Maroc. Que je l'aime bien ici! So much so that I have ditched Spain in order to stay here an extra week. I'm at Essaouira with a friend I have met since being here and we have rented a flat for the week. It's right near the beach and I'm finding it kind of like having a holiday within a holiday. But I'm getting ahead of myself...I never went on the tour that I had booked, I had a bad case of food poisoning strike me down on the afternoon that I was set to leave a...

Maroc. Que je l'aime bien ici! So much so that I have ditched Spain in order to stay here an extra week. I'm at Essaouira with a friend I have met since being here and we have rented a flat for the week. It's right near the beach and I'm finding it kind of like having a holiday within a holiday. But I'm getting ahead of myself...I never went on the tour that I had booked, I had a bad case of food poisoning strike me down on the afternoon that I was set to leave a...

Maroc. Que je l'aime bien ici! So much so that I have ditched Spain in order to stay here an extra week. I'm at Essaouira with a friend I have met since being here and we have rented a flat for the week. It's right near the beach and I'm finding it kind of like having a holiday within a holiday. But I'm getting ahead of myself...I never went on the tour that I had booked, I had a bad case of food poisoning strike me down on the afternoon that I was set to leave a...

This is a test entry, as the internet struggles here a bit. So far it seems to be working okay... So, here I am! At 9am yesterday I boarded a bus in OConnell St and ten hours later, having gone via Manchester, my feet met African soil for the first time. Funny thing, this travelling caper. As I write this I am sitting in an internet cafe just off the Djemaa el Fna, the central hub of Marrakech. It is amazing! My only regret is that my typing is so slow here bec...

The parade was so good! But I'm getting ahead of myself... Went out to Black Rock on Saturday morning as planned for the market. Caught the train down, it was a pretty quick trip but I got to see the sea and some more parts of greater Dublin. It was another really cold day, and the train carriage was warm and smelled somehow of pies and soup - very cosy. Black Rock seemed quite a quiet seaside town. I was a bit early for the market when I arrived and so had a w...