Dar Bennis
Travel Blogs from Fes
Fabulous Fez
... almost run over by a moped!!!
The tanneries are one of the big tourist attractions. Still using traditional techniques of preparing and tanning hides, the smell is not for the faint hearted. Of course you have to go through the leather shop to see the process and if you’re lucky they’ll provide you with a sprig of mint to hold under your nose. Large vats filled with putrid liquid of various shades of colour, all allegedly made ...
I Wouldn’t Send my Dog to Morocco
... t answer that loaded question with a Freudian slip as you will have just flashed your cards and said I have $500 in my account that I’m prepared to spend. (Best to answer “I think to carpet to me is worth xxxxx”). But having just flashed your cards you have revealed what will now be considered your base starting price of $500 to be negotiated up. If you consistently refuse to raise your price any further a suitable option will be ...
Trying to hitchhike in the Desert
Quick story, today we found that catching a cab in the desert is not the easiest thing even if you call a cab. We tried but ended up bumming a ride to the main road between Merzouga and Rissani. We eventually found a cab after half heatedly attempting to hitch hike. Maybe 5 or 6 cars passed before a not full taxi arrived.
Quick info sesh on taxis in Morocco...they are all really REALLY old Mercedes Benz diesels from the early 80s, think 1982. We rode in ...
Holy Cities, Roman Ruins, Tagine and Tea
... 8221;They were genuinely the most generous, friendly and welcoming people we have met anywhere. We had been fed and watered for the whole day by a man who had no income, but who refused to take any reparation. What a legend. Moulay Idriss is such a beautiful and quiet place, we loved it. We were reluctant to leave and were a bit unprepared for the hurly burly of Fez and some of its more mercenary inhabitants.
Sarah, Fez, 22th ...
Kruh se uzavira
... takze si asi spatne nevedou.
Uz se vydavame na nakupy. Jirka jde po keramice, pry je ta fesska slavna a velmi kvalitni. I ja se necham zblbnout a kupuji par veci. Musime tvrde smlouvat, jiz nekolikrat chci odejit z obchodu a v tom prodejce znacne snizuje cenu. Nevim kdo vyhral,ae tvaril se velmi smutne, kdyz jsme odchazeli, pry at mu jeste dame neco navic.. Jirka z toho mel dokonce spatny pocit, ale neprodal by, kdyby se mu ti nevyplatilo ...
Amenities
- Kitchenette