Hotel Hyatt Regency Casablanca

Last night we had a dinner meeting with the Doyen Rotary club, where the District Governor, "AbdelFettah," was present, as well as their club president. During the day we also visited some schools that the Doyen club was helping. One in particular (in Bouskoura) did not have toilets, so the club helped to fund their installation. I'm still amazed at the things we take for granted. I just ...

... island, i'm going to be sure that i got all the food freebies i was entitled along the way (i've read Lord of the Flies, i know what happens if you're the weak one). and i guess i worked up a bit of an appetite when watching the video on "Air"obics. who knew rolling your neck, circling your shoulders, and shaking your feet could be so complex?! [break] by monday night, i had arrived in Casablanca, grabbed a train into the city, jumped into a taxi, and was enjoying a well ...

... describe my experience, but I cannot. I have some pretty amazing photos though. After that, we headed to Rick's Café for lunch... you know, the one based off of the movie, "Casablanca". I love, love, love that movie so I was stoked to go there. After lunch, we spent the remainder of our time in the market in Casablanca. The line to get back on the ship was so long because they were hand searching everyone for all of the alcohol people were attempting to bring back on the ...

... of many taxicab adventures, in this case with a metered cab that refused to acknowledge us when we repeatedly asked why the meter wasn't running. We got to the hotel and he asked for the extortionate amount of 60 DM, and we gave him 30 DM and pointed out the lack of using the meter. Of course, this was also one of many times when we would deny a financial request but end up paying more than we should anyway, which continually left a bad taste in the

... only two years, and she told me that I was wise not to have married. I assured her that equality among the sexes was not as much of a sure thing in the U.S. as people think, though obviously it's much better than in Morocco. We saw people in all kinds of dress. In Casablanca more people were dressed in western clothes, but you still saw some men and more women dressed in traditional clothes. In Marrakesh there were more in traditional clothes, with more women ...

... and Paris, there was a heated argument between two male passengers two seats behind us once the ``fasten seatbelt'' sign was turned off. It was all in Arabic, and was settled when another man offered to change seats; but it was interesting! They also fumigated the flight with a flight attendant wandering down the centre of the plane holding two bottles of spray towards the ceiling. Something I haven't seen before; Shellie mentioned they do this for flights back from Fiji as w

... se calhar por isso, e por causa do calor caracteristico nestes paises, o cha seja sempre servido com um copo de agua fresca ao lado. No regresso, uma hora e tal depois, despedidos o irmão e o sobrinho que me desejaram « Trekh Saha » (boa caminhada), o Driss veio com um rolo de papel que continha ginguba e grão torrados. Não pude de deixar de reparar no papel que o embrulhava, era um « passou-bem » entre o Bush e o Blair com um sobre-escrito qualquer fazendo ...

... after much miming he finally took us to the wrong shops, we then tried to direct him around the town to no avail. We gave up and got out to try a new taxi. The second guy was not that much better but eventually caught on and said Amoud's Patisserie which he took us to and was only just around the corner from where we had started. Oh well. We asked him to wait as we went inside to spend. This Patisserie was gorgeous, beautiful patisseries and so beautifully presented and ...

... 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever ...

... sighting, urgences, and snacks, and of course, repeating lines like 'earthquake line' 'original' 'restored'...whether it was me getting sick or Lynn's incredible alarm going off at 530am, i didn't feel quite on top... of course, just to check it off the list, i was sick during the night, so missed the guided tour of Marakesh the next morning, and the planned trip to the hamam. But in the afternoon the girls gave me a guided tour, and i bargained for two ...