Dar el-Ghalia
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The Fes tannery Oliver
... the viewing point until a guy gave us some mint. We looked down and saw an arrangement of pigeon poo,natural dye,gots skin,sheep skin and cows skin. The pigeon poo soften the leather and the dyes died them. The dies colours were,black made out coal, the red was made out of poppy flowers,the brown were made out of wood, the green was mint and yellow was ...
I Wouldn’t Send my Dog to Morocco
... acrylic bath mat. Hmmmmm………….R 21;.
Well we’ve got 3 weeks to kill and that old air conditioner space on the wall could be covered by a kilim (carpet), may be if we could negotiate the right price?.......................
Postscript 1 to this unfinished blog;
How not to buy a carpet;
- Never enter a shop with any cash, credit card, or give your hotel address (but they probably found ...
Trying to hitchhike in the Desert
... be much smoother and offer a large variety of quality accommodations and restaurants.
Once we arrived in Tinerhrir we were greeted by a more laid back town with friendly people everywhere. We received many "bonjours" and returned them, but were not expected to look at goods, just a very nice town, which our guidebook in accurately slammed as a depressing old mine town. We found it to be very pleasant on our first day.
Tomorrow we trek the Tordra ...
Fez
Saw the ruins at Volubis._ 40 km out of Meknes. Didnt think the Romans got this far but they did. Then back to Meknes and onto Fez. Would have liked to explore Moulay Idress but not on our drivers schedule. Its all what he wants. Stopped enroute in Meknes but didnt see much as on security - always working - but did manage an hour wandering the old town so ok.
Took an hour to get out of Meknes as our driver lost his way but still got to Fez ...
Fes Medina
... and 06:00 it was again starting to heat up. Seeking relief from the heat we decided to leave our room and head for the medina, knowing full well that it was unlikely that much would be open at this time. On our way we passed by the Royal Palace which unfortunately is closed to the public. We had to settle with taking a look at the stunning golden gates and zellij tiles that decorate the palace's perimetre. It took ...