Essaouira

Essaouira colours



Essaouira (Arabic: الصويرة‎, eṣ-ṣauīrah; formerly known as Mogador, its older name) is an isolated city / wilaya in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), on the Atlantic coast.

Some pictures of our visit to Essaouira in march 2009

from marrakech you can travel to Essaouira by bus.
We travelled with supratours buses.
tickets get sold out quickly especially the 8.30 bus.
It takes about 2 hours 40 minutes. from marrakech to Essaouira.
make sure you buy your return ticket as soon as you arrive at Essaouira.
from the bus station its just a 5 minute walk to the medina main gate.

le marrakchi- eating out

the belly dancer

The entrance to Le marrakchi

It was a nice experience.
The pidgeon pastilla was the best.
I love the lamb tajine not soo much the kefta.
the highlight of course was the belly dancers.
The atmospehere is very good and good views.
i guess that compesates the price.

le marrakchi- eating out

They are getting ready to go to Le Marrakchi for dinner.
pictures and review of the food, and views from le marrakchi will be posted tommorow.
they cant wait. a reservation was made early today.
restaurat Le Marrakchi
moroccan traditional cuisine
place jamaa el fna
tel:005 24 44 33 77

marrakech at night

horse carriage

Koutobia mosque

jemaa-el-efna food stalls --see the smoke

the food stalls and the hundreds of lights

jemaa-el- efna sounds and smells

Food stalls at jemaa-el-efna

.fresh fruit juice stalls- to quench your thirst
olives with garlic at le Bougainvillea Café.
They went again to the place jemaa-el-efna.
It was so crowded with locals dressed up in there best clothes.
ladies with multi colored jilbabs.
they headed straight to the ice cream parlour ,legend.
They have the best ice cream in marrakesh.
he bought vanila caramel and the queen chose chocolatey flavour.
The girl selling ice cream smiled as she recognised the 2 ...one scoop she asked...?
a steal at only 5 dirham.

as the were standing the lilly girl selling sweet pastry (i dont know the name ) came again smiling.
i gave her 5 dirhams and she insisted on giving me 2 pastries..
i took one and she ran off soo happy.


they walked around the food stalls.
the spices, the smoke the aroma making them even more hungry..


They went to the pastry shop and bought tasty moroccan sweets.he choose a cake made with almonds .

pictures of marrakesh

outside the lovelu suite hotel, marrakech

I will post more pictures of marrakech in my next post.

jemaa-el- efna

They walked from the hotel towards Koutbia.
the minaret was a our compass.
mmmmh the spices
the food being grilled
it all made me hungry...
They held hands and sat in the beautful park near Koutbia masjid.
Just like so many other couples sitting talked in hushed romatic tones.
the queen looked smashing.

Holiday in Marrakesh, Morocco

I know this blog is about Lamu.
I cant help writing about my other favourite destination,Marrakesh (marrakech).
We arrived early this morning from Luton aboard Ryanair.
We managed to get a good deal on Ryanair.
I avoided going to the toilet just in case i ahve to pay to use.

This is the first time staying outside the medina in a brand new hotel.
The hotel is in the hivernage area just near sofitel.
First impressions.. it looks good.
Good check in service.
The picture is aview from my room.

We paid 100 dirhams for the

taxi from menara airport.

My Marrakesh: Nairobi's Tamarind Restaurant: no bad aftertaste

My Marrakesh: Nairobi's Tamarind Restaurant: no bad aftertaste
from Marrakesh top Blog
http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com

Nairobi's Tamarind Restaurant: no bad aftertaste

Tamarind_decor_2I dined with the Kenyan Vice President today. Okay, so I'm lying. But we did eat at the same restaurant, Tamarind. He deserved it after all those hours of policy-making. (Isn't that what vice-presidents do?) I'm not sure what my excuse was for splurging at the Tamarind.

Hanging from the Tamarind's ceiling are more than two dozen different Moroccan pierced lanterns. Alright, so they are not really Moroccan; they just look like it; the pendant lanterns actually come from Mombasa, where a concentrated community of Muslims lives. Hmm, no wonder I felt so at home. But enough of the decor, what about the food? To start, diners are offered fish tartar in china spoons, fresh and delicious. But it was the $40 seafood platter that had me greedily gorging. The Tamarind is reputed to be one of Nairobi's best seafood restaurants, and the platter included a generous selection of steamed and broiled lobster, a deep fried lobster claw, raw and broiled oysters, lump crabmeat served in a seashell, and jumbo shrimp. Desert was a $9 poached pear in red wine sauce with an enormous lace cookie -- a personalized message delicately written in chocolate sauce on the plate's large white rim. After dinner, one of the single most fabulous drinks: served in wine glasses heated at the table, Kenyan Gold Liquor, topped by Kenyan coffee, and a dollop of fresh cream; for $7, it's pure yum. The service was friendly and impeccable.

The Tamarind is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. Reservations are essential. Tel: 254-20-251811/220473.

Tamarind_wine P.S. Kenyans are some of the most warm and darling people I have ever met.