It’s Friday morning and our journey is coming to an end. Today we make our last trek as a group, the destination, Marrakesh. While our group waits in the lobby to walk to lunch, a Bell Hop runs up to Tom and Nancy with the robe and slacks they forgot in the closet.

After a delicious lunch of kefta tagine at the Mogadour Restaurant, we pile in the bus and make our way through the winding argan forests. As we approach the seaside Jerry yells “photo stop” like usual Haj and Abduhl miss the stop and pull off elsewhere, in this case it was to our benefit. We stumbled upon some local women shelling mussels. They were very adamant about pictures not being taken of them, but I snuck a couple in.

At our next stop after careful inspections and a taste test, Haj returns to the bus with a bag full of bananas. He obviously has had plenty of practice because they are absolutely wonderful.

Our journey continues to the Argan Cooperative where we are taught the stages of production for Argan oil and all the benefits of this magical little seed.

Finally, we arrive at Hotel Andalous. After a quick rest we all meet back at the bus to be taken to the famous square Djemaa El Fna where we are on our own for dinner. Prior to arriving we are warned to watch our valuables and keep an eye on our pockets. Meli’s description of organized chaos is quite accurate; the hustle and bustle, the hordes of people surrounding entertainers throughout the square, and dozens of food carts lined up. It’s a good thing we only had an hour and a half before meeting back with the group because one can only handle so much input.

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