Day 10

Marrakech, Morocco. Long bus ride, Bahia Palace, traditional Moroccan lunch, Koutoubia Minaret, Saadian Tombs and Garden, Jemaa el-Fnaa Bazaar, cobras, monkeys, storytellers, fortune tellers, and magicians!

Food stall

Steam and probably smoke coming from a food stall. They started cooking for the night.
More snakes

We took a secret picture of some different guys with snakes so they wouldn't charge us. These guys had a drum and I think a snake…
Monkeys

We made it around to the corner with the monkeys. There was even a monkey in a pink dress.
Unhappy monkey

The monkeys didn't seem very happy. They were on chains and I felt sorry for the one in the dress.
Back early

Most people came back before the 40 minutes were up. The bus wasn't there so we waited by the wall. That's our tour guide Najit in…
Sales

The problem with standing still to wait for the bus is, anyone who was selling anything came by: art, people tried to put necklace…
Abdul

He was nice. He didn't speak much English.
Back on the bus

A 4-hour ride back to the ship.
Leaving Marrakesh
World Cup

We passed the stadium where the World Cup was held.
Cat!

We stopped at an out-of-the-way set of shops on the way back. We think another kickback for our tour guide. We got some drinks and…
Hanging meat

There was even hanging meat in one of the shops.
Fossils

There was a store selling "fossils" there. Curiously, all the fossils looked almost exactly alike. We think they were made of conc…
Open late

I'm sure the place closed as soon as we left. It wasn't a gas station. They only stopped for us to shop.
Casablanca

Before we got to the ship we drove through Casablanca and took a little tour in the dark.
Towel animal

Whew! It's been a LONG day! 8 hours just for the bus ride to Marrakesh and back plus the tour. We were very glad to see our cabin…
Mouse

A close-up of the mouse towel animal. So cute!