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Casablanca Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Casablanca, Morocco
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 ...
Casablanca, Morocco
Big Mosque, Horrible place. Crazy crammed train ride from Asilah down to Casablance. Thrown out of a Taxi when Fes asked if we could use the meter. Had a bit of a blow up we did, about a pen if I remember rightly, Eric the French man was nice. The mosque ...
Not as exotic as it sounds
Time for another update, this time from Casablanca, Morocco - a setting that probably conjures up exotic images, but in reality it's actually a bit of a dive and I'm really only here for my flight tomorrow. But as for the rest of Morocco, fascinating ...
CASABLANCA - MOROCCO
... it a nice and wondefull country with so many beautifull thing places. so after a nice tour with my friend aladine, around the beautifull casablanca. i had to go back to my hostel. to prepare for rabite the next day, when i reach the hostel it was very ...
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 ...
Crapablanca
... some of the group tonight they ar a bit strange we agreed if we dont like it we will go on our own aftr a few days Casablanca is, as the books all said, a shit hole although ricks cafe (not the real one) was gorgeous keyboards are funny ...
Short Pit Stop
A short 2 night stay in Casablanca. Just enough time to see the city and catch our flight to ...
MOROCCO
... 1987 by public bus in three weeks. We visited the Empire cities of Rabat, Meknes, Marrakesh, Fez and the metropolis of Casablanca but also the wild south after passing the Atlas range mountains up to the dunes of Merzougà through some interesting towns ...
1st day in Casablanca
Here we are in Casablanca. Day 1 was primarily just about getting set up and settled in. Airport, hotel, lunch/dinner and then trying to stay awake for as long as possible to reset the clock. Eventually we had to give ...
Down with the locals
Day 2 in Casablanca gets interesting. While typing the day 1 entry, Rob and met the only guy in the whole city who likes Goa. 24 hours into our stay we connect witha local promoter who takes around townfo the day. Mint tea, New Town, Sheesha and ...
King Hussein mosque
Today we did the tourist thing and went to check out the Famous new mosque in ...
Last day in Casa
It's our last day in Casa so we head out to hang with our favorite locals. After a full day of hunting coffe we try togo out atnigh, but give up after a cold parade on the local club ...
African Journy #1
... . I knew I'd be here a week and these things proved to be important know-hows. I stayed the night in Casablanca, waking up early to head to Meknes to link up with folks I had been in contact to hopefully volunteer. Meknes ...
now i know why i want to be rich
... the only Springbok supporter renee and i have left the safety cocoon of the hotel today. We are in the old medina casablanca is very poor not too much begging yet but we are both dressed very conservatively the weather is beautiful. so far ...
Moon over Moroc
... , two movies, and a hand full of knock-out drugs to make it this far. But here I was, about to land in the legendary Casablanca. I was travelling on my own for the first time and it was dawning on me ever so slowly. By the time I hit the ...
North Africa
... robes and headdress but that and the beads were not enough to coax us to travel further away from Spain. It was decided that Casablanca was the next destination. This meant bus travel again and 9.50 dirham each bought us tickets on a second class bus. ...
Of all the gin joints, in all the towns...
... is somehow more disappointing than knowing that Tattouine only exists in Tunsia and not in "... a galaxy far, far away ..." . The Casablanca that is, is a largely modern, slightly grubby, port town with a dilapidated 19th century medina and some art ...
As time goes by
Casablanca did not turn out to be as romantic as it was for Ingrid Bergman. There was no 'Rick's Bar' and as we were there aroound lunchtime most things were closed. We had 1.5hr to walk around the beach area. This is where the expensive homes are. The ...
Casablanca, Morocco, October 2, 2007
Casablanca is Morocco's largest city and to the English-speaking world its most famous largely because of the movie by the same name. Casa is the country's business and commercial center and a mostly modern city with somewhere in the range of 5 ...
Casablanca
Morocco travel blog Day 1- Casablanca For part my holiday this year, I am heading off to Morocco for two weeks. This will be my fourth time in Africa. I guess what they say is true... you can wipe the dust of Africa off of your feet! :) For ...
Souks and Casbashs
... old started to chat to me. Through broken english and french we chatted about where I was from and where I would be visiting in Morocco. Then to my surprise, he offered to sell me drugs. He had hashish, marijuana and opium. I didn't think I heard ...
Ssalamu lekum! (¨
Our first day in Morroc and we have not met up with Benjamin yet....soon he will arrive!Our driver took us to the Mosque of Hassan II, one of the very few mosques open to non muslims, for a tour. It is a breathtakingly beautiful building situated on the ...