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Casablanca Slideshow
Casablanca
Travel Blogs from Casablanca, Morocco
Moroccan Finale
... leave for a few days I took advantage of the time to enjoy the sunny weather and work on my tan. Finally I headed to Casablanca to catch a flight to Cairo. This is definitely not the like the place depicted by the movie of the same name. Instead ...
Casablanca In Less Than 24 Hours
... a simple and clean hotel that fitted the budget. After checking in and having a much needed shower we headed straight for Casablanca's main drawcard, the Hassan II Mosque. This is one of only two mosques non-Muslims are allowed to visit in ...
First day in Casablanca
Awoke w/ my alarm & the sun. Forgot the damn clothes pins - travel tip from Journeywoman.com: walk w/ a couple of clothes pins to keep drapes closed in hotel rooms - well, guess what? ... Showered - there is hot water, YAY! & dressed ...
Seeing the city
This morning we checked out of the hotel and left our bags there while we spent more time in the city. Lotta wanted to go and see the famous mosque, Carolina and I were more interested in walking around the city. We went our separate ways and ...
Funky Cold Medina
... of the inviting hospitality and warmth that we found in Marrakech. We truly have travelled from chalk to cheese. Casablanca does have one hugely redeeming and excellent tourist attraction, the Hassan II Mosque. Like other Islamic buildings ...
Food Funnies: Morocco Addition
Food Funnies: Morocco Addition In Marrakech we saw a sign for a business called 'Typo Edit'. At first we thought this was an ingenious service offering to correct goofy English translations for various foreign business. It turned out to be only a ...
casablanca again!
... over; and we managed to do it without a lonely planet guide which has amazed me! so this is where i have been casablanca, rabat, volubilis, moulay idriss , fez ,erfoud, erg chebbi in the sahara, todra, imlil,village in the high atlas ...
so the fight begins
... (my knowledge of french comes purely from movies) we knew we were in a bit of trouble when our plane landed in casablanca. Met by streams of dodgylooking touts, we fought them all off with the intention of catching the hassle free train into town. We ...
Drinking in Rick's Cafe
We left Fez this morning by train for Casablanca. From the train station we caught a taxi to the centre of town and walked around the medina to our ...
Magical Morocco
... have been everywhere in that market!) We headed back to the hotel to eat our first of many tagines, washed down with local Casablanca beer. The following morning it was blue skies and sun, and we caught a taxi out to the Ain Diab Corniche ...
Day 11-Morocco, Casablanca-Cheese Burger Challenge
... mosaic work on the outside. Didn't go in though as already quite crowded. Plan was to hang in Casablanca for the day and go watch Morocco v Zambia play football that night. Martin looked it up on the net a few days ago and was sure ...
The exotic city of Casablanca
We toured the Hassan II mosque, the 2nd largest mosque in the world. It holds 25,000 worshipers inside and 80,000 in its courtyard. Afterwards, we walked through the oldest part of the medina (walled city) and absorbed the sights, sounds, and ...
Casablanca - City of Contrast
... invitation for any of our friends and family welcome to call him and stay with him and his family!) over a coffee or three, we said goodbye to Casablanca with a nice glass of... Panache...doh! Oh well, not complaining - Meknes still holds the ...
Bouskoura
Abdellah me conduit chez un garagiste, qui règle mes problèmes de « p'tits bruits » en deux trois tours de clés !!! Génial ! Marius n'est en revanche pas très en forme, symptômes caractéristiques du ...
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Morze Srodziemne ma piekne miejsca. Ciesze sie, ze rejsuje wlasnie tutaj, bo to nie Europa (tudziez Afryka) kontynentalna, tylko raczej wyspiarska - inaczej niz morzem lub powietrzem, dotrzec sie gdzieniegdzie nie da. Swieta byly, szczerze mowiac, ...
Live from Casablanca
Bonjour troupeau Je suis un peu fuckée avec le clavier qui ne ressemble pas très au notre! Mais bon! Juste pour vous dire que je suis présentement à Casa pour notre escale de la journée. On a réussi a avoir notre chambre dhotel. Le vol cest ...
Casablanca - Here's Looking At You, Egypt
... do in Egypt as well. That's enough for me I thought, as its given my a giant headache. Those of you heading to Morocco should come, but skip Casablanca. There is not much to see really, and it is full of to many scheisters. I returned to the hotel to ...
last set of domestics and flying to Casablanca
... waited for my next flight -- which was late as well. I settled in and had plenty of room and arrived in Casablanca about 30 mins late.. i came though immigration and customs fine and my bag was on the carousel which is always a good ...
Casablanca
... We also visited a Catholic church with interesting stained glass work and the sea side. The only other thing to be seen in Casablanca is Rick's American Cafe. It was started long after the movie to attract tourists. Since I'm not really a fan of the ...
Morocco Diary
... 6 pm on the 25th having had changes with lengthy stopovers in Toronto and London; a whole lot of traveling! Immigration in Casablanca proceeded smoothly with French being the language of choice. I grab my little red suitcase and exit to see a man ...
Here's looking at you Casablanca
... passport and automatically gave me a 90 day visa. Had to juggle a couple of trains to make the tip to central Casablanca, population 5 million. Knowing in advance not to expect much hollywoodian sophistication helped, but I have to admit that while use to ...
Not much of a last day in Morroco
Caught an early morning bus to Casablanca and arrived just after lunch. The town didnt seem so bad this time. I guess arriving on a Sunday with drunks and the smell of urine just gave a bad first impression. Considered heading down to the boulavard on ...
Not the best start
... of a first impression of Casablancq. Downtown previously had been one of the livlier places in town with lots of people. In Casablanca there were few people. almost all men, and lots of drunks. Spent some time wandering around town but didnt think much ...
A FRIENDLY COUNTRY
... the fortress walls and fishing boats returning with a trail of scavenging birds. It was a wonderful sight indeed. Back to Casablanca On 40th day, when it was 4th August 04, I returned to Casablanca covering about 3,500 miles and blowing away ...
What did I get myself into?
... and tourists in Muslim countries? Because I am on this crazy voyage called Semester at Sea. Currently I am writing you from Casablanca, Morocco. Although I have not even completed my blog posting for Spain, I need to get my thoughts down about Morocco ...
Arrival
Arrived in Casablanca after a short 3.5 hour flight in a very uncomfortable plane - I felt like I was hunched over the whole way and could not wait to uncurl when disembarking. I had plenty of time to stretch as we seemed to queue for hours at ...
attack of the pigeons at cathedral du Sacre Coeur
... the top (I kept clapping the whole way up the stairs to scare the birds away) I was rewarded with fantastic views of Casablanca, the palms lined streets, the port and all the old buildings. Clapping my way downstairs I headed back along the path checking ...
A Mosque and McDonald's
... such an inviting and wealthy neighborhood, but hardly a moment later and after a turned corner, we were introduced to Casablanca’s other side, a different neighborhood. This one characterized less by a dreamy air and more so by airing laundry ...
Confusing City;Corrupt Cops;Celebral Construction
... of this type of architecture. One has to be pragmatic. After this we got back on the road to head south. While still in Casablanca, trying to find our way out of the city, we got pulled over by a cop who said we'd gone through a red ...