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19 bis derb el Ouarbyia, el Makhfia Fes, Morocco, 212-(0)-35-76-26-08
... Anyway. From Bourj Sud, we went on to a beautiful, partly-outdoors mosque also situated atop a hillside overlooking Fez, which is only used two times a year – at Ramadan, and during Id. More great panoramic views, including some views of the never-ending ancient hillside tombs (cemeteries) surrounding Fez – and some nice sheep grazing nearby. I never did find out the name of this mosque!
After the mosque, we drove through the Mellah, or the ...
... up with a couple people from our group who were staying in a nearby riad, and share their guide. The trick was finding them. Our riad manager sent us out with an elderly gentleman whom he assured knew how to find the Riad Sara. Well, he did not. After walking for about 15 minutes through a maze of streets up, down and ...
Fes, Morocco cleo2471We spent the day in the bus traveling from Fes to Marrakesh. We didn't see all that much worth talking about. So I shall provide musings on various topics. Food in Morocco: Food in Morocco is good. Almost everything was served in clay conical dishes called tangines. They used them to make stews with meats and veggies and couscous based dishes. While the tangines were quite tasty, I think the highlight of the trip was the fresh fruits and ...
Fes, Morocco l_schultz... rose wine each, we promptly fell asleep. It was 8.45. Today we rode to Fes, a pretty easy 65kms. On the way we bought some pomegranates from a seller at the side of the road and had them for lunch. We also spotted a chameleon taking his life into his claws crossing a national highway. We both stopped and watched as cars missed him by just inches, but I'm pleased to report he lived to crawl another day ...
Fes, Morocco 50odd... of grammar (thats probably bad grammar in itself). I have no idea of how to properly construct a sentance...I only learned how to paragraph properly when I was at uni ... and even then i'm not sure i fully grasped it. When i was learning french at high school I dont remember being taught about posessive nouns or whatever the hell dipthongs are.....and we certainly didnt get told or taught about ...
Fes, Morocco simon.mcpherson... room. It was even more crowded by now but a beautiful Arab woman moved her buckets to let me sit down and offered me her toiletries. We began conversing in French but were interrupted when whale woman returned and barked "Massage?" I nodded and she held her hand out for money. The next 10 minutes were spent arguing in French, us telling her we had paid the lady at the door for the massage and that we would not pay anymore. Another woman joined her and they were shouting at us in Arabic, it ...
Fes, Morocco billybull... Our guide did get his own way when he led us to a pricey Restaurant Asmae for lunch where we ordered two set menus between the 4 of us and the 16 plates of salads and entrees was way too much before we even got our mains. He did show us a few more sights but ditched us quite early and also just pointed us back to our hotel instead of taking us there. I think he had had enough of our stingy ways! Still too full for ...
Fes, Morocco leahandgreg... touts ignored me completely and approached him as if I didn't exist. This was a form of disrespect that I yearned for when I really was by myself and was suddenly the focus of attention. We had heard some girls complaining about this earlier in our trip, but as they were getting about in spaghetti strap singlets and mini-skirts in such an obviously conservative society, I guessed that the blame was shared. Now I don't think so. Women are very much second best in ...
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