Badia Palace, Marrakech: We went to Badia Palace on our second and last day in Marrakech, after the Majorelle Garden. We split up into two taxis, with five of the girls in the first and Lavanya, Caitlin, and I in the second. After arriving at the palace and finding none of the other girls there, we consulted my guidebook (thanks mom) and realized that there are two palaces with almost identical names within two minutes of each other. We rushed over to the correct palace, Badia Palace, after consulting a few people in Frarabinglish for directions.
The palace is actually the ruins of a palace from the sixteenth century. Unlike in Europe and the US, Moroccan ruins are pretty much a free-for-all. We climbed through tunnels and on top of walls, like something out of Indiana Jones. The ruins were also infested with storks who stared us down from on top of the walls and looked like they might peck our eyes out.
After Badia Palace, we returned to Marrakech for a second round in the souk (explanation forthcoming) before we left around 3:30 for the seven hour drive back to Meknes.
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