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B.P. 40 Centre Moulay Yacoub Fes, Morocco, -, 212-55-69-40-35
... couple of days here in Fez, chilling out, doing laundry.
Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco. The group had decided to get together and hire a guide to lead us through the labyrinth of narrow passages in the famous Medina. The Medina contains every kind of shop possible, from food to carpets and everything in between. The guide Ahmed was obviously well known to all the shopkeepers. He was always stopping to talk to all the shopkeepers and random people as we ...
... Lisbon when he was talking about an earthquake that had happened in 17?? (This gave us the giggles for the rest of the trip - poor Mike was mortified). We also got to see a block of stone with a penis on it, apparently these were place along some of the streets of the ancient city pointing out the way to the brothel. It was interesting to see the layout of some of the buildings in the city, and some of the ideas that they used still around today as well (roller doors on the shop ...
Fes, Morocco leone_and_mike... crumbling buildings topped with hundreds of satellite dishes. Our guide informed us that satellite dishes were very cheap in Morocco, which explains the thousands of them that top every Moroccan city and town we've seen. Our guide also took us amongst the countless narrow streets, peering into cavernous underground rooms that housed giant ovens which were used to heat the local hammams. We passed communal bakeries, and hammams that were ...
Fes, Morocco dangabesisaak... the camels and walking us to the shelter in the dark but we all just slept there in the rain instead. We used our sleeping bags hoods over our heads and put our faces all the way in the bag like a coccoon as protection from the rain and dug in for the night, we had no choice but to stick it out. We woke up wet with sore backs from lying on the floor and went for a walk to discuss the situation. It was at this point that we worked out we had been lied to because the ...
M'Hamid, Morocco inoursuitcase... the Medina. When we got out at the Medina the guide said rather abruptly "Please pay the Taxi". Bob started to argue about it. He thought it should hqve be included in the cost of the tour which was 120 Moroccan Dirhams for 3 hours or 150 for the whole day. The Taxi cost less than 10 Dirhams. I gave the Taxi guy a 10 dirham coin which defused argument. The guide took us on his tour of the Medina. The Medina is a rabbit warren of busy streets. Full of unusual shops ...
Fes, Morocco anywherebuthere... little we slowed our pace- 10 steps then rest, 5 steps then rest. Eventually we all were passed out three quarters to the top talking about our potential heart attacks. With team work and encouragement we made it all the way up. I am so grateful we did. It was absolutly gorgeous and surreal. i couldn't believe what I was experiencing. The light, vastness and sun were just breathtaking. Afterwards we rode our camels again to a wonderful hotel. This place was ...
Fez, Morocco mwalsh86After what we were told would be a five hour bus ride through the Rif Mountains we arrived into one of Morocco's imperial cities eight hours later. During the bus ride we befriended a couple of girls from Argentina and a couple of girls from England. By the time we arrived we had all agreed to book into the same hotel that the English girls had reserved. After the English girls haggled in French with a couple of the ...
Fes, Morocco hlautie... way - looked more like hip thrusting on me! And at the end of the night our guide tipped them to dress me up to take part in a mock wedding - very tacky with bad colour choices. Hoisted up on ladies shoulders in little platform and spun around. Then demanded more tip than what our guide had given them! Justin stole the show by being the only person to spin the bauble/string on the end of a fes (local Arab hat). Everyone else who got up couldn't do it!
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