Hotel Akouas Meknes
27, rue Al Amir Abdelkader Meknes, VN 50000, Morocco
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Day 3 - 25 Dec 2007
Woke up to beautiful sunshine and it was just another day in Morocco, no celebrations of course. We drove to Chellah, on the outskirts of Rabat. This was once a prosperous Roman town and then transformed into a cemetery by the Mirinids, according to the tour info. To be honest, I wasn´t really looking forward to going there. Who wants to visit a …
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Camel sandwich
... or beef. It was a little greasy, but delightfully spiced and very tender. After devouring the massive sandwich, I can't say that I felt any symptoms of the aphrodisiacal attributes of camel meat. With my soup finished, my sandwich gone, and the tea pot empty, we said goodbye to the friendly couple that owned the shop and my tour was complete. I paid my guide the amount that made him happy, and I left satisfied with my day in the Medina and my explorations of Meknes.
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Le Pub
... of what the country had to offer. And now, with the disappointment of Asilah filling my head with regrets and negative feelings, I thought Spain may be the best option for me right now. It would just be a quick bus ride to Tangiers and a short ferry ride to Tarifa. In less than two hours I could find myself in a completely different country, heck a completely different continent.
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Saharan by Day and Night
... in near silence. Anyways, the sunrise was even more unbelievable than the day before. There were no clouds on the horizon and the colors were incredible. The sun literally peaked over the dunes and it was just a HUGE ball of fire. A rainbow of colors erupted over the dunes- it beyond beautiful. It was fairly chilly on the dunes, even in a sweatshirt. I had my arms drawn into my bare body to try to keep warm. After the sun had risen well ...
Volubilis
After Meknes we took our minibus to Volubilis (about 1hr drive). A local guide showed us around the ruins & told us lots of interesting stuff, that I don't remember.
There are a number of floor mosaics still in pretty good nick as well the Triumphal Arch and the Basilica. It is quite easy to see the layout of the town with it's main street and buildings with their courtyards, dining rooms etc. Currently rooms named according to artifacts found ...


