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<\/a><\/p>\nNext stop was Badi<\/a> palace, built by the Sultan in the 16th century to greet and entertain foreign dignitaries. This place has also been looted but again, its easy for the imagination to fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n We paid an extra dollar each to see a 12th century minbar, which is basically a staircar for the imam to use to get to the pulpit and deliver his mosque sermons. It was restored by the MoMA so you’re not allowed to take any photos but I’m sure you can Google it… Its very impressive and I imagine the other imams suffered from quite a but of minbar envy.<\/p>\n The coolest thing about Badi is the giant storks nesting along the top if the walls…. They, and their nests, are massive… I kept waiting for them to swoop down at fly off with a small child but it never happened.<\/p>\n Our last stop for the day was the Saadian tombs, walled up by a loyal servant in 1603 and left undisturbed until 1917. The tombs themselves are beautifully ornate and still contain royal bodies and copious amounts of tourists all taking the same photos. Here’s one of ours:<\/p>\n Whoever packed my bag did a terrible job and left out, amongst other things, my sunglasses, so on the way back to the riad we stopped at a small roadside stall and I bought a genuine pair of Ron Bev’s which I discovered later have corrective lenses in them. I was also tempted to invest in another staple of the Moroccan marketplace, a pair of traditional Beats By Dre ™ but penny talked me out of it.<\/p>\n Before we left australia, I was told by one of my gym participants, Phil, not to buy anything made of leather if it still smelled funky. We took that advice on board and smelled Penny’s scamstravaganaza slippers extensively before proceeding with our investment. They checked out ok so we were surprised to get back to the riad and find that they now stunk, just liked the tannery. Penny insists on keeping them, so i imagine that by the end of the trip, we too will smell, just like the tannery.<\/p>\n Before dinner we went out to the main Medina square in quest of a snake charmer, who turned out to be more elusive than the lonely planet would have us believe.. We found one eventually and insulted him grievously by only offering 20d for a couple of photos:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n