Palais Didi Meknes

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... Twenty-six year old Moulay Ismail took over a country ravaged by tribal wars and royal pretenders. It did not take long for him to learn the value of ruthless aggression.<br><br>After subduing his local rivals, he fought the Ottoman Turks in 1679, 1682 and 1695/96, battles that established Moroccan independence with considerable respect, the only country in Northern Africa and the Middle East to withstand the ...

... and no nearby mosque! It takes the sour to make the sweet sweeter, eh? During the day we did a little walking...but then Arik started feeling sick. It ended up he has some sort of Flu so we relaxed in the hotel watching movies and sleeping for the rest of our time in Meknes, there were a few really cool things here (former Christian Prisons) we would have liked to see, but we need to head back to Rabat to finish up our India visa process...next time.

3rd October 2008 Khemisset (on the way to Meknes) Lovely and warm We set off early this morning anticipating the horrible traffic we encountered when we left Tangier on a Friday morning, but it was nothing like it. In fact the whole 87kms we did today was a bit of a dream and I have to say the nicest ride we've done in Morocco so far. The road was good, the traffic not too heavy and the countryside was very pleasant. Lots of ...

... since i got a mobile in 1999.....However, 7 days in I am noticing that instead of wasting time with my head down composing a text i am looking around myself a lot more, observing people, observing my surroundings and smelling the smells...try coping without your mobile for a few days.....turn up for appointments you have made in advance....dont cancel people with a text and you will notice all the life that is around you. Before i go, I thought ...

... allowed us to lounge on the cushions, peek in the sleeping quarters, and enjoy the view from the windows. Though quite warm outside, we walked from the Medina back to our Hotel. For supper we went to a small restaurant on a side street behind our ...

... of the wood and metal workshops. In the street there were baskets of left over stale bread that they were making into breadcrumbs, it looked inedible, especially after we'd seen cats walking all over it and probably urinating in it. In the garment district I watched men and young boys winding thread onto cones using old bike tires and hand sewing garments adding intricate edging that ...

... task at hand which seems to be feverishly sucking up honey from the treats. And yes, I have heard all about what clean animals bees are, but I just don't want them on my stuff. [This phenomenon was impossible to capture on film despite the black plague like proportions of them. All shots just looked like rows of cakes with the bees melting into the shadows]. I know Iain mentioned earlier that he braved the bee swarms to pick up some cakes. Erh, no. I ...

Ce matin, grasse mat' Ouais!! On se lève à 7h30. On la prend cool et quand tout le monde est prêt, on va changer des sous à la banque et on va au musée. C'est un ancien palais qui est magnifique. Le guide est sympa, il prend des photos pour nous (de nous !!!) et puis il nous recommande d'aller visiter la mosquée. C'est la seule (avec celle de Casablanca) où les non-musulmans ont le droit d'entrer. C'est ...