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Casablanca Slideshow
Casablanca
Travel Blogs from Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca
... of departing from Cadiz. It wasn't much in the culture shock department, but we’re all exhausted. We spent the day in Casablanca checking out the Hassan II Mosque (3rd largest in the world) and the Old Medina, which has all the shopping. A couple ...
As Time Goes By.... in Casablanca
... been very..... interesting. I flew out of Gatwick airport yesterday morning and had an easy 3 hour direct flight to Casablanca in Morocco via Royal Air Maroc airlines. We flew over mountainous areas which were likely in France or Portugal I ...
Trapped in Casablanca . . . Again
... of rip-artists from taxi drivers to waiters. Set underneath a skyline that is in desperate need of a smog check Casablanca houses a majority of Muslim faithfuls. Moroccans are known for their hospitality but all we seem to experience were the thievery ...
Hassan II mosque (Casablanca, Morocco)
... 1587;جد الحسن الثاني), located in Casablanca is the largest mosque in Morocco and the third largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca ...
Casablanca
Well I'll keep this a short entry - because its not long since the last one and in all honesty there didn't seem a lot to write about in town today... Anyway after leaving our home for the last 3 nights - a bush camp in Rabat, we hit the road after ...
Morocco 04
... across. It was fun to join in (albeit briefly) and kick the ball around as children chased you calling mister. Casablanca seemed to have its fair share of mentally unstable people and unfortunately it seemed there certainly was not a mental health ...
Casablanca - Morocco
Hello again everyone! Sorry for the delay in entries…we have been busy. We’ll start again with Casablanca, Morocco. We left Essaouira, Morocco early in the morning and took a 7 hour bus ride to Casablanca. Casablanca is a major city in Morocco ...
Here's Looking at You, Casablanca
... and Germany - should be an interesting week or so! Anyway, it will be an early morning - we eat breakfast at 6:30 and hit the "Road to Morocco" in earnest after that, heading to Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis and Fez - it will be a full but informative ...
"Play it again, Sam" -Casablanca
... the smile on Adam's face immediately brightened. He had been looking forward to this for a while, Sage however has never seen Casablanca and was therefore less excited. The food was delicious and the atmosphere made it feel like we had stepped right into ...
cruising the Casa streets
... open and I think a lot of people are taking a 4 day weekend - don't blame them. I went back to the hotel (Casablanca doesn't really have much of a tourist -- its more business) and read my book before dropping into a nanna. At about 6 ...
Down the Atlantic Coast
... , nowhere near Morocco, we did however visit ´Bar Casablanca¨ and listen to a piano player sing songs from the movie. Casablanca is the cosmopolitan city of Morocoo, but also has huge industrial trade and a huge fishing sector. A fabulous sight, ...
cruising around Casa on May Day
... bit of a dodgy area, so many men just hanging around doing nothing but stare and look suspicious, Casablanca is not a good place to start a holiday in Morocco. I turned on the TV and happily discovered the English movie channel where Pirates ...
Arabian Nights and Mesmerising Morocco
Our flight from Quito to Casablanca (Morocco) was via Madrid. The connecting flight was in 8 hours so we did our best investigating the terminal. The good thing for Amber in Madrid airport was that it contained stores such as Mango and Zara but the bad ...
The Splurg
September 13, 2010 Hello all, I write to you from Morocco. I have already let you explore Casablanca with me, but before I dive into my adventures in Marrakech, I have one more final note to add to Casablanca. The more time I spend in Morocco, the less ...
Cruisin' In Casablanca
... the movie, Casablanca, it was so charming and pretty", however we're not sure Humphrey Bogart has ever actually been to Morocco because Casablanca the movie was not shot in Morocco. The movie did, however, receive some fantastic free press in 1942 due ...
Casablanca -- You Look Mahvelous, Darling!
Saturday, February 18, 2006 Casablanca -- Midnight Dear Readers: This business of uploading photos with my journal takes quite a bit more time than I expected. I have to get them into the computer first, then re-size them so they don't take so long ...
Mostly Critters
Morocco is known to have many, many cats. It is absolutely true. At the beginning of our trip, Choyce set herself the mission of spotting 150 cats -- she was easily able to surpass this ...
Walking around Casa
... their wares on donkey carts, we found ourselves back outside the walls and in walking distance to the Hassan II mosque. Essentially Casablanca has no 'grand' buildings or 'must see' sights, so the king decided to build this mosque to compensate. Grand ...
On the Road to Morocco
... fishing boats and hundreds of the flaming fishing nest littered along the coast we sail up to the coast of Morocco shrouded in mist as we make our way towards Casablanca. Pete tries to call the Yacht club only to be informed that it is closed down and we ...
Hotel Bellerive - Ain Diab, Casablanca
... , I reckon. With a half an hour stop for lunch, it was past 8pm and completely dark by the time I arrived at Casablanca. Today's riding better than yesterday's - roads smoother, went faster. Roads more direct too; did not pass through as ...
A more modern Morocco
Hello everyone Daniel here. Well it is our last night in Morocco. We caught the train from Marrakech to Casablanca which was very easy. The trip was only around three hours and gave us a chance to see some of the countryside. The scenery alternated ...
Of all the gin joints....
... food, we ventured onward, in search of the Musee du Judaisme Marocain. This was billed, in Lonely Planet Morocco, as the only museum in Casablanca, and is was quite an adventure to locate. We took a taxi to the Casa suburb of Oasis. The ...
An easy afternoon in Casa
... very clear you have a reservation at a hotel, the taxi drivers will try to scam you. I didn't really expect too much of Casablanca, but as we discovered on our afternoon stroll around town, it is quite a pleasant city in comparison to some others we have ...
Bonjour, Casablanca
... the best way to adjust, but thanks to modern medicine (many sleeping pills) that was possible for us. First impressions of Casablanca-- Later in the afternoon that first day, Friday, Ed and I explored the city on foot. It was a beautiful, ...
Casablanca
... ! It was just time to go to bed and get out of there quickly the next day as my room also smelt of mould really badly! Any perceptions I had of the great town of Casablanca after watching that golden oldie movie had gone straight out the noisy ...
Day 1 - 23 Dec 2007
... to the Royal Air Maroc desk. We're off, we thought - only we weren't. Apparently the plane hadn't even left Casablanca. As suspected, we had been moved there to relieve pressure on the rapidly overflowing arrivals hall upstairs. Hours passed during which ...
Viaje a Marruecos (Casablanca)
... nuestro vuelo salio de la nueva terminal 4, la cual ni Caro ni yo conociamos. Nuestra primera parada en Marruecos es en Casablanca capital económica de Marruecos y casa del 2º centro religioso mas grande del mundo despues de la Mecca, la mezquita ...
Frankly my dear, this dosen't look like Casablanca
... with not much there except for a Medina and some sand and some camels I guess. Nothing could be further from the truth. Casablanca is a huge cosmopolitan city that does still have a lot to offer. We arrived at the bus station to the usually onslaught ...