Club Val D Anfa Casablanca

... veils. Naturally, a lot of the girls on our boat don’t have clothes like that and many have bright blonde hair. They were warned that they may get stares and possibly bothered by some of the people. Also, we were there during their holy month of Ramadan, during which they fast from sunup to sundown. We were told not to eat or drink in public and it was tougher to find food places there during the day. Almost all of this was true in Casablanca ...

... Foods  did a show there and I believe it.  We saw some wierd ****.  There were cow brains, sheep heads, all kinds of seafood, unidentifiable vegetables.  Lots of olives and lots of fresh orange juice stands.  I think it was the best OJ I've ever had. It was 5 dirham for a small cup, which is about 60 cents.  Shopping in the souq was right behind all the entertainment and the food and it was equally crazy.  The vendors ranged in age from 10 to about 70 and they were all ruthless ...

... started pulling up. The mosque was right on the ocean, which was weird when I thought about how there was nothing out there until you reach America. I then tried to hail a cab to the train station, which I am apparently misserable at. I only managed to get one to stop and he wanted to charge me 5 times what it should have cost. So I walked the three miles with my pack out of spite.

... was just amazing in the city and even the entire country. We visited the palace and the royal tombs, as well as going to the huge market. The market was an interesting experience... I mean, a group of Americans definitely stands out, especially when you have girls in the group with blonde hair and fair skin. They had it a little rough. I mean, the worst that happened to me is that someone asked a guy in the group how much he would sell his girlfriend for... meaning me ...

... find good quantities of tasty food completely filling us, as well as the always welcome Coke in a glass bottle being available. Definitely expensive for a lunch, but the surroundings and food quality softened the blow. Barely functioning due to fatigue we stumbled back to the hotel for a long semi-satisfying nap. Upon getting up we figured we'd follow the guidebook and have a snack at Cafe Moure, a drink at Rick's Cafe and then be off to the nightclub ...

... 000 worshipers inside and another 80,000 in the courtyard. Underneath there is an elaborate ablution rooms with mushroom like fountains to wash, and a Moroccan and Turkish hammams (to show what they look like). It was a huge cost to the Moroccan people to build this mosque, and not just financially. It is believed by many that the money could have been used elsewhere and that many slum dwellers were removed from the area without compensation. The afternoon was spent ...

... so we figure it evened out.   We made it back to the hotel, gathered our things and hit the train station for a one hour trip to our next destination: Casablanca. Casablanca is Morocco's largest city by far, containing over three million people compared to the second biggest city, Marrakech, which has around 850,000.  Casablanca is considered Morocco's commercial capital, and a major fishing port which became very apparent upon our arrival ...

... things be.....like they had been for centuries.....I dont remember people complaining about the facilities or the 'basicness' of it..... The subjext of my ire? The redevelopment of the Djema El Fna in central Marracech. I was last here 5 yearsd ago. The DeF then was essentially a flat, oval shaped area roughly the size of a baseball field. It's surface was formed of loose stones and it had remained unchanged for hundreds of years. It was surrounded by a rather dangerous ...

... Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca? Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What ...

... by the painter Mariano Fortuny. Took the bus to Granada that night, and after getting wrong directions, and falling over in the middle of an alleyway, we found the hostel (Oasis Hostel... totally reccomend). Next day we saw Alhambra.. despite the biting wind we explored the palace and its surroundings.. the best palace ive ever seen... the ceilings were stalagtitic, fountains and orange trees, beautiful gardens, mosaics.... and the alleyways thru granada were ...