For dinner we went across Djemma El-Fna to Narwana, a thai restaurant. After lead through some small pathways we entered a huge hall with plenty space to sit.
Evening in Marrakesh
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Jardin Majorelle
After a nice breakfast we went by taxi to Jardin Majorelle. Mr. Majorelle created this garden which was revamped by Yves Saint Laurent and is now maintained by Fondation Pierre Bergé. The clean and nice garden area mostly shows off cactuses and palm trees.
Entrance fee is 50d to the garden and to the Berber museum additional 25d. The museum exhibits clothing and items of daily use like cloth making tools, boxes and honey bee tools.
At the little café inside the park zip on a small Jus Majorelle to freshen up.
Mosque that was never built.
Just over the street Cafe El Koutoubia. Deux eau minérale (2x 9d) et un café au lait (12d).
In the south we went to the rooftop of a nice loungy restaurant called Kosybar to have a top view of a small market place:
Time issue: DST
We found out today that iPhone did not get the current daylight saving time change in Morocco.
Basically we’re one hour behind proper time. Lucky us our host recognized it on time.
Did you know that there are two DST timeframes in Morocco for 2012? Poor people have to change their watches 4 times.
Daylight Saving Time in Morocco 2012:
DST started on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM local standard time
DST ends on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 3:00 AM local daylight time
DST starts on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 2:00 AM local standard time
DST ends on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:00 AM local daylight time
Lost in Marrakesh
We arrived by train at Marrakesh main station. Ticket Casablanca – Marrakesh, 2nd class is 91 Dirham per person and the travel takes about 3 hours.
After taxi dropped us off nearby a nice boy brought us to the riad (hostel).
Now we are sitting in a restaurant whose name I don’t know and which is in a street I also don’t know. As we are staying in a side branch of our riad I also don’t know how to get back.
Officially lost in Marrakesh.
At least no need to be hungry. Delicious food awaits us.
A short trip to Morocco
Sitting at the gate in Frankfurt and awaiting the departure of flight LH1330 to Casablanca. Planned so far is visiting Marrakesh, Sahara desert and Fes until return to Casablanca.
Lets check if we find some Argan oil.
As veggie dish in the plane (Airbus A321) I had Korkenziehernudel Arrabiata
Neuschwanstein
Last weekend we went to the famous castle of Neuschwanstein. It was cold and foggy so quite a special atmosphere over there. The trip from Munich to Hohenschwangau went pretty smooth, the last part was via Bundesstraßen through nice Bavarian villages.
On arrival the parking lot costs 5€ and the ticket just for Neuschwanstein was 12€. The trip from ticket center down in the village up to the castle took us 20 minutes.
Tour starts inside the castle courtyard and they have fancy ticket checking machines. The tour was in English and took about 30 minutes – sadly quite fast. However you get a good impression how the last months of King Ludwig looked like as the interior was quite modern for the late 19th century.
homebase
After two months of exciting endeavours I’m back home.
last full day at villa
Today I will enjoy the villa before departure tomorrow. Perfect service, great accommodation.
50 dives
After crossing the equator the first time of my life on the flight between Singapore and Bali another record/mark is hit: 50 scuba dives so far after three dives around Nusa Penida with Bali Scuba.
To end the day I had a great traditional Balinese massage.
Bali – Island of the Gods
Nusa Perida
Little stingray
Bali
The beautiful island of Bali is part of Indonesia. After arrival by plane we immediately started to explore with the driver Mr. Bomber. Sculptures, a traditonal dance by the cliffs and a romantic beach dinner setup were quite a nice start.
My first Bintang beer (Bintang means star).
Late in the night we finally arrived at the great Pandaman villas, a luxury retreat. Each villa has its own pool. The beach sand is grey/black because it is volcanic.
Saturday started with a second dance performance. Stop two was the Waterfall. A big waterfall threw brown (soil) water to a valley. Then we went to the Indiana Jones setting of the Temple of Doom and an elderly farmer lady in the rice paddies accompanied me to a small and clean waterfall.
Lunch was at a nice restaurant above a great scenery of rice paddies. After that we went to a cat poo coffee farm and had the famous Kopi Luwak. At the end some shopping in tourist area and back to our villa.