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Camel sandwich
... and tables full of everything imaginable - clothes, fruit, spices, vegetables, kitchenware, furniture, shoes, etc. Everything had its place. Each stall specialized in a specific product, but there was no order to the stalls. It was like going to WalMart, where each aisle was randomly comprised in a single stall, but at the end of the day the stalls and tables had to be packed away and put up to be placed out again for the next day.
Not interested in ...
Saharan by Day and Night
... moved all the camels around and I couldn’t find him anymore… L So, I chose another one. He was at the front of the line of one of the “caravans” of camels. He wasn’t quite as cute, but I liked him well enough.
Once everyone was loaded onto their camels we headed out, through the Saharan to a small town nearby. The walk in the desert was about an hour itself. We didn’t actually walk through ...
Meknes
Today Sam, Michaela and I are off to explore Meknes. Once the capital of Morocco.
We get taxi to Granaries and cannot find our next land mark so get another taxi to the Mausolim of Moulay Ismail.
Then checkout the Ambassadors Pavilion and Christian slave prison. Going through the souks we get a little lost, obviously, while checking our map a friendly local leads us to our destination & ...
The Beginning of the End
... other tourists to fill up a grand taxi (that is what we did). Guillaume and I made it to the meeting spot a little early and got a croissant at a little road side stand. They were good but had almond paste on the inside which made them quite heavy. Once everyone arrived we piled into the taxi for a 45 minute drive outside of Meknes. It was quite an interesting trip there and back. Our taxi driver liked to talk, especially with his hands, and often would take both ...
When in Rome.............!
... meaning a trip to Er-Rachidia that began at 12.30 lunchtime. With a follow-on taxi to the Institut de Francais, I found new friends in Roger and Michelle. American friends travelling thro’ Morocco and Spain, they quickly asked if I was going to the ruins at Volubilis and we shared a taxi to Moulay Idriss.
This very attractive town on the hill, had tightly grouped whitewashed buildings all sitting on a hill between pretty hills, in the centre of ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Hotel Bab Mansour


