2012 - OCEAN PRINCESS - MARRAKECH

MOVING INLAND FROM CASABLANCA TOWARDS MARRAKECH.

FIRST STOP IS THE KOUTOUBIA MOSQUE,

WITH IT'S WONDERFUL GEOMETRIC SHAPES THAT ARE AT EVERY TURN..

STUNNING

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PASSING THROUGH THE CASBAH, COLOURS EVERYWHERE....BUT NO ROCK..

HARD TO SEE BUT THIS IS THE FAMED BELLY DANCER....WITHOUT A BELLY, SLIM AS A WHIP...

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE GUY GOT ME TO DO THIS..

HE WANTED TWENTY DOLLARS FOR HIS TIME.

THAT'S EARNING QUICKER THAN BILL GATES.

HE GOT A COUPLE BUT WAS NOT VERY SATISFIED.

STILL IN THE SOUK WITH OUR GUIDE...

LOVELY CLOTHES ON THIS LADY...

THIS IS THE PLACE THAT WAS BOMBED A FEW YEARS AGO....

& TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE COAST AND .......

A STRANGELY UNFULFILLING DAY. DON'T KNOW WHY. NOT ENOUGH BUSTLE MAYBE. TO CONTRIVED. I DON'T KNOW. I PREFERRED MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN MOROCCO IN THE 70'S - WHAT I REMEMBER OF IT.

I ASKED THE SINGER IN THE POP DUO ON BOARD IF SHE HAD THE MARRAKECH EXPRESS IN HER BAG BUT SHE DID NOT.

I ASKED THE GUITARIST IN THE JAZZ DUO & HE DID NOT EITHER & HE ADDED THAT IT WAS TOO COMPLICATED FOR HIM TO PLAY, BUT WHILE WE WERE CHATTING I REALISED HE HAD PICKED IT OUT ON HIS GUITAR.

GREAT - AND I DID NOT HAVE THE HEART TO ASK FOR ROCK THE CASBAH.. THOUGHT IT MIGHT CLASH...