Our original plan today was to stay at the Riad in the morning then make our way out to New Town Marrakech for lunch. Afew breakfast our plan quickly changed as the air was much cooler this morning.
Once our feast of a breakfast had been reduced to crumbs we set off for New Town. We decided to follow the main roads rather than the backstreets to minimise our chance of getting lost again.
Around the half way point we stopped for drinks and watched people attempt to cross the busy main road and gaggles of brightly dressed women chatting in the streets.
Crossing the road in Morocco is similar to London: you have to just step out and hope for the best. Cars will generally stop if you force them to but the mopeds and bicycles are the real dangers: they stop for no-one, not even lorries or buses! They travel at speed, swerving into any space that will get them to their destination a few seconds quicker.
Around an hour later we arrived at 'Ville Nouveau', our throats slightly sore from the fumes but at least we didn't get lost!
There is a stark wealth difference between the new and old towns. For starters the pavements were mostly complete compared to the mostly missing ones in the old town. The steets are lined with modern shops like Zara, Adidas and McDonald's and when we tried to cross the road cars actually stopped to let us cross rather than us having to walk out in front of them!
For lunch we found a rooftop cafe down a side street away from the hustle and bustle of the streets down below. We had a long leisurely lunch, enjoying sitting in the sun, reading (and writing yesterday's blog!).
After lunch we had a leisurely walk back, taking the long route through the 'cyberp@rk'. This well kept park of orange groves is WiFi enabled!
The rest of our afternoon was pretty much the same as yesterday; sitting in a cafe overlooking the main square, people watching (it seemed much busier today), then a quick wander through some of the souks we didn't visit yesterday.
With our tired feet at made our way back to the Riad for a relaxing evening.
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