Hotel les Saisons Casablanca

... It would be impossible to travel through this city without a travel guide. All the little alleys were dark and sketchy. Thank goodness we had a travel guide else we would’ve probably just stayed in our Riad. It is Ramadan right now so they can’t eat until sundown. As soon as it was 6:45 everyone was eating in the streets. Don Fez was literally just grabbing food from people and he would walk by someone and take a sip of their coke. It was the oddest thing ...

Last night we had a dinner meeting with the Doyen Rotary club, where the District Governor, "AbdelFettah," was present, as well as their club president. During the day we also visited some schools that the Doyen club was helping. One in particular (in Bouskoura) did not have toilets, so the club helped to fund their installation. I'm still amazed at the things we take for granted. I just ...

... time)), i am enjoying my time on my quest to meet everybody in the world. i know electricity is not always a given in Sierra Leone, so i assume internet access may not be a guarentee either. but don't mistake my silence for lack of adventure or lack of love back to my peeps. use these next 2 weeks to rest up, because i am sure to have more than plenty to say when i return to Morocco (freakish keyboard or no). That's it for now, i've got to get back to the hotel in time for ...

Today I went on a Casablanca City Orientation. We left around lunch time on a tour bus that had the same tour guide as our trip to Rabat. We went to Mosque first which has the tallest Minaret (bell tower) in the world that stands at 200 meters. We went inside but had to take our shoes off for sanitation purposes since one of the prayer positions is with your face touching the floor. I don't blame them for trying to keep as much dirt our as possible because who ...

... Ouarzazette was the most beautiful one we completed. We drove up one side of the mountains, and once we reached the peak of the highest one, and set down the other side the ice cold winds, and snow and dreary skies turned around and we saw the most beautiful rainbow (see facebook for more pictures) you could imagine. The sky was blue, the winds were less fierce and the temperature started to rise from the 5 degrees on the other side. There were herders, and farmers working in ...

... cultivated areas around plants are raised into ridges, permiculture style, so as to trap water flowing along the surface for long enough to encourage it to sink deep in to the soil. The walls also do not have drainage channels in them, thus capturing more surface flow. Of course, this does increase the risk the wall will collapse under the weight of water, which appeared to have occurred in a number of areas.As we travelled along we passed many sheep and ...

... best to stay indoors and respect the time for breaking the fast. Someone was mugged last night. We have tea and a snack at the cafe downstairs, at 4pm everything shuts and everyone disappears. Some boys playing football in the street are told off by an older man. We go to Hotel Guynemer for dinner at 8pm. Everything is very quiet. But at 9pm it is like a football crowd. Our hotel overlooks a mall, and all the shops are open. It is 11pm, and very busy.

... Euro's aren't apparently available here so I had to buy them on the black market for a small fee ... very funny stuff! I then cruised across the road into the medina (old town) where there were a few shops and stalls. I bought some DVD's from a few different stalls - nothing else was really noteworthy I wandered the backstreet's for a little before popping out on the main road again. I ...

... way up to see them. They have to send 5 donkeys down everyday to bring water up from the Gorge. I on the otherhand walked around the the small town close to our hotel and in the Gorge where thousands of moroccains come to have fun, picnic, play drums, dance and swim. I wish that people would play drums and dance randomly in public places in the states more. Only mom does it and then everyone thinks she's weird and me and jake get embarrased. Well she has a ...

... at a check-in desk, customs, security, stewardess or a pilot. All the women working there are such infinite *****es - plain nasty. When were there unwritten laws saying service people should be so rude? I wondered. Anyways, I eventually got through all this mess and soon I was in London.<br><br>In London<br>I love London and I was happy to be there once again. It's almost a whole ceremony for me, going to London before each trip. I love the variety it has to offer. I ...