See Marrakesh and die

Don't worry - I'm ok! :) I was just amazed by my weekend trip to the heart of Morocco - Marrakesh. By the way, the expression that I used as title of this post (See Marrakesh and die) is suitable for most of the places here.

On Saturday, after a transition and some deep talks about finance in AIESEC in Morocco we decided to chill out and go to Marrakesh (by car, about 300 km from Rabat). "We" means me, two AIESECers and our two non-AIESEC friends. It was really spontanous and after 20 minutes I was sitting in a car heading for The Red City in the centre of country that stole my heart :)

Morocco is the second country (after Romania) where one of the first things that I saw after my arrival were highways (barely seen in Poland:). There are highways from Fes to Rabat and on the route Tanger-Rabat-Casa-Marrakesh. So the most important cities are connected and you can easily go from one to another by car. My impressions from highway are here. Maybe the pics of the desert will seem indentical for you and boring to watch after a few minutes but I just want to make sure you have a glimpse of every aspect of Morroco.

Last trip to Fes was much different than visiting The Red City. In Fes, I explored the old city, its past and history. In Marrakash, I tried some nightlife and entertainment. Surprised? What are your first thoughts about Morocco? Let me guess - Africa, black people, camels, desert, poverty and so on... Although I would lie if I told you that you wouldn't find these aspects here but there is much more what you should associate with this country. Morocco is developing quite fast (you can find all international brands here - it may sound stupid but I felt sort of safe and secure when I saw some of them during my first shopping:). Lifestyle is often a mixture of European influences and Arabic-Muslim backgrounds. It's what we call diversity! If you feel like touching some culture you can just go to the medina (the old city). But if you're tired of people encouraging to you to buy and bargain, feel free to go to a shopping mall (same as we have in Europe).

But coming back to Marrakesh. After 3 hours we reached the city. It's easy to notice that architecture is different here. Rabat, Casablanca (spanish, casa - house, blanca - white) and Fes are white and Marrakesh is red. It's because of the substance (like sand) of which bricks and then houses are bulit. But the legends say that Marrakesh is red because of wars and blood.

After, check-in in our hotel we went to the city to find some place to eat. What we found was amazing. An Indian restaurant with delicious food, cute male and female dancers and charming waitresses. The decorations of the restaurant were breathe-taking too!

Then, around midnight we went to our hotel and had some drinks. I was very tired but my friends insisted on me going to a nightclub with them. I didn't want to join them but they made me go. God, thank you for making me too tired to refuse! The place was so awesome. I haven't had such an amazing party since last summer in Poznan, I guess. The place was incredible. The decorations, the music, the people, the atmosphere! - Theathro nightclub in the basements of Casino de Marrakech & Hotel Es Saadi. Although, I didn't take my camera I managed to find some photos online. See them here! In a few days there should be more pictures (usually, during such parties there are some people taking pics and then uploading them online - I hope to be at least on one of them :) We left the party, before 5 AM but I could stay there longer.

On Sunday, we woke up before 1PM, had some "breakfast" and then left The Red City. I also took some pictures of Rabat just after we arrived.

If you're disappointed after not seeing some cultural and historical aspects of Marrakesh but only random photos taken from car, don't worry. I'll definetely visit the city again. I'm here for one year :)

Just to sum up. Repeat the sentence - clubbing in Marrakesh, doesn't it sound awesome? One more time - clubbing in Marrakesh :)

I hope you envy me! I know - I'm so vain! :)