Day 3 - 4 Taradount (29 April 2008 - 1 May 2008) Say goodbye to Riad L'Orientale, Latifa & Zaccharia After a lovely breakfast in the courtyard, we were met by "The Car Man" -- again the language barrier got in the way of our introductions. Fortunately, Latifa got us squared away and we were off to pick up our rental car. We had made arrangements to meet Fouad from Always Car somewhere in the new city and "The Car Man" was going to take u...

WOOHOO!! We're in Africa. A new continent for both of us! We arrived in Marrakech just after 3pm but didn't get out of the airport until 4:30pm. The customs routine is comical and efficiency is definitely not the name of the game. In a way, it's a great induction into the Moroccan way of taking your time. I think we were 3rd in line and it took nearly an hour to get our passports stamped. A driver picked us up at the airport to take us to the Riad L'Orientale ...