Morocco : Natural Beauty , Exotic , Fascinating , Breathtaking…! Music by Mike Oldfield .

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So not long ago, while on vacation in Morocco with my lovely and talented wife, Caroline, I was listening to one of my my favorite songs, Walking On The Sun, and thought about how much it resonated with the current political climate in the world. I had always been unhappy with the music video produced by the record company. It sacrificed what the song was really about for dancing Bikini babes. It was kinda sad.

So, one hot afternoon, I was on the back of the camel moving though the Sahara desert and the song was playing on my ipod and I was thinking, yes, this is a perfect metaphor for the song – a hot lifeless desert. I started telling Caroline about my observation and she was like, “we’re here. Why don’t you shoot a little music video of your own oif it means that much to you.”

We downloaded the lyrics at an internet cafe and went all over Morocco shooting this music video. We used nothing more than our Ipods (which you can see in many of the shots) and my little Sony video camera HC3 set up on a tripod. What resulted was some great fun, not so much because we got to be rock stars for a day, but because everywhere we went people loved what we were doing. And that is the point. There is so much goodwill in the world among regular folks. It needs to be amped up to keep us from blowing ourselves up. We can’t let hate hijack our good relations.

For you travel buffs, the desert scenes were shot in the Sahara desert near Algeria. Our good friend Ali Seggaou at Hotel Merzouga in the village of Merzouga arranged our camel trek with Hassan the dancing camel driver you see in the video. The beach scenes were filmed in Essaouira. We also filmed in Marrakech, Casablanca, Fez, Meknes, and the village of Ait Ben Haddou which was one of the locations for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.” Enjoy!

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Listed as one of the very finest residences in the Marrakech medina, and known as a true gem of hispano-moorish architecture, Riad Monceau is a 7 guestroom charm hotel including an amazing junior suite with private jacuzzi as well as one of the famous moroccan gourmet restaurant in Morocco.
Ideally set in a quiet little side-street just a few steps away (about 100 metres, say 2 minutes walk) from the giddy bustle of Djemaa el Fna, Riad Monceau welcomes you for a confortable and friendly stay in a refreshing and calm loversbower with easy and safe access to the citys main tourist sights and shopping areas.
A nice swimming-pool, large rooftop terraces, a solarium and a traditional hammam are available for a relaxing break between 2 walks in the medina or towards Gueliz the new quarter of Marrakech of easy reach also, on foot, by local small cab or carriage.
As a restaurant, Riad Monceau welcomes you at lunch time for a refreshing break on a lovely terrace overviewing the Koutoubia mosquee minaret, and at night for a romantic gourmet dinner in the gorgeous surroundings of a 1001 nights palace.
Friendly cooking workshops held in the restaurant kitchen itself are also on offer every morning.

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Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the “Red City”, is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.

Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).

Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

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Exclusive properties set within one of only six Moroccan Government sponsored new coastal resorts as part of Morocco’s Plan Azur Tourism Initiative.

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Association Tamounte Erfoud Maroc, Transportation Company in South Morocco. Tours and Excursions in Sahara Desert and in Morocco.

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Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the “Red City”, is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.

Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).

Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

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Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the “Red City”, is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.

Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).

Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

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Duration : 0:2:58

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Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the “Red City”, is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.

Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).

Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

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Here’s another travel video of us in Morocco in 2006.

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