A traditional Berber house we visited
View from a cafe balcony of the souks (markets) at night
Me with some snakes
Sarah was asked if she wanted to try some 'magic' clothesMorocco has been the craziest place I have visited.
From the sky all you see is a grid of orange/pink flat roofs all fitted with satellite dishes.
Getting off the plane, the heat envelopes you.
On the ground, you are surrounded by hawkers, snake charmers, monkey tamers, donkeys and incredible food!
We stayed in a fancy-pants B&B which was heavenly after hostels with bedbugs, insufficient facilities and noisy roommates.
What we did:
- Bartered HARD in the souks- tourist prices aren't cheap! You are constantly hounded to check out stores. If lost, someone may lead you to a friend's shop instead of where you need to go...
- Went on a 4wd tour around Marrakech- we saw women extracting Argan oil for cosmetics and the like, visited a traditional Berber house and had tea, had lunch in a Berber wedding tent and rode camels in the desert! (You'll have to wait to see these pics on Sarah's blog as we used her camera)
- Chatted with some Moroccan guys- interesting to hear about their culture!
- Ate some amazing food- harrira, targine. Got food poisoning on the 2nd last night and spent day 3 cooped up in our room! Not nice food stall 117...
- Drank the best Moroccan mint tea EVER- turns out they put a BLOCK of sugarbeet in their tea and mint leaves to make it taste that good!
I loved that place too... oww the mint tea is awesome! I ended up getting lost in the soak and come out with a carpet hmmm still don't know how they did that :) keep enjoying yourself girl!
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