a in M - driving

when i was in Hanoi, a few years ago, i thought the traffic was a bit chaotic: there were people on motorcycles everywhere, driving like madmen around the town, with little regard for pedestrians. well, Marrakech was just a little crazier!

there are very few traffic lights in Marrakech, but even that doesn't really mean much to the drivers. mostly, they just keep going at relatively high speeds for the manoeuvres they're attempting. can they just squeeze in between those two cars there? probably. most of them try and succeed. one, unfortunately, did not, as we saw: he tried, but basically damaged both his vehicle and the two on either side of him, on top of driving straight into a poor moped. it made quite a noise.

taking the bus to Essaouira was also quite an adventure. on the way back, the driver seemed to have some kind of deathwish, overtaking at the strangest places with barely enough space between the bus and the relevant car/bus/truck/carriage/bike. my friend and i were seated right at the front, so we had to close our eyes once or twice, hoping against hope to come out of it alive. our driver also overtook about 6 or 7 cars/trucks/buses in one go. not for the fainthearted!