Joe's World Backpacking Trip Stories and pics from my travels.

Its been an interesting few days.  I stayed at a hostel called Riad Massine in Marrakech.  The original building dates back 1600 years.  It was beautiful, with an open air courtyard in the middle.  I spent two days enjoying the clamour of the souqs, or open air markets, then I went on a desert tour.  We drove through the Atlas mountains, stopping over at various gorges or Berber villages.  After a day and a half of driving we reached the dunes of the Sahara.  After that our tranportation was by camel.  We rode out into the desert, where we spent the night in a Berber village.  We stayed up half the night listening to the locals play music, we looked at the stars and drank wine and rolled down the huge dunes next to our tents.  Marrakech and the Sahara was an unforggetable experience.  Ive eaten goat head twice, and had a bowl of boiled snails.  I also know how to tie a turban.It was a great decision to come to Morocco.  Ill upload pics when I can, but a camera cant do much justice to the sights and smells and general sensory overload that you find here.