L' Ambassadeur Casablanca
4, rue Al Bouhtouri, Quartier Gautier Casablanca, Morocco
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Leaving Morocco
... who told me he would help to arrange another apartment for us, and he did. We moved into the riad next door, which cost us a lot of money, about twice the rate of the place we were already staying. However, it was a real luxury and a break in our routine. The place was beautiful and very big. We got just two rooms in it, as the rooms in this riad are rented out separately. Youssef, the live-in host, was a very nice guy and very accommodating and entertaining in the typical Moroccan ...
What I did in Morocco
... roommate and I got a beer and chilled on the villa along with other fellow peers from the ship who were already at the hostel. It was amazing. That night, I went out with a different group of friends than whom I came with. I was the only guy out of a group of 7 girls. It is very important for women to be seen with a man in Morocco because they are seen as easy targets. So I was that guy and it felt good. We ate on the rooftop of a restaurant which overlooked the Medina and ...
Step 1: Casa Casa!
... attracted to the landscapes and agriculture. I experienced huge craters in the earth followed by mountains, followed by dessert and finally Casablanca! Once out of the plane it was about 107 degrees Fahrenheit and the airport had no air-conditioning. We stood the passport line for about 1 hour and then sat in the airport people watching for about 3.5 hours until all of the students arrived. Then we were off to Casablanca where we stayed at the Palace de Paris ...
Why go to Casablanca
... Hotel and we hit the streets looking for dinner. We wander past a few sidewalk cafes and dodgy looking places (and people) and decide on a place called La Grotte. You've gotta love a restaurant with a name like that. It turns out its mostly pizzas, but we share a pizza, a Moroccan salad and olives - more than we could eat and all for the princely sum of 120 dirhams (about $15). Suitably sated we headed back to the hotel for our first nights sleep in ...
A Mosque and McDonald's
... took us through elegant neighborhoods. The roads were paved and wide, easily allowing room for the nice cars that drove by, underneath the manicured palm trees. Large, brightly white homes were well maintained and well protected, many by huge iron gates that were just as much a marking of territory as they were a statement of keeping others out. As we sauntered down the street, we could hardly imagine why the gates were needed at all in such ...


