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9 April 2007
Above: Thai massage class in progress. Despite the huge time difference between Morocco and Thailand, I woke up at 0630 and had breakfast. I took a taxi to Wat Pho. I continued to have difficulty finding the registration centre and had to pay for internet to actually locate the place. The five day Traditional Thai […]
8 April 2007
Above: Bangkok skyline from my room. I arrived into Dubai at 0110 for a connecting flight at 0315 to Bangkok. Surprisingly, that was enough time for me to go to the airport first class lounge near Costa Coffee for a shower, internet and snacks. The flight to Bangkok took less than the scheduled time of […]
7 April 2007
“Jet lead” I woke at 0300, like the last few mornings. That’s way too early as my flight only leaves at 1320. I put it down to “jet lead”. Sounds crazy but I seem to have developed a knack of adapting to the time zone of my next longhaul destination several days in advance! Departure […]
6 April 2007
Today I return to where I started in Morocco. To Casablanca, for a nightstop before flying out. I got a trolley porter to help with my luggage from my accommodation to the CTM bus station. The 1115 bus took around 7h30 including a lunch stop of tajine to get to Casablanca. During the journey today, […]
5 April 2007
Today I make my way to Essaouira, my final stop in Morocco before returning to Casablanca for my exit. It was a 3h bus ride from Marrakech. Upon arrival at Essaouira, I was a bit lost for directions to my accommodation. I knew it wasn’t too far away so didn’t want to pay for a […]
4 April 2007
After breakfast, I tried going to Menara Gardens. It’s a botanical garden to the west of the city near the Atlas mountains. Descriptions of it sounded quite appealing but no luck for me today. No taxi would take me there. So instead, I went shopping instead. That’s on my “hate” list while travelling. But I […]
3 April 2007
For me, Marrakech is special because of the carnival-like atmosphere of the square at night. But it does have some brick-and-mortar sights to see. So, that’s what I did today. Marrakech Museum After breakfast on the terrace, I wandered through the souq to the far end where the museum was located. It had an impressive […]
2 April 2007
Moving on to Marrakech It may be fair to say that I’m not the only person that’s been fascinated by images of Marrakech. So, it is with a bit of excitement and anticipation that I head there today. I took a petit taxi to the Ourzazat bus station where there was a fifteen minute delay […]
1 April 2007
Slow start The plan for the day was to visit another kasbah, Ait Benhaddou. I walked into town after breakfast to find the taxi station (for shared out-of-town taxis). Bad luck, I found that the out-of-town taxi station was out of the town centre. Arrgggh! That required me to take a petit taxi there. And […]
31 March 2007
Moving on Today, I move on to Ourzazat, the Hollywood of Morocco. Parts of Gladiator and Jesus of Nazareth was filmed there … and many other movies. But I’m going there for more traditional sights; there are a number of kasbahs in the area. I said goodbye to my hosts at the Palmeraie and waited […]