After my attempt to know more about the Morocco and its culture, traditions and daily living and given the fact that we had yet another day to spend somewhere else other than walking around the souks, we decided to take another day trip offered by the Riad Les Borjs de la Kasbah. We decided to [...]
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What happens in Marrakech, stays in…
Contrary of what we are used to when we hear or read the slogan “What happens in… stays in… ,” “What happens in Marrakech, stays in my heart and I’ll be more than happy to share it with you… I learned more about the real, local, non-commercial Marrakech in the last 5 hours of my [...]
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Outside the Medina Monday, November 7, 2011 (Abraham’s day) And yes, there is life outside the medina, and what comes with it. and yes, because of our failed trip to Touradant, we planned a day trip. We are going to Essaouria There are five call to prayers thruought the day: 5ish am, noonish, 3ish, 6ish, [...]
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Sunday, November 6, 2011 Last night we went to the main square for dinner. The big plaza, which by now we recognize well, gets lively with thousands of people at night. Jogglers, monkeys, music, orange juice, serpent enchanters, henna tattoos, traditional dancers… you name it. We ended up having dinner at a nice restaurant facing [...]
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Marrakech, November 5, 2011 Upon arrival to our Riad, which located inside one of the five quarters of the Marrakech’s medina, we were given a brief tour of the boutique hotel. Mohamed, the front desk guy, told us about the Abraham’s day celebration next Monday November 7th. Then, we were taken to the waiting room, [...]
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Alistair and I were just arriving to the bus station where we’d take the bus to take us back to our hotel after spending a big chunk of that day at Super Paradise Beach outside Mykonos Greece. There is fruit and snack stand in that bus station, which, that day was attended by a Greek [...]
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When I was a kid (probably eight-years-old), I heard on the radio (perhaps in the news?) that the world was going to come to an end in the year 2000.
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So, that was Japan. Tokyo, to be more exact. Two weeks of exploring, seeing, learning and exhaustion. As with all the big cities, Tokyo was not different than the others when it came to their contrasting aspects. From fashion to food; hotels to styles; stores to people. It took me some time to realize that [...]
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I didn’t like the movie “Lost in translation.” I found it very boring and the whole story could’ve been told in 5min (my apologies if I offend my artsy friends), and also, the fact that Bill Murray was in it, contributed to my feeling towards the movie. Someone suggested watching it again after being here [...]
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I did not buy a book or did some Internet research for my trip to Japan. I’m one of those who thinks that if things don’t go as planned, I get frustrated. In order to avoid getting frustrated I wanted the surprise factor to lead the way. So let’s the Nippon days start! I must [...]
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