De La Corniche Casablanca

After an unusual expedition aaaall the way down from the dizzying heights of our hike, we hopped on a sleeper to Fez from Marrakech. We killed a couple of hours around the city and even saw someone i havent seen in ages, none other than Leanne´s big sister. Small and strange world! The sleeper was squashed and Stu was stuck behind a highly amusing man who insisted on reclining ...

... say about Casablanca. Just that the mosque was nice, but otherwise, it was a place to be avoided. "Forget EVERYTHING about the movie", everyone said. It was apparently dirty, smelly, and somewhat dangerous. And so I was good and worried about the prospect of heading out there on my own. But what choice did I have?<br><br>So I left in the morning and shared a cab to the train station with someone from my hostel. It was already stupidly hot. I struck up a conversation with an English ...

... some kind of "cutting" motion with his hand, which was pretty funny. All three of them are very kind, generous and hospitable. Mohammad and Jalal speak pretty good English and Rafi speaks a little bit of it - so we can communicate well enough. We stopped and took a photo near the largest mosque in Morocco, Hassan II. Then we went to have harira (Moroccan soup), bread and honey and mint ...

... from the guide book). The area was a poorly overdeveloped stretch of Ocean that many people say resembles the New Jersey shore. We were able to find a good "American Style Pizza" but not much else. If the resemblance claims are true we're never going to Jersey! We saved the main attraction of Casa for our last full day, the largest mosque in Morocco with the tallest minaret in the world, visible throughout the city. At the base of the ...

Today was Groundhog's Day....in more than one way. Not only did the groundhog see his shadow but it was also the day before we arrive in Morocco for the second time. Luckily today though we got fuel this morning and left Gibraltar around noon. I slept in since we did not have any classes and then caught up on some homework this afternoon. Around dinner time we arrived at port in Casablanca, Morocco. The ...

... Ahhh dear me. Thankfully Jay was coming back at 1 to collect those not watching the football so we made tracks back to the mosque and hitched a lift home with them... stopping off for McDonalds along the way in order that the cheese burger challenge could take place. Cheese Burger Challenge: To eat 10 cheese burgers in 30 minutes. Contestants: Sam, Tom, Josh and Team Ovaries - Rachel &amp; Suzy (5 each) Result: Josh ...

... from other mosques I have seen, and is the second largest after the one in Mecca. Inside holds 25000 people while the square outside can accommodate a further 80000. Casablanca lies on the coast, and the Mosque is built partly over the water, a wonderful setting for it. There is a large accompanying library, still in its final stages of construction, for people to come and learn more about the religion of Islam.

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 ...

... some critters had more of a night life than we did. Of course, we loved the camels! But, Jaz loved them best of all!

... part... a donkey-park instead of a carpark! We lazed about in the sun, with the most amazing backdrop of the atlas mountains, and the immediate countryside, we ate (pasta.. damn i was greatful for something other than couscous vegetarien and tagine vegetarien) got sunburned, and rode Jamal's mule. wandered thru the countryside thru villages, and bought myself a rosewater bottle. Unforgetable. Headed over to Madrid that evening, where we met up with Sarah, a ...