Meknes Medina

So my journey began. Aboard a Hyundai van, Haj at the wheel, and Gary and I in the back seats, our five day journey through the Moroccan wilderness commenced. With the Sahara desert being our midway point, this day's itinerary was not too ambitious. We would depart Fes and head toward the Rif mountains to the north, make a stop at Volubilis, drive …

For what was yet again another gray and dreary day in Morocco, I stayed positive about my stay in Meknes. I had been lucky so far with this being really the only day during my month long journey in Morocco that rain had been a factor. Although it rained for basically a full 24 hours, starting in the middle of the night the day I arrived, I didn't …

With two rain soaked days behind me, today started off with a much needed, refreshing clear blue sky. The sun shining bright in the sky and the streets finally clear of the annoying sloppy mess, my umbrella packed away at the bottom of my day pack not expecting to need it but prepared nonetheless, I took on the day with a renewed sense of …

... quite interesting. I'm sure you'll hear a few comical remarks in her observations! Today we jumped full-on into Morocco. Walked into the medina (old city) and promptly got lost in the labyrinthine alleys. Found our way out thanks to a few local young ...

... hospitality... I have found this in every Arabic country I've travelled to including Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Malaysia and now Morocco. It makes the travelling experience so special when your smiles are returned, and help is always there if you seek ...

... same place for dinner, another pretty early night.... Fes - another easy train ride, beautiful rural setting...train travel in morocco really is very cruisey. - also an imperial city of morocco; probably the biggest in fact. - big of a ...

Meknes We caught the train to Meknes. We had a walk around the souq, and then it happened. I tried to say I wouldn't but they kept plying me with there tea, I tried to resist. Then those words came out of my mouth I am now the proud owner of not one, ...

... in the High Atlas Mountains; relaxing at the seaside town of Essaouira; and finally spending a few days in Marrakech, Morocco's cosmopolitan epicenter. Before we left Casablanca, we made the essential stop at the Hassan II Mosque-the 3rd largest ...

... ; A souk is nothing more than an outdoor mall in the old city and it can be tiring window shopping along with all of Morocco.  Crowds throng around shoe salesmen and tablecloth salesmen in a frenzy for no reason.  It's much nicer staying out of ...

... and people along the way.  On some of the doors he pointed out the Fatima hand, used as protection!  Meknes' medina seemed more organized than Rabat’s with certain items grouped more specifically together.  The jewelry sector was ...

... the city was a flourishing provincial centre 1,800 years ago. Volubilis is about a 30 minute drive from Meknes and is the best preserved Roman city in Morocco. It was the administrative centre for the province of Mauretania and was built over an earlier ...

... mice, rabbits and hamsters. Despite the nice ride today, we have decided that there are some countries not meant to be cycled and Morocco is one of them. I'm sure if you can get yourself up into the High Atlas and trek, or, dip in and out ...

... what once was a thriving beautiful Capitol and see the columns fallen and the the stone slowly being reabsorbed by the earth. The Morocco government has only in the past few years come to realize how important tourism is to its economy and thus its need ...