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Meknes Slideshow
Meknes
Travel Blogs from Meknes, Morocco
meknes
just a quick one from here. we arrived yesterday, glad to get out of fes alive, and were very happy to take a train rather than a bus. we visited the medina briefly this morning and went to a nice museum that used to be a palace, and then a hospital, ...
plus que 11 dodos
papa a recu son passeport et ses vaccins... il ne reste plus qu'ŕ attendre le grand jour.. ...
Hennaparty!
Dagen före bröllopet skall bruden mĺlas med henna. Det brukar vara kvinnorna som samlas till detta. Men de gjorde det lite annorlunda denna gĺngen. Vi var alla samlade hemma hos Rachid. Vi andra fick ocksĺ henna mĺlningar. Ett band kom och spelade, ...
Saharan by Day and Night
... when one of the girls put her scarf around her neck, she brightened up and starting smiling and waving to us. We kept driving after to Meknes and got the hotel at 8:30pm (Hotel Rif). We had a two course meal at the hotel- me a plate of vegetables. We sat ...
Ramadan
Now is the beginning of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic year. During this month, Muslims are required to fast from sunrise to sunset, allowing nothing to pass their lips during this time. This includes food, water, and even cigarettes. Days are ...
Dear loyal readers in an attempt to keep ...
Dear Loyal Readers, In an attempt to keep myself entertained here in Meknes over the weekend, I am going to interview myself on Sunday and publish the results as a travelogue. In order to make this successful, I need your cooperation in submitting ...
vedro, prujem, UNESCO
V poledne nasedame do busu, ktery ma jen dve okynka, vyhrata rakev, ve ktere travime 5hodin. Jede s nami i jeden Polak, tak se v prestavkach trochu bavime. Cesta byla opravdu nekonecna, najednou nas nahnali do jineho busu, ze ten nas do Meknas odveze, ...
Le Pub
... ;That settled it, although the allure of Spain was quite heavy on my mind, I made my decision to go to Meknes. I was not ready to call it quits on Morocco. Spain could wait for another trip – In Challah! Waking up to the miserable ...
Autorückgabe
Zuerst sind wir quer durch Meknes-city gedüst und haben den BHF verzweifelt gesucht.... Nachdem wir das Auto an nem großen Platz abgestellt haben und viele Polizisten uns den Weg erklärten fanden wir Ihn. Als uns dann ein Zivilbulle angesprochen hat um ...
Second Imperial City
Meknes is smaller and less polluted than Marrakech but also less interesting. Tomorrow morning I leave for Fes; then the next morning for Rabat and finally on Saturday morning to Casablanca where I will catch an Easyjet flight back to ...
Celebration of America
I will admit that before coming here I had no idea as to how westernized Morocco would be. I would classify Morocco as "moderately western", though they seemed to have chosen some interesting aspects of western culture to incorporate into their ...
Step 12: Getting naked with the locals
... the jewelry which was way to expensive for my liking. Throughout the day, we were greeted by lots of men, welcoming us to Morocco and telling us why they love when Americans visit their country. The general consensus was explained to us by this; Americans ...
Meknes
Po czterech wspanialych dniach opuscilismy Szewszawan i gory Rif i przemiescilismy sie na poludnie. Od razu widac zmiane krajobrazu i klimatu. W koncu pogoda taka o jakiej marzylismy czyli bezchmurne niebo i wysoka temperatura... zobaczymy jak szybko nam ...
V medinách královských měst Fez a Meknes
6.10.2011 Takže jsem v Maroku... srdečně zdravím. Cesta sem v pohodě, po hoďce v letadle easyjetu jsem se po krátké době znovu ocitla v Paříži, tentokrát ale ne kvůli průzkumu města ...
Meknčs
Trouver son chemin est toujours aussi difficile. Pas de panneaux et les derniers moutons sont dans les tricycles. ici la spécialité est la damsquerie. Des fils d'argent sont incrutés dans divers objets en fer forgé! Les peaux sont disséminés, les ...
Meknes
Today Sam, Michaela and I are off to explore Meknes. Once the capital of Morocco. We get taxi to Granaries and cannot find our next land mark so get another taxi to the Mausolim of Moulay Ismail. Then checkout the Ambassadors Pavilion and Christian slave ...
Every morning i wake up in morocco around ...
... killing each other in the Middle East, but before the news about soccer. i do not think that George Bush knows where Morocco is. Moroccans love the Clintons, partly because Hilary's sister married a Moroccan. They hate Bush. I have not heard any ...
Step 3: Point out the obvious
Items that rarely exist in Morocco: 1. Blondes 2. Americans 3. Lampshades/ceiling light covers 4. Lights in the front entrances, stairways and hallways of apartment buildings 5. Clothing Dryers 6. Air Conditioners 7. Gravel 8. J-walking laws 9. Noise ...
Camel Burgers in der Medina
Heute stand eine kleine Tour durch Meknes auf dem Rogramm. Kaum in der Medina angekommen, verlor unser kleines Grueppchen ein Mitglied. Zwei Stunden spaeter, am Treffpunkt, stellten wir fest, dass Sari immer noch fehlt. Da war sie schon 30 min ...
Ruins
... . After a longish drive over some rather frightening roads we reached Volubilis which contains the most well preserved roman ruins in Morocco. The site was not even remotely comparable to such places as Rome but they were interesting and it was a nice ...
Step 25: Shop til you Drop!
... one of the Terracota souks and he said that he has been speaking English for 17 years and has studied Philosophy at the University in Meknes. He gave us a great deal on a lot of merchandise in which I am thankful for. I will definitely be going back not ...
Step 13: Here a sneeze, there a sneeze...
... is that I have picked up a little cold. My throat is sore and i keep sneezing but everything will be okay because I am in Morocco, duh! Just as a little side note for all the people who think it takes me forever to get ready in the morning: NEWSFLASH* My ...
Moroccan Men, apparantly I'm a gazelle
Hotel Maroc Room 16 Again very pretty. The guys love me here. My room was f-ing freezing! I peed in the sink instead of walking down the hall. Oh ...
Imperial city of Moulay Ismail plus a Camel Burger
... to Moulay Idriss, a white town nestled into the hillside containing the tomb of MI, great grandson of the Prophet and founder of Morocco's first Arab dynasty in 787. The charismatic MI wasnt the bringer of Islam to Morocco but he did set up an Arab court ...
