Flying South

Getting ready to fly to Marrakech on Wednesday, where the sun

is bright in a blue sky and it is hot! It is going to be so good.

We visited very briefly, like two days, a few years back, and said

then we must return.

Deep in one of the souks is this shop. Suitable for a

visit on Halloween I think. All sorts of lotions and

potions, terracotta scrubbing brushes, sea sponges and

oils for the hammam, strange magical looking objects,

plus dyeing ingredients - madder, lumps of dried indigo,

and 'red' indigo, although I think something was lost in

the translation. Maybe it was cochineal? I did buy a

little terracotta dish of Berber's lipstick - cochineal. Hmm.

But first I have to find this treasure trove again.

I must also revisit the metal souk and take a better picture

of these lanterns, including all of the spiral tops.

Doing some research I have found the cloth dyeing

quarter, a must. Then there are the tanneries - which

I might just give a miss. Never mind getting lost in

the small alleyways, the smell of leather curing in

pigeon poo is going to be a give away. My nose is

wrinkling just thinking about it!

Our riad has wi fi apparently, so I'll keep you posted.