Morocco Part 3 - Marrakesh
Bondi Tram
Peter Colquhoun and Sandra Colquhoun
Sat 23 Oct 2010 18:04
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We took a ride on the Marrakesh Express for a
two night stay at a riad (courtyard house turned into a pension) in
the kasbah.
 Welcome drinks in our riad
 Main street near our riad.
 Checking out the local artifacts.
   Tajines, tajines and more tajines. Tajines are individually cooked on
their own charcoal burners.
Chicken, lamb, beef or vegetable tajines are the the norm. Our
favorite is lamb with prunes
and almonds.
 The Djemaa el- Fna square, full of entertainers, food stalls, and
vendors of pretty well anything you could name.
In the evening it is packed with the locals and it seems the main
entertainment in Marrakesh is
wandering in the square.
 Snake charmers are popular. This one has a couple of cobras.
      Delicacies at the food stalls include snails (you get a bowl and a
toothpick), and whole goats head
roasted.
   We hired a car and took a trip to the Ourika valley, about an hour
east of Marrakesh in the foothills of the
Atlas mountains. Very popular with the citizens of Marrakesh as a
cool spot for a Sunday drive.
  Mint tea is a popular drink in Morocco.
 You can walk up to a series of cascades. Here the guide and Bob and
Becky enjoy a restorative
mint tea.
 Camels and horses for those who prefer to ride.
 Don't fall in, the water is ice cold. Near here is Morocco's only ski
resort. Restaurants line both
sides of the river, some reached by precarious looking rope bridges.
 The laundry.
 Stopping for lunch. This was a bit up market for us.
 Looking back up the valley into The High Atlas Mountains from the
restaurant terrace.
 A Berber village
 Checking out the old palace back in Marrakesh.
 and the Saadian Tombs
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