Hotel Galia Casablanca
19 Rue Ibn Batouta Casablanca, Morocco
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Introduction to Morocco
Sipping tea in the Old Medina of Casablanca (including some people watching) is a pretty nice way to start the trip.
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Leaving Morocco
... but when our taxi driver took us to the post office, it was closed. So we came back home with our box. The taxi driver demanded twice the fare of taking us to the post office, and I paid him the single fare, got in his face and asked him why he didn’t tell us when we left the taxi stand that the post office was closed, as he did so confidently when we got there. He didn’t want to let us go until Estela got in his face and told him to 'be honest’. Once honesty was at ...
What I did in Morocco
... girls, it was interesting. However, we quickly learned that nothing is free in Morocco. The charmers wanted Dirham (currency, one dirham equates to 7 us dollars; the highest bill in Morocco is 200 Dirham). My friends tried to pay in coins but the charmers wanted paper Dirham, and quickly changed their blessings into cursing when they didn’t pay, it was crazy. So we left, not soon enough for me because I hate snakes. The charmers had this huge black cobra dancing. ...
Step 2: Sardine Consumption
... we passed, Daniel and Kamal (our ISA directors) were sitting at a small table in the food stand eating a plate of fresh grilled sardines! The sardines were about 6 inches long and 3 inches wide, bones and all still included. Daniel told me that I should try it and as I promised previously at home that the only other time I would eat fish would be in Morocco (seeing that they have ...
Why go to Casablanca
... was all hilarious and my reactions funnier still.
We eventually clear the Medina and head back to our hotel. Our adventure nearly ends at this point as we see a zebra-crossing on the main road and make to cross. Sensing the approaching traffic is not stopping (or even slowing) I leapt back to the relative safety of the footpath. We soon become aware that while most roads have zebra-crossings, no-one actually stops for them. Traffic here ...


