Marrakech was amazing - I really want to be back there right now. The thought of working and freezing cold weather somehow doesn’t appeal to me anymore!
We left at 2:30 in the morning to head to Gatwick, at least there was no traffic! Check in was incredibly quick, manfriend tried to tell a joke, it didn’t even evoke a response “have you packed anything sharp”, “just my wit!” For 4 in the morning its pretty good!
The flight was easyjet so not much to be expected, there was an obnoxious American girl behind me who needed a bit of a slap but other than that - plain sailing!
The obligatory plane wing photo :P
We stayed in a Riad, Dar Soulahfa, a traditional Moroccan house. It all faces inwards to the center of the building which is open. To get to our house we went down narrow smelly streets dodging pedestrians, motorbikes and donkeys. We came to a big solid metal door in a plain dirty looking wall, but behind the wall the house was magical.
I can’t explain it in pictures, it has to be shown in full video glory! But unfortunately you’ll have to wait until I have some video editing software on my laptop!
We spent the first day getting used to the place, the sights and smells, ugh the smells! We had lunch in cafe de france - pizza lol and then relaxed in the afternoon.
The next day we went on an organised trip to the Atlas mountains. This included a trek up a waterfall, we literally went though it. None of us were expecting this and we all got soaked! Manfriend loved it!
The following day we went to the souks in the medina (walled part of the city) and the new town too. There was a giant zara there - I mean HUGE! I bought a nice dress and some green leggings - my christmas costume is sorted!
Our second trip was to Assouria - on the way to which I blogged this on my dads blackberry! Assouria was definitely my favourite part of the trip. It was cleaner, quieter, cheaper and you were hardly hassled at all by shop keepers.
Our last day we went round the palaces, we planned to go round the Kasbar but it was closed. Instead we bought tickets for City Sightseeing instead and drove around the city - inside and out, listening to the guide. Its a brilliant idea. You can buy a 24 hour or 48 hour ticket and it’ll take you to all the main tourist spots along the route - you can hop on and off all day! Its genius!
The next morning it was off to the airport and home! *lesigh*
My write up probably isn’t amazing but then nothing can do the place justice, Once your out of the hustle and bustle of the streets the Riad was completely silent - so relaxing.
The best part of the riad though - there were three (real) tortoises on the roof!
I took some awesome videos of them too!
