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Arriving In And Exploring Fez, Morocco
11.4.09 Arriving In And Exploring Fez, Morocco
Disney World is to Florida as Marrakesh is to Morocco – it's an inherent part of the territory, and you’ve got to see it in all its glory and craziness while you’re visiting – but then get the hell out of there!!! After being in Fez for less than 24 hours, I think I can …
We Heart Fez!
11.5.09 We Heart Fez!
After the intensity of yesterday, touring Fez with Sayid, we needed (and made) a low-key day for ourselves today. Up at 8:45am (only because there was an unhappy cat mewing outside our riad window for a long, long time), we were down to eat breakfast by 9:15am (still wonderful, and today we got eggs, too!). By 10am, …
Fes
... metal works. In the Fes medina, there are huge tanneries where cow, camel, sheep, and goat leathers are soaked in different mixtures to dye them. Almost everything in the medinas you need to barter for because the initial asking price can be up to 10 times what a "fair" price should be. We quickly learned that bartering is quite an art, and some shop owners spend their lives perfecting it. We had some amazing experiences with some shop owners who really gave us a better view of ...
Voloubis and getting to Fez
... had to set off to Fez. We passed through Meknes waving at the locals as we passed by in our strange truck!
From Meknes, we hit the toll toad and onto Fez. We reached the outskirts of Fez and headed into the camp-site. Four Moroccan men lifted the back of a car, so we could get Rosy (the truck) past!
A lovely hot shower was had and I sat in the tent before supper organising my self!
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We figure out the Fez Medina
... in the distance “Only 4 Euros” – “OK, only 3 Euros” – “OK, for you only 2 Euros”. We are almost tempted but the thought of engaging him further convinces us otherwise.
I do the usual trick and we take a different gate back into the Medina resulting in us walking about 2 kilometres more than we needed to. We are looking for a B’sara (garlic and butter bean soup) stall but are accosted ...