Marrakech – 8th January

It was another breakfast for one on Thursday 8th January, as Captain Caveman stayed in bed. It was very nice and the chocolate cake was on again. In the morning I did a bit of work as I had a couple of customer queries to look at for forthcoming trips. I was also pleased to get notified by Facebook that they were going to be showing my content to more people due to them recognising my quality content! I still didn’t have 500 followers on my business page yet and I was aiming to grow it. If you’re not already following, please do!
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For lunch we decided to go back to Chinguitti so that we could take advantage of being in the sun on their upstairs terrace while we ate lunch. Captain Caveman was in a bit of a strange mood but he said he wasn’t – we were meant to be trying the briouette and sharing them but he forgot and I had to ask for one before he’d snaffled them all. I had the harira (soup) which was fine but not a patch on the soup we had at Andalucia. We drank water, coffee and mint tea and our bill for the both of us came to £14 – given the views, it’s a bargain.

We had a walk around the Medina and souks so that we could explore more of Marrakech on our last day. We had almost spent our budget so we decided not to do any paid tourist things today. Instead, we had seen a riad for sale for £80,000 and went on a research mission of what it would take to be able to move to Morocco.
We decided to have one last visit to the Balcon Du Café Glacier where we sipped mint teas and paid over the odds for our pees! The tap water was off so the toilet attendant was using a bottle of water to pour on to our hands to wash them. I had a bit of a chat with him and we laughed when the water came back on after he had poured water on to both mine and Captain Caveman’s hands. We sat at the edge of the roof top terrace and spent hours watching the comings and goings of the Jemaa el-Fnaa square. The monkey men looked the dodgiest so we were glad we had avoided them but we are sure we witnessed some drug deals going down between a ‘disabled’ man and a tuk tuk driver. The sunglasses sellers were also doing some strange formation stances which looked to be synchronised with other vendors. We also saw a bit of a skirmish between what looked like a legit stall holder and a dodgy one. It was definitely the best place for people watching, despite us spending almost £12 on hot drinks and toilet visits!

Captain Caveman and I had quite a few recommended eateries left on our list to try so Captain Caveman chose L’Mida. It had a great rooftop area and was quite busy – we were told they needed the table back in 2 hours, which was fine by us. We both had lemon water and a main course which came to a total of £30. My Makhani beef tagine was a bit heavy on the carrots and peas (which should’ve been green beans) so it wasn’t my favourite meal in Marrakech but was still very nice. Captain Caveman had a shredded lamb dish which looked fantastic. Back in the riad, we forced down the last of our spiced rum and totted up that we had enough cash to be able to get a cheap lunch tomorrow before our flight home.

Gratitude List
1. Facebook informing me they will share my quality content!
2. People watching above Jemaa el-Fnaa
3. More good Moroccan food on our last full day.