I left on Wednesday to Casablanca, where I had a flight out on the next day. I had a problem once at Casablanca as my LP guidebook had said I could catch a bus into the city from the bus station (out of town 4kms) but I spent 1/2 hour looking for one and couldn't find anything. No-one was particularly helpful either, which was a 1st for me in Morocco, and I could hardly find anyone who spoke any english anyway, or could understand my broken French. So the only ch...

I said goodbye to everyone in Marrakech and headed to my hostel. That afternoon I did the rest of my shopping (mainly gifts for people) and later met a large group of girls in the hostel who had just booked a daytrip to the Cascades d'Ouzoud for the next day, famous waterfalls a few hours out of Marrakech which had been on my list of places to go originally. I thought it over, and weighed a day meandering about Marrakech with a day spent lazing around and swimmin...

Back to Essaouira and I know you're wondering why I'd go back when I said the last time I'd been there that I'd seen all there was really to see. Well, that was then, this is now. And now the town is overwhelmed by the week-long Gnaoua and World Music Festival which has completely taken over the town. The crowds here are incredible, streets I remember sauntering down with ease you now have to fight your way through. I was a bit worried about accom...

We got back to the hotel around 9am and went straight to the bus station to catch a bus to Azrou, a town in the mountains on the way north to Meknes. Mela and Mathieu said they'd be happy to have me along, which was good to know! We didn't stay in Azrou but caught a grand taxi (squeezes 6 people into 4 seats) to a little village called Ain Leuh further in the mountains. We got an early start in the morning and went on a hike into the mountain forests, we ...

Sorry everyone for taking so long to update this. I know you must all be dying to read the next installation of this epic drama. I'll pick up where the last blog ended, with me on the bus to Merzouga to start my desert safari. So I got to Merzouga and this place is tiny, not the tourist hub I'd been hoping for! So no chance of just hopping on a tour with a group of others as there was no-one else around. It was also very hot, even at 5.30am and I guess maybe I un...