I came to Morocco 2 days ago and did not expect greatness out of it because our ship docked in Casablanca and as the wikitravel page said, there is absolutely nothing to do there apart from going to Rick's Cafe and seeing the Mosque that is there.
So my friends and I decided to get a VILLA... yes indeed it is a villa. When people talked about these I thought that it would be costing a lot of money, but in fact when you put 3 people in each bed, some people sleep on the couches, and some people sleep on the lounge chairs on the terrace, and you fit 20 people all together it is really really affordable.
So where is this VILLA you may ask?
It is in Marakech, if you still do not know watch the last season of America's Next top Model because the show was in Marakech, Morocco.
How we got here?
Well we took a train and before we got on this train we were expecting to be in comfortable first class where there was air conditioning and and designated seats. We did not get this!
Because there was so much people going to Marakech that were on the ship, there was no more first class seats left and all of my group and a lot of people from the ship had to be in the second class, only other class there is. This class consists of seats where you may find them, and if you are unlucky you stand in the hall. There was no air conditioning so it was really really hot, and we all crammed ourselves into one compartment. 8 people in a small compartment with tinny openings for windows and limited airflow was very painful for all of us, but we survived through it.
When we finally got to Marakech it was already 2:30 pm and we were starving so since it is currently Ramadan in Morocco most restaurants are closed until sundown. So we went to Mcdonalds.
After eating we got taxies. The taxies literally drove through the smallest streets that we did not expect the taxies to fit, somehow we survived and fit in them.
The area looked horrible, we were in fear of what this Villa was going to look like, it was dirty and horrifying ugly in the alleys. Then the taxi drivers got into an argument, well a fight, they were yelling really loudly and the other taxi driver made our friends get out of his taxi as we drove away. We were scared for our lives because we did not know where we were, where the taxi driver was leaving our friends, and where we were going. Our taxi driver parked in a square that looked like a trash dump, maybe not as horrible, but it wasn't all that great. We saw our friends from the other taxi emerging from an alley and it took some of the fear away. They walked us through alleys and into a little street where little 5 to 10 year old boys decided that it was okay to slap mine and the other girls butts, pinch us, touch us, and yell different words at us. This was not okay and I did not want to be there at that time.
He finally knocked on a door and a man opened it. As we stepped through this door we entered a palace.
Literally this place looked so beautiful, that is when I knew I was in the right place, except I was shocked as to how cheap it cost for the looks of it.
When we entered the door in front of us was a courtyard with a small pool a living room next to it, and a dining room next to that when we stood in the center of the courtyard we saw a balcony that went all around the top floor. and above that was a tarp through which we could see the sky.
This was unreal to me. The man that greeted us showed us our rooms and we just took a room on who called it first. They were all extravagantly beautiful!!!
All but 2 rooms were on the second floor, one was on the bottom floor and one next to our private terrace where there was also a laundry room and a massage room.
This place was incredible!! and all to us.
There is breakfast included in the price and we can go on camel rides, and get massages and hamams and pedicures and anything imaginable for not very high prices.
So that night we went to walk around and see what is situated in what area and we wanted to sleep early so that we could go camel riding in the morning.
The next morning I woke up at 8am and walked down to a really delicious breakfast. Then we went Camel riding which was a lot of fun. After camel riding we went to a restaurant to eat lunch and then we walked around the new town area. After all of that we took taxies back to our VILLA and swam in our pool.
I am loving Morocco and advise everyone to come here!!!
So my friends and I decided to get a VILLA... yes indeed it is a villa. When people talked about these I thought that it would be costing a lot of money, but in fact when you put 3 people in each bed, some people sleep on the couches, and some people sleep on the lounge chairs on the terrace, and you fit 20 people all together it is really really affordable.
So where is this VILLA you may ask?
It is in Marakech, if you still do not know watch the last season of America's Next top Model because the show was in Marakech, Morocco.
How we got here?
Well we took a train and before we got on this train we were expecting to be in comfortable first class where there was air conditioning and and designated seats. We did not get this!
Because there was so much people going to Marakech that were on the ship, there was no more first class seats left and all of my group and a lot of people from the ship had to be in the second class, only other class there is. This class consists of seats where you may find them, and if you are unlucky you stand in the hall. There was no air conditioning so it was really really hot, and we all crammed ourselves into one compartment. 8 people in a small compartment with tinny openings for windows and limited airflow was very painful for all of us, but we survived through it.
When we finally got to Marakech it was already 2:30 pm and we were starving so since it is currently Ramadan in Morocco most restaurants are closed until sundown. So we went to Mcdonalds.
After eating we got taxies. The taxies literally drove through the smallest streets that we did not expect the taxies to fit, somehow we survived and fit in them.
The area looked horrible, we were in fear of what this Villa was going to look like, it was dirty and horrifying ugly in the alleys. Then the taxi drivers got into an argument, well a fight, they were yelling really loudly and the other taxi driver made our friends get out of his taxi as we drove away. We were scared for our lives because we did not know where we were, where the taxi driver was leaving our friends, and where we were going. Our taxi driver parked in a square that looked like a trash dump, maybe not as horrible, but it wasn't all that great. We saw our friends from the other taxi emerging from an alley and it took some of the fear away. They walked us through alleys and into a little street where little 5 to 10 year old boys decided that it was okay to slap mine and the other girls butts, pinch us, touch us, and yell different words at us. This was not okay and I did not want to be there at that time.
He finally knocked on a door and a man opened it. As we stepped through this door we entered a palace.
Literally this place looked so beautiful, that is when I knew I was in the right place, except I was shocked as to how cheap it cost for the looks of it.
When we entered the door in front of us was a courtyard with a small pool a living room next to it, and a dining room next to that when we stood in the center of the courtyard we saw a balcony that went all around the top floor. and above that was a tarp through which we could see the sky.
This was unreal to me. The man that greeted us showed us our rooms and we just took a room on who called it first. They were all extravagantly beautiful!!!
All but 2 rooms were on the second floor, one was on the bottom floor and one next to our private terrace where there was also a laundry room and a massage room.
This place was incredible!! and all to us.
There is breakfast included in the price and we can go on camel rides, and get massages and hamams and pedicures and anything imaginable for not very high prices.
So that night we went to walk around and see what is situated in what area and we wanted to sleep early so that we could go camel riding in the morning.
The next morning I woke up at 8am and walked down to a really delicious breakfast. Then we went Camel riding which was a lot of fun. After camel riding we went to a restaurant to eat lunch and then we walked around the new town area. After all of that we took taxies back to our VILLA and swam in our pool.
I am loving Morocco and advise everyone to come here!!!
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