Atlas Airport Hotel Casablanca

... on to him but we had fun and found ourselves in the far north in Fez by day break.

Being back in the city was odd after all that time out up the mountain but we were back in the bustle with a BIG bump as the hassle had started again. After a lot of fasting and no nicotine, many Muslim men seemed to be irritable at the end of Ramadan. Once weŽd refused their offers of ...

... was open but when we returned we found that Olly had recruited a friendly Morocan guy from the hotel to help us get the bikes apart. Within minutes and only using wire cutters he had the lock broken. I didnt ask where he aquired this special set of skills but i have to say he was an absolute legend fro bailing us out of that situation.

Shortly after we got on the road we where faced with our second problem. We were lost and it was still raining ...

... wasn't scary or anything. So I was dropped off at my hotel, pleased with my luck.

I had a hotel room all to myself. I promptly went to sleep, because I had been staying up really late at night but getting up early for 3-4 nights in a row and had accumulated a bit of a sleep debt.

Met my group that evening. It was a nice, small group of seven people, myself included. Two older women travelling alone, a young couple with the girl's mother, and one young woman and myself ...

Our tour officially ended. we had breakfast and said goodbye to Sandra and Mike who were flying back to England that morning. Packed our bags (surprised to find that we can still fit everything in), checked out and walked the short distance to the train station. We got there in plenty of time to buy our tickets and then get on the train. It left right on time at ...

... of Islam, if someone is asking for money on the street the majority of people will reach into their pocket and give them something. The Moroccan pastries were exceptional; most likely remnants of French colonization. Taxi drivers, schwarma slingers and rug salesman, almost everyone spoke English and some very well (mainly in hopes of departing you with your ...

... airport into the centre of town was an experience - lets just say we got to the hotel no problems, even if he drove backwards up a one way street to get us there; and the ambulance that was behind us could not get through :) Jan got propositioned by the porter and we think she has promised him her first child and is possibly now MRS Jan Sebire-Something :) I forgot to negotiate how many camels she was worth :)

Hi! I am leaving in an hour to go away for the weekend with Ozlem, Anna, and Sevie- we will be traveling to Marrakech and Essaouira and will be back Sunday evening. I had a MUCH better day today at the orphange. I liked the nurse that was there much better from the day before, she is much more strict with the kids which makes them behave much better and is much easier for me and she is much gentler with them as well. I am starting to know the routine a little bit ...

... came out of retirement for a few brief moments. We did not get autographs, nor did we ask for a DNA ...

... to score an extra macaroon at lunch from the dude who poured tea and guarded the metal container of cookies! Lynn managed narrowly to avoid purchasing a carpet, while Jill and Martin got a great deal on some leather goods, thanks to their 'daughter' Rachel getting them a 'student discount'. The friday was a super long drive down to Marakesh, stopping to see monkeys on the way, and subsequently running away from the monkeys when they turned on us! A quiet day of ...