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adjusting to casa, Casablanca, Morocco travel blog

adjusting to casa

A travel blog entry by emilita

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I have had 2 days now to settle into life in casablanca (the 'new york of morrocco'). Although I was expecting culture shock, it is nothing like i anticipated here- rather than cosmopolitan and exotic, it is tumble down dirty and smelly. the french ...

From the desert to the snow, Chefchaouen, Morocco travel blog

From the desert to the snow

A travel blog entry by kusa

Hallo liebe Leser, ich habe wieder mal ein bisschen Zeit gefunden um ein paar Eindrücke von mir zu ...

The long way home!, Marrakesh, Morocco travel blog

The long way home!

A travel blog entry by suzy-q

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... , we couldn't do things the easy way!!!  A big thanks goes out to Thompson Fly for our 7 or so hour delay on our flight!!!  boy was I glad to get home that night, at one stage it looked like we were stuck in Morocco!!  enough ...

Kasbahs and movie stars, Ouarzazate and Marrakesh, Morocco travel blog

Kasbahs and movie stars

A travel blog entry by suzy-q

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Ouarzazate is a city that does well out of the movie industry, it has a large movie studio, Atlas Studios.  The areas surrounding the town, including the kasbah Ait Benhaddou, have been used for many films over the years including Lawrence of ...

Don't flush the toilet paper!, Rabat, Morocco travel blog

Don't flush the toilet paper!

A travel blog entry by cleo2471

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Salaamu Lekum, Not a lot to report for today - it was pretty laid back with time to relax.  We had orientation this morning, which included a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood.  We split into groups and had to go find places and ...

Tangier, Tangier, Thailand travel blog

Tangier

A travel blog entry by steve.brine

The proverbial arsehole of the world. Stayed one night and that was one night too ...

Respect in the Form of a Sheep Head, Marrakech, Morocco travel blog

Respect in the Form of a Sheep Head

A travel blog entry by paulandmel

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Marrakech is the most cosmopolitan and developed city in Morocco. It is populated by the Moroccan elite, French retirees and celebrities. Marrakech has all of the usual suspects: a massive medina, a sprawling ville nouvelle and a luxurious palmerie ...

Marrakech - no I don't need a carpet..., Marrakech, Morocco travel blog

Marrakech - no I don't need a carpet...

A travel blog entry by richlum

Marrakech photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168726&id=613699523&l=414c40d7ac Stupid Pisa airport closes from 1am- 4am and they kick everyone out and make them stand in the cold for 3 hours and then let everyone back in at 4am. ...

Essaouira - first touch of the Atlantic Ocean!, Essaouira, Morocco travel blog

Essaouira - first touch of the Atlantic Ocean!

A travel blog entry by richlum

... stalls and see which one has the best looking fish and then choose the fish or seafood that you want and like everything in Morocco start bargaining on the price for your lunch. Walked up onto the ramparts which had some good views and then checkout out ...

El Jadid,  Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco travel blog

El Jadid, Morocco

A travel blog entry by amazingone

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... to unusual conversations in 1/3 Arabic 1/3 English and 1/3 mime  . They were part of a large group visiting Marakesh in Morocco for a weeks holiday. (Wives obviously at home looking after the kids I guess).  As I have travelled  around ...

Moroccan highlands, Chefchaouen, Morocco travel blog

Moroccan highlands

A travel blog entry by jbaxter

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After our overnight in Tangier we got a 3 hour bus south to a mountain town named Chefchaouen. It's only 40-odd thousand people but doesn't lack the intensity of Tangier. Again the medina was crammed full of shops and people. Most buildings in the medina ...

Morocco Surf and Tagines!, Taghazout, Morocco travel blog

Morocco Surf and Tagines!

A travel blog entry by steveandjenna

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Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco travel blog

Marrakesh

A travel blog entry by glenn_christie

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... restored and was very impressive how the rich used to live. These type of places are now being restored all over Morocco by investors buying them and renovating them for luxury tourist accommodation. Winding our way back through the souqs, we again ...

It was a long week, Rabat, Morocco travel blog

It was a long week

A travel blog entry by thenewlyweds

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Tuesday was more laying around though we were beginning to feel better. Guillaume found a super market and we got ourselves some food to make in the apartment. We really did nothing all day, but we changed from drinking the tap water to only bottled ...

Chefchouen, Chefchouen, Morocco travel blog

Chefchouen

A travel blog entry by hippler

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I met a young backpacking couple on the bus to the border.  They were from York, England and were part of a university program that encouraged students to hitchhike their way to Marrakesh once a year as part of a fundraiser.  Sponsors pay ...

