Wow, There's A City Out There!

For the first half of the day, Suze, Cassie and I took a bus tour (Sara was sick) to see the city. I never thought I'd be taking one of those tours on a cheesy red double decker bus, but I did, and I'm glad because it was air conditioned. We were able to see a lot of the new city, as well as part of the old.

When we did decide to hop off, we stopped at a garden to see what it was like. Outside it were camels (which we didn't ride but wanted to), but inside we found that it wasn't as much of a garden as it was a row of trees with a small body of water inside it. 

After our bus ride, we went back to the hostel, because, again, it was far too hot. After lying down for a bit, we chose to go check out the Henna Art Cafe that was only a little ways down the road. It was one of my favorite parts of the entire trip. The cafe was run by an older woman from the United States who was very kind and welcoming. Apparently, a couple years ago, she became bored of her life in the U.S, and, having visited Morocco many times and loving Marrakesh, called a friend from the area, asked him if he'd like to open the cafe with her, and he agreed. Her artwork was all over the place, even in the bathroom. The menu was her twist on a mix of Moroccan and American dishes. All of her designs were beautiful, but I had seen a design online that I wanted to see if she could copy. She was very excited about it, and gave me a reasonable price considering it was a custom design. 

The bathroom door

The wooden menu

Our silverware is in a slipper

So delicious

Look at my cute little elephant!

Another great thing about the place, was that 30% of its earnings went towards funding education for young children in the city. We enjoyed our dinner and then spent the rest of the night listening to music on the roof as the sun set.