Horses and buggies waiting in line to take tourists on a ride. These were parked close to the Jardin Majorelle, Yves Saint Laurent Memoriam.

Market stalls outside the Medina, Marrakech, Morocco.

Horse tied up to a post inside the medina walls, Marrakech, Morocco.

These buildings in the medina in Marrakech, looked as if they were being supported by steel girders, possibly after an earthquake.

A busy lane in the medina of Marrakech with lots of people buying and selling goods.

We tried these biscuits, but they were a bit dry for me. They were possibly made with semolina.

Alan Morris sat at a table in the road outside this shop in the medina of Marrakech. We tried the mint tea and biscuits here.

These buildings in the medina in Marrakech looked as if they were being supported by steel girders, possibly after an earthquake.

These buildings in the medina in Marrakech looked as if they were being supported by steel girders, possibly after an earthquake.

Lady buying biscuits or bread at a shop in the medina at Marrakech.

Mint tea at a shop in the medina, Marrakech.

One of the many lanes in the medina in Marrakech. This was surprisingly empty.

Busy market stalls in the medina of Marrakech. These were selling cloth and clothes.

Spices for sale on a stall in the medina in Marrakech.

Man working on something outside his shop in the medina, Marrakech. 

Beautifully tiled, decorated arch and room over an alley in the medina of Marrakech.

A road going through the medina of Marrakech.

A road going through the medina of Marrakech. We sat here at a cafe drinking tea and watching the world go by.

The Kutubiyya Mosque rising above the buildings in the medina in Marrakech.

One of the many wild kittens we saw in the alleys and streets of the medina in Marrakech.

Alan Morris in front of the Almoravid Koubba in the medina of Marrakech.

A clown bronze in a courtyard outside the Museum of Marrakech in the medina of Marrakech.

Beautiful archway in a street near the Museum of Marrakech in the Marrakech medina.

Stall in the Spice Plaza selling hats and bags. We stopped opposite for some more mint tea.

The Kutubiyya Mosque near the Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in Marrakech.

Lisa Biles walking in the Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace, in the background is the Kutubiyya Mosque. At the side are rows of horses and buggies ready to take tourist for a ride.

Busy road outside the Academy of National Education in Marrakech.

Horse and buggie taking people for a ride in Marrakech near the Academy of National Education in Marrakech.

Beef and vegetable tagine in Marrakech. These were beautiful, and because we were one street from the main marketplace where tourists go, they were half the price of similar in the square.

Lisa Biles walking in the medina near to where we stayed in Marrakech.

We were sat on the street at this tiny cafe having coffee in the medina in Marrakech. I loved watching the people and traffic go by but it did get very close at times.

Medina in Marrakech. This archway led to the Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes religious complex, next to the riad we were staying in.

This is the corner we often sat in the medina in Marrakech. We sat watching the world go by and drank mint tea.

Donkey pulling a barrow with concrete in it. The local builders used these to carry stuff in the small alleyways in the medina in Marrakech.

Alan Morris sat at a cafe in the medina in Marrakech.

Stalls in the Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech.

Spices outside a shop in Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech.

Chickens in a basket on the back of a man's bike in the medina, Marrakech.