The Fes Market, Fes, Morocco travel blog

The Fes Market

A travel blog entry by peillsonwheels

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After breakfast, our guide came to meet us. His name is Falid (pronounced "fa-leed"), and he is a very nice man who has two young children and a wife who comes from Fes. Falid says, despite having grown up there, his wife couldn't find her way in ...

Pass the Sheesha, Merzouga, Morocco travel blog

Pass the Sheesha

A travel blog entry by pwong

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Mary did a smart thing last night - nothing terribly ingenious, but something very simple. She took a shower. What's so smart about that? Well, because last night, the hotel still had hot water. This morning? It was frigid!  But one good thing about ...

Back to Africa!!!!, Casablanca, Morocco travel blog

Back to Africa!!!!

A travel blog entry by kusa

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Samaleikum! Ich habs geschafft und bin endlich angekommen. Also ich sage euch, ich kenne jetzt bestimmt 50 Positionen, wie man in einem Bus nicht schlafen kann. Schlussendlich hat mich die holprige Strasse, dann aber doch noch in das Land der Traeume ...

Marrakech - Hectic!, Marrakech, Morocco travel blog

Marrakech - Hectic!

A travel blog entry by sophiatravels

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The medina (old town) of Marrakech is one of the least peaceful places we've been to in a while. Getting from A to B is a difficult but fun process of weaving between people, cats, donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages, cars and mopeds. Combined with the ...

Arrivée dans la province de TATA, Tata, Morocco travel blog

Arrivée dans la province de TATA

A travel blog entry by loasis95

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Last days of Marrakesh, Marrakech, Morocco travel blog

Last days of Marrakesh

A travel blog entry by beckerworldtrip

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... sums up the Moroccan people, as we have gotten to know so well over the past month. Of course there are people in the states who would do this for you, but it is such a normal thing here in Morocco. I wanted to record this in my blog before I forgot ...

What National Park?, Sidi Wassey, Morocco travel blog

What National Park?

A travel blog entry by darrenhough74

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2nd Sidi Wassay We drove on to Sidi Wassay and found the campground to be on a hill right on the beach front; so we could sit in Scooby and watch the surf. On the way to the camp ground we drove through a green and fertile valley – very unusual for ...

Suffocating, Fes, Morocco travel blog

Suffocating

A travel blog entry by pwong

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... Surprisingly, we managed to find our way around without too much issue; perhaps we are getting slightly used to navigating Morocco's crazy medinas. Of course, the guidebook's walking tour lays everything out very nicely, making it a little harder to ...

Marrakesh, Marrakech, Morocco travel blog

Marrakesh

A travel blog entry by steve.brine

... there were snowy mountains on the horizon. Everything was so quiet. And then... Marrakech. Hustle, bustle, tight spaces, Arabic, heat. Morocco is a kick in the butt for the senses as touts are numerous as are people and excitement!! The smells, the ...

Fes, Fes, Morocco travel blog

Fes

A travel blog entry by natecropp

... was impressed. He explained how his brother lived in the LA and we began talking about the differences between the states and Morocco. Khalid explained that his brother was not all that comfortable in LA, because the people are always in a hurry. ...

Mar 26, 2009, Sefrou, Morocco travel blog

Mar 26, 2009

A travel blog entry by hmax

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Chefchaouen blue, Chefchaouen, Morocco travel blog

Chefchaouen blue

A travel blog entry by richlum

Chefchaouen photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173791&id=613699523&l=4f4f62b651 Up at 7am on Sunday to catch the 8am bus to Chefchaouen. Been good traveling with Draz over the past week or so but also nice to be off on my own ...

Morocco's Hollywood, Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco travel blog

Morocco's Hollywood

A travel blog entry by segacs

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... is sold by absolutely everyone. We made our way as far as Ouarzazate before stopping for lunch. Ouarzazate is otherwise known as Morocco's Hollywood because of the number of big-budget films that were shot here. Some of the better-known titles include ...

mint tea, carpets, couscous and sheesha...., Chefchaun, Morocco travel blog

mint tea, carpets, couscous and sheesha....

A travel blog entry by salkelely

what an arrival in morocco! a massive mission. we left melilla at 11am and arrived at a petrol station, 10kms from chefchauon ( spelling????? you will have to excuse any spelling mistakes here.........these arabic keyboards a quite confusing)at 3am in ...

An amazing birthday, Errachidia, Morocco travel blog

An amazing birthday

A travel blog entry by karyn512

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... price that we were quoted was WAAAAY out of our budget so we were all set to call it quits.  It doesn't work that way in Morocco...the seller just keeps after you until you give him a price you're willing to spend.  We gave him a price (about ...

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