The Souk in Marrakesh is over 1000 years old, and had grown, and continues to grow and change with each new generation of occupants. When you are there it is difficult to get a feeling for the size of the spaces between the alleys and passageways. Small shop fronts can be only 2m wide and 2m deep, or 2m [...]
On the outskirts of Marrakesh there are many flat, waste areas where land has been cleared for building. On many of them there are football fields. This one, which was at the back of my hotel, had been the scene of an avidly supported and quite energetic game (the air temp at this point was [...]
The central square in Marrakesh is huge. Every night it is full of people and, apart from the usual hawkers, there is food and drink served from large ‘stalls’ cum cafes. There is no lighting apart from the lights on the stalls. Its an Islamic country, so there is no alcohol – a fact that seems [...]