A friend and I recently took it into our heads to lace up our hiking boots, pack a picnic lunch, and employ Said as our guide.
Starting point: L’Amandier Villas, Ouirgane.
Destination: Kasbah Tamadot (Richard Branson’s Moroccan Retreat), Asni.
Estimated hike time: 4.5 hours.
I’m sure I’ve said it before, but, can I just say one more time how [...]

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Just down the road from L’Amandier Villas, in the small village of Marigha, is Ksar Shama. It’s a lovely guesthouse nestled in a grove of olive trees with a beautiful swimming pool that definitely saved me from over-heating the other day. As I swam a couple of laps of the pool, under the bridge and [...]

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I couldn’t help but notice today the abundance of fruit hanging off the huge cacti that line much of the road to Ouirgane. This would explain the unusual looking fruit I’ve been seeing on sale in the Medina for the last couple of weeks and had not, as yet, tried.

Well today seemed as good a [...]

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Today I saw an old gentleman in a embroidered hat crossing the ‘Oxford Street’ of Marrakech. Nothing unusual in that, except he was cradling a fully grown peacock in his arms.
Yesterday, I came out of my apartment building and found a baby camel parked in the street.
A couple of weeks ago I came up the [...]

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On an average day the local town of Asni (around 10 kms from L’Amandier) is bustling and the shopkeepers do a brisk trade with the local community. But on Saturdays it really comes alive. Saturday is market day. People from all the surrounding areas make the trip into town to sell their produce, catch up [...]

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