One thing is for sure, the Moroccan breakfast is filled with carbs. Breads, crepes, pita/roti like things. Then all sorts of spreads and jam and honey. Not great for someone trying to be reducing the overall carb intake! They also serve freshly squeezed orange juice and mint tea, of course.
After our breakfast, we met up with Ali and headed off. We drove into the town of Ouarzazate – where our guide is from. Ali only gets to be home with his family two or three times a month as he is on the road so often. I’m glad that he got to spend the night with his family (he has a new born baby too).
We continued along the way to the famous Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou – a world heritage site and the backdrop to movies such as Gladiator. It is the most famous Kasbah in the Morocco and one of the most visited too. We walked around and took some pics.
Unfortunately, my pics did not turn out because somehow my camera got turned on to manual and so everything was overexposed. Luckily I have a few ones from my phone and Rob and Zach (and I did some editing so I could use a few).
We drove the most amazing road up through the High Atlas Mountains to Telouet where we stopped and had an awesome lunch. I only got a shot of the appetizer, but some tried Pastille (a sweet savoury pie) that was really good!
We then visited the most beautiful Kasbah – one of the most beautiful ones we saw. We almost didn’t see it because we were tired, but then decided we came all the way here – might as well not miss it (although you end up missing tons anyway when you do a quick trip like this!). We were sure happy we decided to check it out as it was truly stunning inside.
We continued through the mountains, crossing the highest point in North Africa. It was amazing to see the changing landscape! (and the crazy windy roads). No one got car sick in our family (I did take some chewable ginger gravel just in case though!), but I have heard people have miserable experiences on these roads – so beware!
We finally arrived in Marrakech. There was an old guy with a wheel barrow meet us to get our bags as cars cannot enter the alley ways where our riad was. It was strange though to have this old guy run along with this wheelbarrow when we have these kids that are perfectly capable! But he wasn’t going to let them touch his wheelbarrow! We followed him, weaving in and out of traffic and mopeds!
Our Riad Dar Rochmarra was beautiful – we had a large, beautiful room.
But the kids’ rooms were not too shabby either (love the rose petal touches!):
We had a really nice dinner in the riad (we had pre-ordered). It was delicious!
We then headed out to explore a bit.
Marrakech, so far is a big, noisy city with a ton of energy. Excited to explore it!
