The last of destinations for our escapade....Morocco!
We arrived at Marrakech slightly after sunset & checked in at Riad Andalla. Thankfully tis time, we had an airport transfer service & the owner fetched us from where the taxi stopped somewhere near the Jemaa el Fnaa square. Took us into the small derb Zaari to welcome us into the cosy cosy riad & gave us recommendations for places of interest to visit, where to eat & change our Euros to Morroccan dirhams. Our adventure begins from there. The next couple of days were spent sightseein at Majorelle Garden, which was once a home to the designer Yves Saint Laurent, as well as the Koutobia Mosque. Of course, not to forget the souks(markets) of busy Marrakech which very much reminds us of our very own Geylang market during Ramadhan, only that the souks & the square are lively like that every single day! Around us were many mosques & we were most amused by the prayer call. They dun syncronise all at once but one after another...it was weird for us especially hearing them first time in the early morning for Subuh. We can't quite make out the pronunciations till we finally hear them out in our room where we dumped our bargains.
After checkin out from the riad, we continued discovering the beautiful nature of the country, passing through the Tiz & Tishka pass to admire the Atlas mountains, view the beautiful Rose Valley & Dades Gorge stopping at Dar Ayour one night to be warmly received by a Berber guesthousekeeper who even brought us into his basement reserved for friends only cos I mentioned abt sheesha & he actually asked his friend to come over & bring some Apple flavoured sheesha for us to share while watchin a Spanish movie! How awesome! There we were also excited to see many many stars on the terrace & we looked forward to spendin the nite in the Merzouga desert the following day!
The next mornin we opened our eyes greeted by a sight of beautiful rock structures & a flowing stream which we can only hear the nite before as it was so dark! Before the drive to Merzouga, a part of the Saharan desert, we were wowed by the Todra Gorge! We reached Merzouga in time for sunset & after a session of drumming, we gotta noe a couple from Spain, Maria & Israel. We bonded over dinner & had a great time with the Berber guides! We were asked to sing somethin to reflect our culture but Iyuan & I were both stumped. So not culturally-inclined, we had to disappoint them with presentin them with nothin...eeks!! The only thing we told them abt SG are mainly the Foood & Shopping! Those are the SG culture I noe best! After the magical surreal Merzouga trip, we checked in at the riad called Riad Les Jardins de Mouassine, on another side of the souks of Marrakech. Then we met Maria & Israel again the next day near the square to do some last shopping & bargaining at the souks together as well as a lil sightseeing at the Bahia Palace.
We had fun but were quite disappointed that the Marrakshis did not celebrate Eid ul Adha on Friday like in SG, instead they celebrated on Saturday, the day we were bound for London. Bahh..so we spent Friday sleepin in a tad longer & packin our luggages, which has expanded from 1 huge case, 1 shoulder bag & 1 haversack to 3 huge bags + the 2 hand luggages! Upon reachin London Gatwick Airport, we had some time to burn so we decided to go back to Bayswater since Knightbridge was not very convenient for us. Only to realise the bloody Central line got disrupted & we had to go through hell during our last trip to the Halal Subway! Oh well...we survived but were shagged out! Upon arrivin in Singapore, I looked so crappy but were very happy to see my family & the lesbos with their hubbies! Iyuan then wanted to go home for a shower but we did a lil drive down by Orchard Road before headin home as grandma wanna see the Christmas light up. Then..our honeymoon was over...
So like a berber's respond when asked how are u...i say Morocco is Bi khair, Alhamdulillah!!
