Ibis Moussafir Casablanca City Center

... and a hostel we soon stumbled upon our perfect place and pitched up for Eid!<br><br>It was an immense celebration of the senses and ever since this seems like some other country all together. It has been an education experiencing Eid and all that comes with it in a country where 99 per cent of the population are Muslim and has made me once agin realise the power of religion ...

... excellent English and was extremely friendly. Soon we were all chatting away, with him translating for some of the other people in the cabin. It's so nice to just talk to regular people, and not the ones who are trying to squeeze some dirhams out of the tourists.<br><br>Upon arrival in Casablanca I decided that the horror stories I had heard about it were greatly exaggerated. It looked exactly like what I would expect a big African city to look like. Sure, it was a bit dirty, but ...

... the campsite and looking ill the cheese burger crew made their way off Chuck the truck (still searching for a name) whilst some continued into Rabat and Martin to the football stadium. We just lounged around the campground. News that our Mauritania VISA's would not be ready till 15:00 on Thursday filtered through so armed with the knowledge of another day on site and another sleep in the beers were cracked, wines ...

... so we figure it evened out.   We made it back to the hotel, gathered our things and hit the train station for a one hour trip to our next destination: Casablanca. Casablanca is Morocco's largest city by far, containing over three million people compared to the second biggest city, Marrakech, which has around 850,000.  Casablanca is considered Morocco's commercial capital, and a major fishing port which became very apparent upon our arrival ...

... on the head and bites his arms as well as me and the other nurses. He is not able to chew and requires a special breakfast that I learned how to prepare today and feed to him. Yesterday was a public holiday here in Morocco so we had the day off work. Yay! Eleanor, Sevie, Anna, Ozlem and I went to Casablanca for the day. I was so proud at how well we did navigating ourselves around. We took a taxi to the train station, bought our tickets, spent an hour on the ...

... by our taxi driver, Maamoura Hotel. Casa has a population of around 4 million people and is a metropolis heaving with humanity. It has ...

... the subtle differences in architecture, I just felt like i was back in another european city.. damn it, where were all the donkeys?! At the end of the day, we found a great public garden with lake... it made madrid worthwhile. Tuesday morning i visited the Prado Museum... determined to become cultured whilst im surrounded by all this art! Several hours of admiring later, i can say i loved one painting in the whole museum: 'Maria Luisa y Mariano en el salon japones ...