3rd We are up early this morning to catch our midday flight with Iberia. All goes well and we arrive in Marrakech just after 1pm. We clear immigration and collect our bags. Our driver is waiting to take us to our accommodation. The drive to the Medina is not long, and we see the snow covered Atlas mountains for the first time. As we enter the gates of the old city the chaos begins. Its madness. People everywhere, cars, motorcycles, scooters, horse and carts all ...

This morning we caught a cab to the Khan El-Kahili Bazzar. This time we flagged down a cab with a meter, so there was no haggling about the price. As we jumped into the cab we watched him set the meter and we were off. 20 minutes later we arrived at the market. Well things got a little heated, as when i asked him how much, he had managaed to switch the meter off as we were driving. He now demanded 40EGP(Egyptian pounds or $8AUD). Well did i nearly loose it. I cal...

25/12/2010 The flight from Luxor to Cairo went without any problems. The problem we did have was the hotel we were staying at was meant to send a driver out to collect us. Seems they forgot. After a few attempts to contact the hotel, we grabbed a cab. Cannot believe the check of one of the airport staff. He was an employee of the airport, and he was kind enough to ring the hotel for me. He then ask me to give him money for helping us. It seems all Egyptians are ...

20/12/2010 Dubai has the largest Chinese trading market outside of China. Called Dragon Mart, the store is 1.2ks long. The best way to describe this experience is it's like walking through a huge ebay store. Everything on sale here all direct from the Chinese manufacturer. 1,400 stalls. This took us the best part of a few hours. We planned to visit the Old Souk again and catch a Abra across Dubai Creek. The Abra ride is 1 Durham (40 cents) The wooden boats ...