Morocco Travel Blogs - Page 7

Marrakech is a place that i have always wanted to go and March this year i finally went for it.Im glad i did now as i found it intriguing and slightly scary at times! But had an excellent time!! I would advice anybody thinking of visiting this amazing city to just go for it.

“Hello!” said the man in the long blue robes. Angela and I were walking back towards the old town after just visiting the Majorelle Gardens, owned by none other than Yves Saint Laurent. “I am not guide,” he intoned as he walked alongside us. “I only wish to practice English with nice peop…

Let me say, Morocco is a long way from Spain, if not geographically, then culturally and administratively. We got our first cultural re-alignment as we prepared to disembark the ferry across the straight of Gibraltar, and learned that one needed an immigration stamp before leaving the ferry. …

Morocco, Spain, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Edinburgh, London, NYC

This trip to Morocco has been a long time coming. I left Paris with my friend Liann and boarded an EasyJet flight to Marrakech's Menara Airport. We arrived on the first of July. Morocco, already in it's hottest months of the year, was hot and dusty even though we arrived in the late afternoon. So m…

I was going to meet Marcelle, my travbuddy, at the lobby at 10:00. I have to admit I was not entirely sure she was going to show up… you know, internet friends can be sometimes a bit shy…but there she was! 10:00 sharp! Well done Marcie! The day was wonderful and we decided to walk to the Jemaa…

Well I have just arrived home after 4 great days in Marrakech and boy does it feel cold back in the UK compared to a gorgeous 20 degrees in Morocco.....and in December you can't complain at that! A nice early start from Gatwick got us in Marrakech by 11am (just over a 3 hour flight) and 30 minutes …

Tangier is famous in Berber legend for being where the dove brought earth from to Noah and to the Greeks for being the land of the gods or "Beautiful People".  The Greeks obviously had never been to Miami. The city is just as I imagined it, full and bustling.  Many people still wear the…

The Gnaoua Festival and Musics of the World of Essaouira still plans to surprise its faithful and cosmopolitan audience this year. Crossing the symbolic course of 10 years and 500 000 festival-goers, the festival proposes this year a rich programme, reaffirming its incentive to emphasize the Gnaoua…

...is where Oxfam decided to take us for a training session.  Ouzoud is a very small village about 7 hrs (heading south) away from Rabat, the capital of Morocco and my Moroccan hometown.  To get there we took a Grand Taxi that took us on an amazing drive!!  A…

We finally managed to catch a flight on time and together, with good passports! Marrakesh is a crazy city.  After catching a taxi to a street close to our hotel, in the medina, the driver told us a boy would direct us to our hotel, which was 100m away, for about 3 dirhams (NZD 0.50).  Of…

Driving around just to see!

visited in March,2008 solo DIY tour cross the country...Michael Palin style..me and my backpack. Traveled to Marrakech then by train via Fez-Tangier to Chefchaoune. By train to Casablanca and back home.

It may be cliche, but as soon as I arrived in Marrakech, I wanted to start singing Aladdin songs.  "One jump--ahead of the bread line...one swing, ahead of the sword...." I was in for some major culture shock.  I had never been to Africa before, so I was very excited, if a little apprehen…

Exotic is different,different is exciting,excitement is enticing.Everyone is enticed.Temptation allures,desire is tempting,want is desirable.Everyone hopes to be wanted.He had even mocha-carmel skin,Moroccan born with a smile,perfectly smooth Sahara lips,waiting to be trekked acrosswith eyes a suns…