Hotel Kairaouan
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Tannery! Tannery! Come! Come!
... 8221; chants were broadcasted from minaret tops. In fact, you could hear the call to prayer from several towers at the same time. We no longer had any doubts in the Greatness of Allah and his prophet in hearts and minds of the faithful.
We were amazed by city density and the number of sattelite dishes on every roof. Apparently, having hundreds of TV channels is normal in the Middle East. We heard many Moroccans liked to listen to the news in ...
In Fes medina without a compass
... into the Medina on our own today, armed with our map and vague understanding of the layout, well at least the main thoroughfares. We want to take our time looking at the souks (markets) and see the bits that we hurried past with the guide. As we start out on the main thoroughfare near our Riad, we pass a man sitting with several docile chooks at his feet and a pile of eggs for sale. Organic and free range we had been told yesterday, not battery hen eggs. Sounds just like ...
"Can we pay them to leave us alone?"
... led us to a private room, probably because we looked completely and utterly useless, and had us sit on what looked like place mats.
We sat down with our knees hugged into our chests and looked bewildered. The half naked lady then started pouring water from six different buckets all over us with the help of a clothed, water-fetcher friend, who kept refilling the buckets. Half-naked lady then proceeded to ...
Fes, not Fez - that's a hat
... the like. The smallest piece is about 5mm square. We decide to help the ecomony by buying a fountain and pot, they should arrive by christmas.
Then it's off to wander through the Medina and visit the famous Fes tannery where they dye the leather in large outdoor clay pots. Of course the viewing platform was in the leather goods shop, I buy some pointy slipons for around the house. We then head into to ...
Fes Medina
... in the natural colours. During the day we also walked by the Kairaouine Mosque but had to be content with catching a glimpse through the doors as non-Muslims are not welcome inside. It was fascinating to watch hundreds of devout Muslims rush to the city’s largest mosque to answer the call to prayer. We did however get to go inside the Medersa El-Attarine which is an annex of the Kairaouine Mosque. ...
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