Feel like working on your tan?  Hotels.com is offering a sale on rooms in Acapulco…..click on the link below to cash in on the savings…..

Fall Sale! Save up to 50% on Hotels in Acapulco! Book by 10/13/08 for travel from now until 10/20/08.

Enjoy this super catchy hit from Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon (short for Mad Conspiracy).

The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) is a prestigious luxury hospitality organization representing over 450 of the world’s finest hotels, resorts and spas.

LHW recently offered the most expensive package deal on earth in honor of their 80th anniversary, a $1,000,000 trip around the world.  But now they are turning the tables and to honor their founding year, 1928, they are offering rooms at selected luxury properties for only $19.28.

Yes, you heard me correct….stay in one of the world’s most luxurious resorts for only $19.28 per night!  

But as usual there are a few catches….you can only book 2 nights at this rate, and these rates are available for only 80 minutes on October 1, 2008, starting at 8am EDT.  This means that those on the west coast will have to wake up at 5am to get in on the deal…..but for $19.28 even the laziest of travelers can drag themselves out of bed.

In order to take advantage of the offer you must also pre-register at www.lhw.com/1928

My favorite tajine I had in Morocco was the kefta tajine, which is a meatball in tomato sauce tajine.

Ingredients
 for the kefta (meatballs)
:

1lb ground beef


1 onion, very finely chopped


3 garlic cloves, crushed


1 tsp ground ginger


1 tsp ground cumin


1 tsp coriander


1 egg


small bunch of parsley, finely chopped


salt and black pepper 


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A hammam (which in arabic means “spreader of warmth”) is a traditional cleansing ritual that many Moroccans take part of once a week.

Think of a hammam as an oversized sauna.  You first enter a warm steam room to let your pores open, followed by a coating of olive oil soap.  Then comes the part that foreigners find freaky….the “gommage”…..this is where all the dead layers of skin are rubbed off with a glove that feels like it is made of super rough sand paper.  You are then covering in a full body clay mask, which is then washed off with ice cold water to close your pores.  The ritual ends with a soothing massage.

Public hammams are available all over Marrakech, but keep in mind you will be in a room with all local women or men and will be scrubbed with a glove that has scrubbed many others before you.

For hygeno-freak americans, a great alternative is the hammam found in Les Jardins de la Koutoubia hotel. It is a hybrid of a western spa and a hammam, but you do get to experience a 100% authentic hammam treatment (and they give you your own glove to keep).  The nice part for couples is that the steam rooms are private and for two, so couples can enjoy the treatment together.

Pictured above is the spa’s pool where you wait to be called for your treatment.  For more info visit their website: lesjardinsdelakoutoubia.com