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First day in Marrakech.. I just returned to the hotel after taking a
rather extensive stroll through the town. I only had a very rough idea
of the directions but this didn’t keep me from finding my way to the
the “Djemma el Fna” (the place of the beheaded), which is probably the
most well-known site in town. I managed to grab some food and tea, and
even found a post office which sold me some stamps. Observation:
Moroccans seem to be not too concerned about jumping the queue – so I
quickly adjusted to this custom, he he. Afterwards I decided to walk
back to the hotel, with the possibility in mind to catch a taxi on the
way to save some time and energy. So I turned to head into the way I
had come from but somehow everything started to look different almost
an instant after I had left the open place. Tiny shops and strange
looking cloths, spices and all kinds of things the purpose of which
you might only vaguely imagine, gloomy and very narrow allies, often
roofed by canvas or wooden planks or other types of canopy. And in all
of this, crowds and crowds of a crawling combination of tourists,
merchants, mules, beggars, stray cats and motorcycle children who make
it a sport to almost run into you, avoiding a crash in the last
moment, speeding off with lots of honking and laughter.
Before I knew it, I was completely lost, flattered with the huge
variety of the souqs, new surprises behind every corner. For example,
a motorcycle garage completely smeared in motor oil, size of a shower
cabin, right next to a stand selling the finest fabrics.
After one hour of being lost, roughly orienting with the help of sky
patches visible through the canopy every now and then, I happened onto
a street, with some taxis. The ride was not so very long, which shows
I must have walked into a good direction, and so I got back to the
hotel. Now is the time for a good sip of Johnny, relaxing, writing this
piece of random text, and heading out again later.
By the way: It is begin of January, and the weather was pretty hot
today, well above 20 degrees centigrade I would say, only in the
afternoon it started to cool down a bit and got more windy. Somehow
there seems to be desert sand in the air, my eyes are all grained… funny.