Hotel Volubilis Fes

... and pouffes then given a sprig of mint. This was to ward off the smells from the die pits below. Apparently the leather hides are first placed in a solution with water, limestone and pigeon poo (because it contains ammonia), before being dyed the colours. We had a browse around the shop section but Mike and I didn't buy anything (Sandra bought shoes and English Mike bought a pouffe). We stopped for lunch about 1:30 and were led into a ...

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... were getting a workout. I saw some desert snake egg shells. As the sun was setting we walked and made it to a camp where there was a small tent set up and two more guides plus a Spanish guy. We watched the sun set from the top of the dunes whilst a young Sahara guy sang beautiful Arabic songs that sounded like medicine songs then tumbled down the dunes doing handstands and flips to entertain us and make us laugh. We waited for the moon but it was covered in ...

... bad, then we grow to find the place very interesting and even somewhat pleasurable, only to end up with a bad taste in our mouths. We find that the place is somewhat charming, most people are quite friendly and that the place's biggest danger seems to be being conned in giving out way more money than needed. Most people seem to work really hard and appear honest, but the whole experience is spoiled by a few who make their living from targetting tourists. We are ...

happy new year everyone! Day 4 and pip and julie are starting to smell...not really we are keeping ourselves clean and presentable ...just. Good news is our brill Intrepid tour leader Siobhan has arranged for our bags to be picked up from the airport today and brought to fes tomorrow as the driver taking us to the atlas mountains tomorrow is coming from marrakesh. so we know he has managed to pick up our bags already and they are en ...

... we relaxed in the sanctity of this marvel than we had to return to our hotel to move on to Fes. Fes is beyond description. On our first evening, Steve, our guide, took us walking to the Medina, which is the old walled portion of the city. The streets were absolutely elbow to elbow with people and we marvelled at the things for sale. We ate dinner in a restaurant with a roof terrace that overlooked the souqs which we would visit the next day. Halfway through dinner, from the ...

... design
and illustrious architecture but we didn't have the energy to explore
it. We had dinner (a traditional Moroccan dish, Tagine), went straight to our room, unpacked our newly bought bed clothes and went to bed.
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... that there are no cars or motorbikes allowed (with a few exceptions, eg garbage collection bins), so everyone either walks, or uses donkeys to lug things around. The place is quite hectic, an is like stepping into a time warp, save for the fact that there are lots of modern items for sale (eg western clothes, mobile phones etc). There are also a heap of hassly locals who will follow u until u eventually give up and hire a guide of some ...