Yesterday afternoon we ordered dinner from our hotel guy before going out (because it takes a while to make) but when we returned at the agreed time, there was no food. He said it wasn't clear that we wanted it, but I guess he just forgot. Anyway, he sent someone shopping for groceries and we sat in the living room playing cards for a couple hours while he (!) cooked dinner. It turned out to be really good -- bread, a kind of potato salad thing, and meat balls with a tomato sauce. After that there's wasn't much to do so we all went to bed. It gets quite cold at night, but my new sleeping bag is rated as good until -12 degrees and it was just perfect. Also, the hot shower feature of our hotel doesn't seem to work for me. I went to have one this afternoon with the following results: First minute: Cold water, Second minute: no water. My friends had better results but never more than one minute of hot water. Today we didn't do too much except walk around and sit on the roof of our hotel. But we did manage to phone the guy identified by the Lonely Planet book as "President of the Moroccan trekking association" and met him to arrange a little three day circuit here in the Rif. Hopefully we will leave tomorrow morning and also find some more people to distribute the 250 Dirham/day guide fee among.