Dar El Jadida

... night we decided to go check out the restaurant du port to see about maybe having another seafood feast. we walked past the guards at the port looking for the reataurant. we headed towards the bright lights at the end, walking past a group of returned fisgerman dividing up some fish to take home. One of them started walking along with us carrying a tray of fish. in his limited fisherman english he offered us some fish ...

I watched the largest cresent moon rising among the clouds, as the plane begun to drift downwards towards the runway. It had taken six hours, 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 ...

... this portion of the declining empire in the 5th century. The Arabs invaded circa 685, bringing Islam. The Berbers joined them in invading Spain in 711, but then they revolted against the Arabs, resenting their secondary status. In 1086, Berbers took control of large areas of Moorish Spain until they were expelled in the 13th century. The land was rarely unified and was usually ruled by small tribal states. Conflicts between Berbers and Arabs were chronic. Portugal ...

... t quite sink in to us that the strike was over because occasionally over the last week we'd seen a few drive by. In Dakka, Bangladesh 10 years earlier I was in a similar situation. Rich businessman hired ambulances to drive them around town. They'd lay down, throw a white sheet over themselves, and then pop out at their destination with suit and tie, ready for work. But over there, people were being killed while driving around ...

ok. ten things ive learned from 3 days in morocco 1 - typing on an arabic keyboard is exponentially harder than typing on a spanish one 2 - sleeping in the desert on the edge of the sahara is incredibly windy to the point that peeing becomes a strategic affair 3 - moroccan men call out -fish and chips- to all white chicks as a pick up line 4 - random dudes will offer to buy emily in exchange for camels...its very tempting and we are waiting for a better ...

after a 4 hour train ride, i am back in casa. the trip to fes was very short. i do not think i should make any more day trips. it is very tiring and i do not think it is possible to see very much in such a short timespan. this keyboard also is not very good. i will need to zrite more later when i can type faster ...

Samaleikum! Ich habs geschafft und bin endlich angekommen. Also ich sage euch, ich kenne jetzt bestimmt 50 Positionen, wie man in einem Bus nicht schlafen kann. Schlussendlich hat mich die holprige Strasse, dann aber doch noch in das Land der Traeume gewiegt. Dies jedoch auch nur, weil ich uebermuedet war, denn auch diese Position war ein Alptraum (ich spuere es jetzt noch). Aber was solls, nach 20 Stunden reisen bin ich endlich in Casablanca angekommen. Ich ...

On our 2nd day we joined our tour group for 8 days around Morocco. After 4 or 5 hours driving (including an unscheduled stop when the bus overheated) we arrived in Casablanca at night. This is Morocco's largest city and is very urbanised and industrial, a completely different city to everywhere else we went.

we are now in casablanca. we enjoyed the rest of our stay in rabat very much. on sunday, first day of ramadan, we visited the old town, and got a good view of the sea for the first time. we went to a cafe there and unwittingly spent more than intended on moroccan cakes. in the afternoon we visited the chellah, an old fortress outside the city. within the walls there are roman and ancient moroccan (merenid) ruins, and beautiful gardens with fig and orange trees. but ...

After a very pleasant 8 hour trip I touched down in Casablanca. City really only known the worldwide because of Humphrey Bogart, yet paradoxically none of the actors of the film had stepped foot in the country during filming of Casablanca. Stepping off the plane into a comfortable 25 degrees and blue skies I lined up for passport control that barely looked at my passport and automatically gave me a 90 day visa. Had to juggle a couple of trains to make the tip to central Casablanca ...