Marrakech 2022 – travel!

PART ONE – OUTBOUND Many of you who are kind enough to follow my blog will know that my favoured means of transport these days is by train. There are so many reasons for this which I won’t bore you with but our experience on this holiday sums it all up pretty well, so here…

Marrakech 2022 – part six

Sorry for the delay in posting this but things have been hectic since we got home with swarms of granddaughters coming to stay. Well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. Today is our last day in Marrakech and there is one thing left to do from our list. Years ago on an earlier…

Marrakech 2022 – part five

…and an excellent cup of coffee. This is not supposed to happen, it was raining when we woke up and was cold too. So we stayed in bed. Eventually we got up and had a leisurely breakfast by which time it had stopped raining but looked likely to start again at any time. We set…

Marrakech 2022 – part four

“Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…..” And why not? Marrakech for all its attractions is a dusty, sometimes smelly and occasionally smoky place so a day beside the seat (well Atlantic Ocean actually) is a delightful prospect. so before we left home we booked tickets for a day trip to Essaouira; former…

Marrakech 2022 – part three

Monday morning, start of a new week, start of a holiday now we’ve caught up with our sleep, so where to go? In the end we settled on the Museum of the Confluences which holds Islamic art and has a world famous coffee shop. But wait I hear you say, Marrakech museums don’t open on…

Marrakech 2022 – part two

Sunday morning so we had a lie in which was good after a tiring couple of days. A nice relaxing breakfast and we were on our way. Today’s target was Le Jardin Secret which is a beautiful Islamic style garden that we had first seen a few years ago in Monty Don’s series “Paradise Gardens”…

Marrakech 2022 – part one

It was going to be so easy. we had the flights booked direct from London Gatwick to Marrakech, we’d booked overnight accommodation near the airport so that we had a short drive in the morning to the parking we had also booked allowing us a carefree check in with plenty of time for a leisurely…

I’m back!

Hello, remember me? I used to blog about our travels and some people out there were kind enough to follow my ramblings and some of you even went so far as to say that you enjoyed them. Then it all stopped. In 2020 Covid-19 reared its ugly head and all our travel plans went out…

Southern India 2019 – 12

And so, suddenly, it’s our last day in India. We’re taking the day in a leisurely manner and after a lazy breakfast we went down to the beach again. I don’t usually do special effects type things with the camera but this one has a panorama setting so here’s a 180 degree view of the…

Southern India 2019 – 11

We have decided that in Kerala as it’s SO hot and humid the best time to do things is in the morning and then to go to ground until the evening. This provides opportunities for a late lunch and an afternoon nap which I think is an excellent idea when on holiday in a hot…