The arrival into Marrakech certainly was unique and a litte eventful. With the intention of taking out local currency at the airport it seemed as though the only two cash ATMs in the airport were not working. After jumping on the airport bus and explaining the situation the driver kindly offered to drop me at the nearest ATM in Marrakech. On arriving at lbanque I abandoned the bus and my four bags to run across the road and paid particular note to the last two digits of the bus number plate just to be safe. Number 26! After realising that the money was not dispensing fro, the machine I returned to find the bus with the lqst two digits of the number plate 26 was driving away so of course I gave chase down the middle of the road with the local policeman blowing his whistle furiously to stop the bus. When I reached the bus I noticed that there was no one on board and this was not infact my bus. I then quickly spotted that indeed all the bus nuber plates ended in 26 ... I finally found my driver and managed to secure the remainder of teh journey for 95p. Phew, a very nice little introduction to Morocco!
The history of Marrakech certainly is rich with the highlight clearly being the major tourist attraction of the Marrakech Markets in the Old Town. The next few days would be really important to stay healthy with little time to be a real tourist. I did manage to meet up with Markus, Becky and Stephen all fellow Aussie MdS adventure seekers for a tour of the Markets and pizza to catch a great sunset ...
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