:

Canary Islands, Antwerp (Belgium), Berne, Zurich,

St. Blaise (Switzerland) Langkawi, Phi Phi Islands (Thailand).

Activity : photos (102) forum (0) guide (0) blog (48) diary (0) trips (2)

Latest Blog Entry

Marrakesh Revisited (2)

Posted by IsleHopper | 28th September 2008

Riads in Morocco are private houses converted in hostels, there is an inner patio with a fountain, Muslims must wash their hands and feet before entering their house and this ritual is observed before praying five times a day. These houses have a ground floor and then two or three floors more with small rooms. Houses are narrow and so are the streets, which lead from one lybrinth to another. Streets are also very narrow with high walls on both sides and in many streets it is not advisable to venture after seven O'clock in the evening.

Riad Dar Badra is situated in the old town, ten minutes walk from the famous Koutoubia Masque and Place Djamaa El Fna and the Souks, markets which are full ofsmall shops sitting cheek by jowl, full of hundreds of different articles, perfumes, spices, jewelry, clay pots, carpets, lamp shades, clay pots and ceramics and many more things. Haggling goes on all the time, the shopkeepers block your way, shake your hand and literally force you to enter into

Continued | Island Hopper's Travel Blog