MOROCCO | Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 | Views [303]
Our last day in Marrakesh we visit the Saadian Tombs then head towards the Marrakesk museum- however the usual helpful local tells us it is closed for renovation ; which we know is not true as some of our group went yesterday. He says he will take us ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Saturday, 17 Oct 2009 | Views [599]
This will be another slow process with an arabic keyboard! We were on our way to Essaouira and stopped at a huge supermarket- anyone would have thought we had never seen one before- it was a novelty after the rural scene, icecreams etc were enjoyed-... Read more >
MOROCCO | Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009 | Views [548]
Left Todra Gorge and headed over Tizi n Tichka pass over 2260 metre high: What a spectcular drive. tight corners and quite a bit of traffic made passing slow and interesting and fossill sellers on bends and places you would not expzect or even be able ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Friday, 9 Oct 2009 | Views [364] | Comments [1]
We headed east over the Middle Atlas Mountains, after staying at Midelt in the Berber village countryside. Drove thru lots of dusty towns, the funny thing is the Coca Cola signs are everywhere and the roadside shops with coke are well painted compared ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 | Views [299]
Have not had enough time to find inet cafes and then this one has arabic; a challenge! Anyway off to the desert this afternoon; tour going great will have to fill in the gaps later. Altho think the squat is imminent! Had a wonderful time in Fez in ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Views [301]
First impressions have changed and now feel comfortable! We had tajine meals and a local beer at our hotel restaurant last night, very authentic on brass tables, live music a guy playing a guitar type instrument, an oud? And singing. Met other people ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Friday, 2 Oct 2009 | Views [271]
After our shaky visit in Singapore we boarded Emirates once again- great airline- hot towels, great menu, lovely staff, excellent entertainment system etc etc... Altho plane nearly full so couldn't spread out we arrived in Dubai for stopover. Long wide ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009 | Views [275] | Comments [1]
After arriving on a pretty much sleepless 8 hour flight from Brisbane we are still quite tired. The humidity of Singapore was quite overwhelming even tho we hail from Qld, at least it wasn't raining which is very common here and all the gardens and trees etc are ... Read more >
