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A.F.R.I.C.A
... were greeted with the (un)pleasant smell of feces, urine, meat, animals and fish. The alleys were narrow, cobble-stoned and sometimes just dirt. We fought for walking room with the local venders and locals leading donkeys and mules piled high with goods to be traded and sold. We passed venders of various types- from seafood, fish, shark heads, etc- to fruits- dates, prunes, nuts; textiles-scarves, robes, garments, pottery, metal works- teapots, bowls, pots. ...
La Tourista in Fes :-)
... I wanted to stop for a coffee at one point but the cafe would not serve me coffe on its own, I had to have food with it! So i decided to go back the hostel as my stomach was feeling a bit dodgy again.
Later on, I went to Baghdadi Square, which was supposed to be an open-air market but when I arrived, it was just a massive square with nothing but kids playing football on it. I decided to go to the Jewish quarter. On the way, I walked by the Dar ...
Fes, saying 'no' to strangers
... We then went to a lovely park and started reading it to each other. It has a rather worrying attitude towards women, who are always stunningly beautiful and unquestioningly obliging and are evil about fifty percent of the time. Even the main character, Sheherazade, who is the hero of the book is deceitful, and is said to have "wit and learning beyond her gender". The black people in the book are only treated slightly better. It is an old book I suppose.
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Fez is a Hat, the City is Fes
... home with only a few small pieces.
Although we had already seen a lot, it wasn't even lunchtime and the amazing souks were yet to be explored. So, we headed back to the Medina and began to play follow the leader through lanes so narrow that we could only walk single file. Occasionally a doorway would be open and we had glimpse of lovely tiled hallways, until finally we entered the souks where each craft has ...
Moroccan getaway
Wow what a cultural adventure! We flew into Fez which was such a culture shock, about 35 degrees of hot dusty heat and us having to wear conservative clothes it was so hot! Fez's main attraction is the medina, which is a completely pedestrian (give or take a few donkeys) area full of markets. Fez is the leather capital and had really great bags, belts and some cool tanneries that you can go and visit. One of the things that we ...


