Golden Tulip Hotel des Arts Casablanca

... isn’t too much to see (especially compared to Barcelona) so our tour consisted of about 4 or 5 stops and a lot of time spent at each one, which got boring. One was a palace, which was cool and very detailed with tiles and everything, but we went to almost every room in the place and they were all very similar. Another one was a mosque, which was pretty interesting. Another place was a fixed-price store, which is actually pretty rare for Morocco. We ...

A great holiday in Morocco...Different culture...architecture..climate...it was my first time to a Africa..Long journey from Casablanca to Essaouira makes me vommit (by bus)...;p...but..its fun there..marrakesh..yuhooo...then...My fist snow experice was in Mount Atlas...aet Targgine...yummy...bestt....;) Then, we went to Chez ...

... to take a break and come back later, or come back later with a drink. and for those of you already likening my use of punctuation to that of a 2nd grader, i say, "good day, sir!" i've always found myself to be more esthetical than functional when it comes to punctuation (especially those pretty; pretty parenthesis). the challenge of reading this could only be possibly met by the challenge of writing it on this freakish keyboard (qnd when i say ...

... me too. I loved Marrakech but I am a pansy in the cold and I had been cold for almost a solid 24 hours by then and just wanted to see our glorious ship that I had never appreciated so much until that night, haha. So, 4 of us took one insane train ride back that we almost missed because we were sprinting through the streets of Marrakech to make it on time. It was a three hour train ride back to Casablanca in a sketchy train with a broken window in our compartment. When we ...

... our findings to a panel of profs. And there was the 20 page report to also hand it. Lets just say, by the time it was all said and done I hurried as fast as I could to the airport to leave the stress that has become Accra. In the past month Ghana has also seen 2 rounds of elections, the first one failing to prove results after the current ruling party and main opposition both failed to reach 50% of the votes and stood at 48.something and 49.something percent (with the ruling ...

... and thereby preserve, the language, fearing that it might die out as so many indigenous languages have around the world. The trip was about 4 hours each way, so there was a lot of commentary. We stopped midway for a break, were delighted to find western-style toilets (I've been really lucky not to have encountered the hole-in-the-floor with foot pads you sometimes find in Europe), and had something to drink. The popular beverage in Morocco is mint tea, so ...

... third largest mosque in the world, but apparently contains enough room inside of it to fit the largest cathedral in the world, St. Peter's Basilica of Rome.  The mosque also contains some nifty features, being a very modern day mosque, which include a basement Hamam (Turkish bath) that has never been used, a Royal area that has a glass floor that looks down to the ocean below (the mosque was built over the ocean due to a passage in the Koran that says ...

... back to the African coast, which as with most things we do, is the opposite way of others. However, determined to stay on that path less travelled we have set our sights on Casablanca. This should be a three day and three night sail with winds forecast to be reasonably favourable (we'll see?). It sounds exciting and exotic and we do hope not an unsafe place to take the family. There is a yacht club there, so we hope to arrive some time Wednesday and stay a day or so ...

... no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. We took a walking tour of the area and enjoyed the fabulous architecture ...

... where the... underfloor heating system operates - oh yeah, and did I mention that the insitu wood carved roof also opens at itīs centre for occupants to enjoy the full effect of the star lit sky? Like I said, a little more than your modest village mosque! The afternoon saw us take in the sights and smells of Casa with a dip into the understated medina (not a strong point here as Casa is iconic of modern Morocco - where the ...