Ibis Moussafir Meknes

... Delight in the tapestry that adorns your temporary home's walls. Discover the meaning behind the names of the rooms; like the Gnaoua room, painted in a light yellow and dedicated to the brotherhood of Gnawa music. From its traditional Moroccan colors and ...

... he handed back 1400 DM and abruptly left, meaning he had just given almost 70% of the cost back to us. A prime example of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, if he had just tried to rip us off for 1400 DM we would probably have angrily sucked it up, but he went for every last penny, thus screwing himself in the process. Of course, he still made a tidy profit charging us $100 for ...

... main square, so after a brief stop at one of the sweet vendors, we sat at a cafe, with a cup of mint tea, and people watched as the drizzle continued to fall from the sky.   A late lunch took us back to the same sandwich stall as the night before, but we came in prepared and managed to get our egg and potato sandwiches without the pushy restaurant tout trying to sell us mystery meat kebabs.  With the rain picking up we spent our evening in the ...

... la pensione agadir, gestita da un vecchino molto simpatico. usciamo in perlustrazione e passiamo il resto della giornatatra the alla menta e passeggiatine tranquille... serata in piazza a esplorare i bar, il mercato coperto e gli artisti di strada. il giorno di ferragosto dedichiamo la mattinata alla visita del sito archeologico di Volubilis (rovine romane ben conservate, ma che avrebbero bisogno ...

... share a few things i have noticed that happened to me since i got here. Back home i rarely drink coffee and tea and i never drink coke. i also dont have the slightest wish to smoke, whereas here i drink gallons of tea and coffee and the coke tastes amazing ....i also want to desparetely smoke...though i havent as of yet..... anyhows, ill tell you all about the institute im studying at on the next blog and some of the people here. All the best Simon

... of the four Imperial cities of Morocco. Meknes sits on a plateau at the foot of the Middle Atlas mountain range. It was the Moroccan capital during the reign of the Sultan, Moulay Ismail. His dream was to build an Imperial City, with a Palace and garden to rival Versailles in France. This idea developed after his offer of marriage to a French princess was spurned. His son and grandson carried on with this dream, after the Sultan´s death. Over 50,000 black ...

... a vast expanse of ploughed fields or mountains. Women were out working in the fields, climbing olive trees, tending to their goats and collecting water from wells. Away from the bumpy roads there is sure to be fields of Cannabis, or "Kif" as it is called here, because the authorities turn a blind eye to the growing of it in the Rif Mountains.

... have been returning to our room to hide away from the debilitating heat - mind you, our room doesn't have air conditioning nor a fan - but it has shade and that's hard to find round here. Meknes is famous for its Moroccan sweets. It is easy to see why, as every third shopfront is a boulangerie patisserie piled sky high with little cakes, pastries and chocolates. Usually there's a swarm of Moroccans standing out the front devouring a little cake slice ...

... has several government administrative buildings, is a large French police administrative zone, has a smallish palace, and lots of happy, rich men driving BMWs. And childhood prostitution and enslavement. There is, however, a good nonprofit in the town which is working on those issues- called Amal or Aman, run by local women and helped by some international NGOs. 4. We also passed fields and fields of intricately stacked ...

... chute de 48o à 27o en 3 minutes. On s'en éloigne. Arrivés à Meknès, on s'installe au camping - super campement avec 5 tentes ! On est prêt, on boit un coup, on va chercher des cigares pour papa dans la ville nouvelle. Il y a du monde partout, du bruit, des voitures, des klaxons ! On s'installe dans un resto et papa commande de la harira (soupe ...