Marrakesh, 9th December 2023

After what seemed at first to be a 'hearty' breakfast, it was off with Mounir the driver on our last long leg of this trip - a 3 hour dash from Casablanca back to Marrakesh.
Shortly into the journey it was clear the breakfast wasn't agreeing with me, so we stopped at a rest area/service station. Mounir got the chaps in the cafe to make up a cup of tea for me with 'herbs from the mountains'. It did the trick!
Thanks go to Mounir's mum who apparently always recommends it for a dicky tummy. - Always do as your mum tells you :)
The drive across this patch of desert was similar to the last time. It varies between bits resembling the Nevada desert, to olive plantations, to bare scrub land with little more than a few goats.
I'm writing this after returning to my last hotel of the trip, after yet another wander through the souks and rubble in Marrakesh. (While looking at a tumbled-down building I asked a shopkeeper opposite if it was from the earthquake. He shook his head. Apparently a lot of Marrakesh is rubble anyway.
My feet are tired and I think I've peaked.
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