Zaki Hotel Meknes
Boulevard Al Massira Meknes, Morocco
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Le Pub
... Novelty was completely filled with middle aged men. Normally, this type of atmosphere would cause me to walk right out the door, but I was curious about the free tapas, so I found myself a seat in the back corner of the bar. I ordered a Flag Especial, and with my beer came a plate of olives. I was content with the olives but not exactly blown away as, I had similar snacks at other bars in Morocco. I sat in silence, enjoying my olives and beer, and ...
Ali Baba, visas and bush camping
... Ali Baba was henna raped. This term meaning, local henna artists drawing poo coloured henna onto a unaware tourist like Ali Baba and demanding money. 5 dirham (0.70 AUD) was all the henna rapist got, but Ali Baba was fuming and washed it off straight away.
Mauritanian visa received, Mali visa submitted with success and all that was left was the Burkina Faso visa. Without too much hassle, we got this visa on our 5th day in Rabat. To be fair Rabat wasn't ...
Saharan by Day and Night
... up taking us to his house, but then he took us on some crazy back road way and we were (or seemed to be) driving aimlessly through the arid plains. Finally we saw taillights and shortly after we finally made it to the Berbere (Berray-Barray) camp. At that point it had been an hour drive into the desert. When we finally arrived at the camp it was 9:30pm. The camp literally consisted of a group of tents, lined up in three rows that housed ...
The Beginning of the End
... in the wave of men leaving the mosque. I don’t know if they realized it, but I did. They asked us if we were going to Volubilis (which you have to take a taxi to get to) and we said no. After they left, while we were trying to get a Petit Taxi to the Medina, where our hotel was, came upon another tourist couple. After a few minutes of haggling we all piled into a Grand taxi that took us to our various hotels. While driving we all agreed to meet the next day in ...
When in Rome.............!
... air for prisoners.
PLA was used by Moulay Ismail for the inspection of his Black Guard (BG). 16,000 sub-Saharan African slaves were snatched to become his elite army and, in order to ensure its continued campaigns, Ismail provided the soldiers with (snatched) women, whose children provided a constant supply of new recruits. The units had increased tenfold, by the time of his death (at 55). The BG units forced Europeans out of Morocco, saw off Turkish ...
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