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Camel sandwich
... and tables full of everything imaginable - clothes, fruit, spices, vegetables, kitchenware, furniture, shoes, etc. Everything had its place. Each stall specialized in a specific product, but there was no order to the stalls. It was like going to WalMart, where each aisle was randomly comprised in a single stall, but at the end of the day the stalls and tables had to be packed away and put up to be placed out again for the next day.
Not interested in ...
Saharan by Day and Night
... dunes I walked back to the tent and started to get ready for the day. Breakfast was at 7:30 and we had to be back in the jeeps by 8:30. It took us a while to get situated in the jeeps and we got to the hotel to catch the buses by 11:30. We drove and drove and DROVE until around 4:30, when we stopped for lunch at a random rest-stop on the side of the road in the absolute middle of nowhere. The bathrooms were literally holes in the ground, with ...
The Beginning of the End
... was the bees. The venders right by the door weren’t selling spices, but pastries covered in a sugar glaze or honey. This attracted hundreds of bees to be flying in, on, and around the stalls. The venders thought nothing of it, but the people trying to pass were running through with their hands covering their heads or ducking down in the hopes of avoiding any stings. After a brief walk through, we set at one of the cafes and had a drink and watched the people ...
When in Rome.............!
... from nearby Algeria and so much more.
It was a 500m walk down the Rue Palais, with its high imposing walls and armed guards. The Royal Golf Course runs behind the palace wall for over 600m x 400m, with the Royal Palace in front of it. It’s used by Mohammed VI for occasional visits (he lives in Rabat), with a big impressive space in front of the entrance. There was absolutely nothing to see, so it was nice to find some friendly soldiers keeping ...
Step 24: The only American at the Wedding
... words, Arabic and French was the only way to communicate with them
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- 8:30 p.m. - Arrive at Hotel Rif at the other side of the Old Medina to wait for Driss
- 9:00 p.m. - Driss and his nephew Ayoub arrive and walk me to the wedding site which was in an alley in the middle of a lower class ...
