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Casablanca – goodbye to Morocco
Casablanca. Bogart and Bergman. Rick’s bar. Not. So sorry to rain on your fantasies. The film was shot in LA and the bar on which Rick’s was modelled is in Tangier. We are spending only one night here. When I asked Issam why only one night, he replied that there’s nothing worth seeing in Casablanca…
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Essaouira – a lovely lunch and some goats in trees!
Today’s program was optional. It included a visit to a women’s cooperative that produces argan oil, a sighting of tree-climbing goats and the best lunch of the entire trip! But first a visit to Jimmy Hendrix’s home. It is now a café but unfortunately not open during the day due to Ramadan so we couldn’t…
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Essaouira – the port, the medina and the souk
This morning Abdullah took us to the port. We chatted with a retired fisher who now paints names on boats. He explained that most fishers go out in open boats, some with inboard motors and others with outboards. The boats have deep keels to store the catch; if the catch is small, they will stay…
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Marrakech to Essaouira – from bustle to calm
We solo women travelled from Marrakech to Essaouira in our new conveyance with our new tour leader, Abdullah, and our new driver Adil. Our new van comes with wifi: Abdullah creates a hot spot with his cell phone and we all sign on. Quite a treat! We stopped at a weekly market we found along…
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Marrakech – tours, dinners and farewells
A local guide took us on a walking tour of the Marrakech medina this morning. Marrakech is an imperial city – that is, it is or has been the site of a king’s palace. The city was established in 1042 as a trading centre with the walls being built during the 11th and 12th centuries.…
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Marrakech – hustle and bustle!
Today we transferred from Ouarzazate to Marrakech, crossing the central High Atlas Mountains. Issam warned us that the road is a little twisty turny and we soon found out he was right. We stopped at an overlook to view our route. The photo to the left is probably best viewed by clicking on it to…
