marrakesh
Running Tales: An Unlikely Guardian Angel
April 27, 2016
Morning runs in Marrakech always bring some form adventure, be it big or small. Today's involved a coffee maker and a Guardian.
Marrakech by sidecar .. toot, toot
March 11, 2016
I thought I knew Marrakech and the winding streets of the medina pretty well. I was sure I knew the roads of the Palmeraie, which I have run along many a time, intimately. But a half-day tour in a vintage sidecar with Insiders Experiences gave me a whole new perspective. A mini adventure.
Making like Lawrence of Arabia
December 5, 2015
Camel riding in the Palmeraie of Marrakech at sunset - it should definitely go on your bucketlist
I think the snake is dead
July 2, 2015
12 hours 20 mins of hiking. 1300 metres of ascent and 31 kilometres covered. A big day out in the Atlas Mountains, climbing Mount Meltzen
Saucy!
June 18, 2015
The holy month of Ramadan has just started and so dress codes are more covered up than normal. It can lead to some interesting times on the bike.
Love is in the air
May 13, 2015
The rose-coloured walls of the city glow in the sun, the tall elegant palms sway in a cool breeze, "Gazelle, Magnifique, Ravissante," call the men as you walk on by. Marrakech is the city for love.
Run Until You Drop!
March 13, 2015
The next time Charlie Shepherd says, "Alice, I've found this really good challenge, you should do it and write about it...", remind me to shoot him!
Marrakech Half Marathon
January 26, 2015
Palm trees silhouetted against the snow of the Atlas Mountains. Cold air but hot sunshine. A carnival mood and a scenic route round the ancient city. It is time for the Marrakech Half Marathon.
Gladiator and Glue
January 2, 2015
This was an evening that was meant to be purely about entertainment and enjoying an epic film in the epic surroundings of Jema El Fnaa in Marrakech but it turned out to be more than that and to raise a question that we all face wherever we are living, What do you do when you see something bad happening?