Riad Zamane
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Madrid to Fes via Casablanca
... buy our tickets from Fes to Marrakech for Wednesday. All done. We have missed the 12 o'clock train from the airport and the next one goes in an hour. So we grab lunch in the airport cafe while I ring the Riad and leave a message that we will not be arriving until 6pm. Everything falls into place. We have paid for 1st class train tickets because you have a designated seat. 2nd class you have to take your chances, maybe not get a seat or have to be separated from your ...
Fes or Fez
... the mosque that the women sat in a large group. As we stood by the large gate gazing in, I was mesmerized by the different types of people that entered: the rich, the poor, Arabs, Berbers, Pakistanis... As a non-Muslim casual tourist, I was not allowed in; but I wouldn't it want to disrupt such display of piety anyhow.
Having a lunch/afternoon tea break at the Sofitel Hotel terrace was a beautiful thing. We were tired and thirsty from our previous hour ...
Culture Shock
... is.. but lets just go around one more bend. Anyway we made it, scared for our lives and in totally culture shock, but we made it. Colleen was also videotaping the entire walk on her iphone, for multiple reasons. 1. to remember the way back and 2. no one will believe/understand our story and adventure. (the videos were hilarious a few days later when we listened to them, when we were far far away from ...
Camel for dinner?
... town, but the medina area was just a little stifling for me. The alleys were narrow at times, with too many people and a number of tourists, which is why the hills appealed to me. Like Rabat, many of the young dressed in more Western attire and the locals were always very friendly. Place Atlas was a great place to pass some time, as this was an entirely local area, so I was really pleased I hadn’t taken digs elsewhere. But I was quite happy to be leaving and moving on to a smaller town.
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Atlast we made it to the Atlas!
... and about 20 minutes later we were at the top of the hill. It wasn't exactly what we had in mind when we said we wanted to hike but the view was still nice. We could see snow capped mountains and a small area that they use for skiing. After spending some time there we decided to walk back down and see what else there was to see. We got back in the car and continued on our way. As we were driving away we saw a small snow covered slope next to the road. It was covered ...