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The start of something good.
So we start off on the morocco adventure. I discovered at this point that in contrast to my previous trip - im the baby of the tour! He he... So far the group seems to be going well, no inner groups, very open, well travelled and co operative people with vibrant personalities. Things are looking good! We only had a short stay in this region but managed to see plenty. On the way to meknes we stopped in at two interesting places. Firstly ...
Meknes and Volubils
... large mosaics. Not too many tourists and we had to take off our jackets it was so warm, which was a nice change from cold and rainy Fez. The view of Moulay Idriss from the ruins was absolutely amazing...made us want to spend some more time there, but that wasn't going to happen on this trip.
Our trip back to Fes was MUCH more pleasant, our great cab driver taught us the expression for Mint ...
Another rainy day
... the rain, but after eating my "free" breakfast of bread and jam and downing two cups of pretty horrible coffee, I got myself psyched up to get soaked. Luckily, I had an umbrella and a rain jacket, so I could have been alot worse off. It was about a 2km walk to the medina from my hotel, down the main road through Meknes. I wasn't sure where I wanted to go, but I was pretty sure that I did not want to wander around the medina in the rain for ...
Ali Baba, visas and bush camping
... but there wasn't much to do, no wonder some people left saying 'I f#%king hate Rabat.
While in Rabat we got to experience our first dose of bush camping. We were camping in the bush outside of Rabat. Each day we would build a wicked fire from firewood we collected from around our campsite. Each morning we would wake up and shower using baby wipes. We would continue to get dirty while we packed up our tents each day that was wet with morning dew. Our ...
The Beginning of the End
... go by. After awhile we headed back to our Hotel because we were going to have an early morning.
We woke up early Saturday to meet the Belgium couple and share a taxi to Volubilis. Volubilis is an ancient Roman city that at one time was the capital of Morocco. It has long ago been abandoned, but it is still a site to see. To get there you have to take a grand taxi, or be with a tour group. Most people just stand in front of the train station and ...