After the desert trip I decided to go to Essaouira, a little seaside town only a three hour drive from Marrakesh. I was planning on going to Fez, but that didn't happen. Next time! I went on my own and was at this point looking forward to getting away on my own for a bit and wandering on the beach, unsociable brooder that I am! On the bus I ended up sitting next to another interesting person, an Australian girl living in Cheltenham who was teaching English in the...

Too much time in Marrakesh and souqed out, Sue and I went on a trip to the desert. I thought I couldn’t really go to Africa without going to the desert, and the only other desert I’d been to was in Mongolia and that was -20C.... We got up at the crack of dawn and then hung around for an hour waiting for the guide to pick us up and joined our mini-bus. I was really glad I was with Sue as everyone else on the trip was French or Italian (very nice people, but ...

Well, Jane has been wandering again. Slightly shorter trip this time, but worthy of blogging. As organised as ever, I had a few days holiday to take so went to the travel agent and said “give me what you’ve got on these days that isn’t cold” and came out with flights to Marrakesh a week later. Morocco has never appealed to me that much, to be honest, but I thought why not. Anyway, so, organised Jane bought a Lonely Planet, found a hostel online the night ...

Well, Jane has been wandering again. Slightly shorter trip this time, but worthy of blogging. As organised as ever, I had a few days holiday to take so went to the travel agent and said “give me what you’ve got on these days that isn’t cold” and came out with flights to Marrakesh a week later. Morocco has never appealed to me that much, to be honest, but I thought why not. Anyway, so, organised Jane bought a Lonely Planet, found a hostel online the night ...