Dar Hannan Hotel Riad
Travel Blogs from Chefchaouen
Fairy Tales and Reality Checks
... old Medina (city centre) where handmade articrafts in all sizes are sold. Haggle your way into a good price for those Sindbad slippers and relax in an Arabic styled café afterwards, enjoying mint tea and the best hashish in the world - Rif farmers are proud of their renowned marijuana fields, much like a Dutch farmer and his tulips (I´m in one of those cafés writing this right now under the light of 2 candles). If you´re fed ...
A lazy day
... were much better than in the plaza. I love that a main meal, an entrée, a drink and dessert here is about $5 Australia. It’s wonderful J
I headed down to the main part of town to find an ATM and after being horrified at the queue I decided to wait until morning. I really am going to have to drag myself away from here tomorrow because I need to keep heading on. It truly is difficult to leave a place when you ...
Northern Morocco
... in between. Either cinnamon or nutmeg was used with some other spices with hints of lemon and honey. So, a little bit of a sweet dish but still savoury. Mouth-watering!!!
The next day was our trip to Tangiers. The destination that marked our good bye to Africa (for now), but to say Hola to Spain and our adventures through Europe. The bus we wanted was full so we spent 4hours waiting at the station for the next bus drinking coffee and mint tea….A good time to catch up on the blog ...
FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH NORTH AFRICANS
... slipper-salesmen displayed hard, leather slippers that slipped on your feet, in every drab color imaginable. If I would be Moroccan, I would want to be a slipper-salesman.
I left the souq and explored the dark, dirty white lanes of the residencial medina. The narrow lanes descended and tunneled beneath buildings. I felt surrounded and buried by concrete, in a dungeon. It was impossible to pass someone ...
Hello friend, you speak English?
... who had guided me to this point was kinda beside himself. I said au revoir to the Moroccan and shokran and parted ways with him, glad to be in the company of another American.
For me, these are the types of experiences that make me treasure travelling. As I look back on my trip and reflect on all of the situations I have been in, time and time again I have found myself in situations where I am unsure of how to proceed with things, but before I know it, ...