L' Ambassadeur Casablanca

... city, and walking around even at night with just one guy and one girl, and by myself (on the way back) did not feel very uncomfortable. We didn’t have to worry as much about staying covered, etc. So we hung out with people at the hotel for a while, and then Tommy and some other people went out to a place that a bunch of people heard about and Katie and I just hung out. The next day we had our full city tour, which was good and bad. There ...

... out to the Corniche &amp; it was only really the Nouvelle Medina (Habous) that felt at all touristy - so I enjoyed it. I did however get a bit lost &amp; regretted going out in my boat shoes not my walking shoes. Trust me, expect to get lost in any Moroccan souk &amp; take an extra 1/2 hour to get back. <br>Wandered up to the big Mosque next morning after a leisurely breakfast &amp; then its back to the station

... now forward this on to 10 of your friends). i know some of you more vehement (yet efficient) folk might go as far as to 'block sender' (or now that i said that, many of you are using the 'options' tab to find out how to do that). or maybe your one that reads just enough, so that if i ask you about the blog when i get back, you've got a nugget or 2 you can throw out to pacify me. then there are those of you that find a perverse entertainment out of ...

... was just like... bring it on! I was eating the fruit and the vegetables and everything while everyone else was scared of it. It was entertaining because I just wanted to try everything even with the possibility of sickness. That part does not last forever and who knows when or if I will ever be back to Morocco! That night, we ate at the huge market area too. I was excited to do that because it is in someone's book of 1000 things to do before you die, so I was all for it ...

... could sense how large it must be inside.  Which was confirmed later when the tour book stated you could fit St Peter's Basilica inside the mosque.  WOW! For dinner we visited Rick's Cafe.  Polly introduced us to the owner - Kathy Kriger, who built the restaurant/bar as a homage to the movie Casablanca (which was actually filmed entirely in Hollywood.)  Kathy seated us in the center of the restaurant - so we were eating live on her web ...

... only two years, and she told me that I was wise not to have married. I assured her that equality among the sexes was not as much of a sure thing in the U.S. as people think, though obviously it's much better than in Morocco. We saw people in all kinds of dress. In Casablanca more people were dressed in western clothes, but you still saw some men and more women dressed in traditional clothes. In Marrakesh there were more in traditional clothes, with more women ...

Je suis venu a casablanca pour 2 choses. Le visa mauritanien et voir la mosque Hassan 2 la 3eme plus grande mosquee du monde. Mon visa ne se fera pas car le consulat vient de bouger a rabat. Donc j irai tester ma chance a Dahkla et sinon a la frontiere. On vera.

... ever. We are heading into north winds and swell again and it's a day of having to hold on. The weather is overcast so inside is the place to be. I think because we are at the end of what has been a tedious journey we are all just a little anxious to be there. There are only so many movies you can watch in one day..... Day 4 After an all night stint by Pete at the helm dodging ships, fishing boats and hundreds of the flaming fishing nest littered along the coast we ...

... over the Atlantic Ocean and a section of glass flooring allows a view of the waves washing the shore. A retractable roof opens the main prayer area ...

... again and descend by lift into the check in area. Back we all charged up the ramp, dragging cases and then took part in what amounted to a rugby scrum with hordes of travellers and luggage all trying to cram into a lift which was designed for 6 people. Somehow I found a space, I may be small but my aggressive streak came to the fore, and descended to the check in hall. The doors opened to reveal the area, packed to the hilt with would ...