Riad Ibn Battouta Fes
9, Derb Lalla Mina, Avenue Allal El Fassi, Batha Fes, 30000, Morocco
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A.F.R.I.C.A
... pots, bowls and mugs. We saw where they fired the clay and then sat and watched three women hand-paint designs on each individual piece. Every design was different and was completely at the disgression of the artist. They also made beautiful mirros and fountains, and we were able to see them chip away at tiles with little spades to customize the shapes of each individual tile. They then took us to one last stop- the gates of the Royal Palace that were ...
Rozkoukavani se
... chlupy a hazely je primo do potoka. V tom to prislo, neuveritelny puch, matu jsem jiz nemela, zvedl se mi zaludek a tak jsme rychle musela vycouvat. Neco takoveho jsem jeste nezazila, popsat to ani nedokazu. Proste des.
Jit bludistem mediny zpet v tom vedru jsme nemeli uz silu, tak jedeme busem k nadrazi a jdeme do prvni restaurace. Jidlo vyborne, cerstve vymackany pomerancovy dzus, morske plody, mlete maso, hranolky. mnam.
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Fes!
... leather tanning process. It was quite a sight. Their process is unchanged since the middle ages…and so are the buildings. Most of them are in ruins but the place where they treat the leather is spread out across a courtyard and the surrounding balconies and rooftop terraces. It smelled putrid so they gave us branches with mint leaves to hold and smell while we were up there.
Afterwards, we could purchase leather from their shop. I was interested in a ...
A Day with Thami and a Lesson in Negotiating
... to obtain a delivery fee, we had a price and until he brought the jackets to our Riad and I was pleased, he had no power.
In between waiting for the jacket delivery scheduled for 9:00PM, I ran over to experience the local hammam. I borrowed towels and a basket from the Riad and turned into a local as I lay on the communal tile floor for a woman to scrub me down. It was far worse than the Korean scrubs we know in LA. I am a little scared by the sanitation but trying my best to ...
I give you good price
... of Africa. We got to go inside and see the men at work and then later in the day we got a tour and a brief lesson on how the leather is made. First the hair on the skin is cleaned off, and then dumped in pigeon poop to clean off the rest of the hairs left. Than the leather is washed and soaked for a few days, taken out and put in the dye, than washed again and hung to dry. All the colors they use are natural colors found in plants and minerals. ...



