Morocco day 8 – Marrakesh

Today the aim – was to enjoy the wonderful sights, sounds and people of Marrakesh!

First up breakfast…yummo! a traditional Moroccan breakfast.
(check out poor Lachie’s face – he is over Moroccan pancakes by now and ready to get back to his weetabix!)

We headed out of the medina

Saadian Tombs

a walk through the Jewish quarter

Then Palais Badii

Home for a rest

Lunch at Rotisserie de La Paix in La Ville Novelle
(where Eli & Lachie got chased (happily) by a goose)

Through the brightly coloured serenity in Le jardin majorelle with its Yves Saint Laurent memorial

A caleche (horse-drawn carriage) back to Jemaa El Fna (the main square)

through the streets of the ville novelle in Marrakesh (new town)
(notice the last one where it has a speaker in the tower of the medina – this is where those 5am calls come from!)

A wander around the Jemaa El Fna square past the stalls and snake charmers to get a little henna work done for Eli
(yes – it looks nothing like its picture – and to think we have it for three weeks!)

and through the souks of the medina, back to the hotel with a mohito (or two…) by the pool.

then a crazy crazy rush to get to the Fantasma – the spectacular of local dance and horseman ship….first stop through Ali Barber’s cave

First we got to meet the team demonstrating the traditional music and outfits from regions around Morocco.

In the spirit of sharing Lachie show-cased a little NJ style break dancing…

Then there was the horsemanship show that included belly dancers and a flying carpet!

After telling us we had to be there at 8:30pm, the show didn’t start until 10:45pm and we were in the car post-show headed home at 11:30pm…as E+L put it there was a whole lot of waiting…it was interesting to see but we certainly wouldn’t recommend this as a highlight of Marakesh.

Another interesting day 🙂