Marrakech Riad Adventures

Patience and trust have got us though the last month of nervous waiting.  Due to the vendor's habitation tax liabilities, there was a m...

These simple numbers may seem insignificant, but they have a meaning to those in the know.  They are painted onto a red wall in a derb in Ma...

"The supreme setting for the Moroccan art of living, the garden remains an auspicious place for love.  In Arabic poetry and literature...

The new pump installed The significance of the name Derb El Boumba has been on our minds since we first visited the pomegranate tree ria...

Moroccan bookworm paradise! Now that things have moved on with the purchase of the house, we are getting into the design phase.  I feel...

There are many tales by tourists of their Moroccan taxi experiences.  In Marrakech, there are two types of taxi: the petit taxi (above) whic...

I think I am reasonably practical and generally make decisions based on facts and figures and reasoned justification.  For me, the desire to...