Wednesday 11 June 2008

The Final Trip

And so the final trip on exchange was to be Marrakech, Morocco. It was just a total different feel - the houses made of clay, sahara desert, tiny windy streets, cuisine of tajines and couscous comprising a lot of vegetables, stew, grilled meat.

Jemaa el Fna square, orange juice at 3 dirham a pop, dozens of stalls selling identical cuisine and produce. Its too bad I didnt get to try the goat's head.




Bulk of the time was spent on a 3D2N tour to the Sahara Desert with really fun travellers. Oh and there was a cameraman on board too, cos his boss Hassan wants to make a promotional video of the desert tour. Haha if only I could see the final product. Let me know if any of you stay in one of Hassan's Riads and get to see the video.




LJ holding a Highland Rose.




House where they filmed a scene in Gladiator. There was also a poster of Drogba in there somewhere which is quite retarded and seem all the more touristed.




One of the many "panoramic" views of the Atlas mountains we got en route. The guide kept using the word to describe every view until we started to mimic him.



Viewpoint from an outlook. Think it was at the top of the Casbah after climbing past the gladiator house.



Valley of Human Bodies along the Dades gorge.



And our painful bumpy ride on the dromedary. We were so excited when we first saw the camel but the next day when we had to ride it back, everyone was kind of dreading it and wishing we had a jeep or something more comfy.



Night in the desert with music and campfire. Felt like being in a field camp all over again, but with sand getting in my face throughout the night.


I'm actually a lot more excited than I seem to be about the trip. Just that right now I'm in the final few days of my time on exchange and the waves of sadness is seeping in. Not that I do not want to return to Singapore, but the magic of travelling and being on exchange is something else, something I will miss dearly.

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