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15, rue de la Jordanie, Quartier de la Gare Fes, Morocco, (212)-0-55-94-36-41/42
When we woke up, Aarathi was freezing with the extra blankets not having provided her the same warmth as extra blankets. She categorically refused to stay their another night, so we added that to the list of items we needed to take care of that day. Sure enough right on time Hajj the driver showed up with the highly recommended guide Mohammed, via the potentially dodgy Abdur Rahim from the train. At least his English was excellent, and the morning cafe he took us to was more than adequate, wi...
Fes, Morocco mvenkat007A little more rest this time, as we only needed to get out by 10. Fresh from the disappointment of being taken for a (not so good) ride yesterday, Aarathi made a couple of calls and found out that Moubarak from Hotel Maamoura could still rent us a car for 120 Euros a day for the desert, which seemed to be a fairly big savings on the quote we got yesterday. In addition, Hotel Perla also mentioned that 12,000 DM was way expensive, which just sealed the deal for us. Hajj the driver soon arrived,...
Meknes, Morocco mvenkat007... cheaper in Casa or Marrakech). Then we were dropped at the entrance to the medina and began wandering through - Fes medina is the largest and oldest medina (old city) in Morocco. And also the most easy to get lost in - so many narrow laneways, twisting turning little streets and dead ends. I'm glad we had such a wonderful guide - there's no way we would have found our way through otherwise. We walked and walked, stopping to look in little stores ...
Fes, Morocco leone_and_mike... cannister with a metal knife. It smells of spices, sweat, camel ****, wet blankets and apple tobacco. Now we see that the tours of the smaller patch of sand dunes at Merzouga are really made for tourists and comfortable, this here is the real deal, it is the big desert and the only way to experience the real deal is by taking a tour with the real people of the desert. We were starting to feel more relaxed as the scarcity and simplicity of the desert emptied our minds ...
M'Hamid, Morocco inoursuitcase... with English-only menus displaying prices 5 times more than other restaurants for the exact same food. We gave the fellow 45 dirhams (6 dollars) for the 1.5 hour tour (which we knew to be a fair price from reading the guide and from asking around); he started complaining that it wasn't enough and that he had personally paid the tannery to get us there. When we pointed out that he initially had said the visit was free; he said that the visit to the first tannery rooms ...
Fes, Morocco taviniwe spent nights at todra, taking a fab day trek through the gorge which was covered with snow, managed to get through it by stepping gingerly through the iciest bits. we had tea provided by a local berber family who manage to eek out a living on the mountain. in the evenings there was drumming and dancing and a good time had by all. next ...
Fes, Morocco julienicholas... needed sleep. Our short morning in Casablanca consisted of a trip to the Hassan II mosque - the only mosque that non-muslims can enter. It is right on the sea shore and is an architectural wonder, although it is not historic. Completed in 1993, it was sponsored in part by King Hassan II (1/3) and the other two thirds of the funds were raised privately. Conservative estimates put the cost of the building at 500 million dollars. What a sight it is. The massive hall is covered ...
Fes, Morocco fearcuairt... friend,
Margaret), the latter was my first panic until I remembered we were in
a strict Muslim community where women, for the most part, are protected
by the community against sexual crimes. However, the next obstacle
immediately arrived - "How to find our guesthouse?" The city of Old Fes is like a medieval labyrinth with over 9,000 winding streets with dark and dusty ...
... most expensive drinks Ive seen in my life - about 6 Euros a beer (I think Heineken was all they sold), but the beers were 250mls only!!! That works out at about AU$15 for a stubby. Bloody ridiculous, but I guess it was lucky they had alcohol at all, being such a strongly muslim country. Anyway, the club was fun, the music was cheesy, the lighting was B grade, the women were cute, and the people were friendly. I believe the women were ...
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