Royal Mirage Fes

... and generally, one of the most pleasant places I&#8217;ve ever stayed at, anywhere!<br><br>[Note: many people have asked me about the level of comfort we are choosing on this big trip of ours. My answer &#8211; coach airplane tickets everywhere, and accommodations that are above bunk-bed hostels but fairly modest otherwise (e.g., private double bedrooms, but we&#8217;re willing to share a bathroom). Morocco is a fairly expensive country, especially regarding ...

... 400 dirham a night. I think to myself 'oh ****, I just wasted a half hour looking at this place, I don't know where I am, and it is getting dark.' When he asks me how much I wanted to pay I say 250 a night. This is actually a decent price for a hostel, and the accommodations were very nice. They agree and give me a nice room. The hotel owner doesn't speak English or Spanish so I can't really communicate. I think I am finished with Mohammad but he tells me he will take me on ...

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... determined to become horribly lost. There is no doubt that this is possible here. It is a hard place to describe. The alleys are so many, so windy, so narrow, and so busy that it feels like you are forever stuck in a deep canyon. Sometimes you can see a slit of sky and sometimes you even come into a little square but the majority of the time you are under a reed roof or some other enclosure which makes one feel as if you are in a network of ...

... before grabbing some pastries for our bus trip to Chefchouen the next morning.  Our dinner was at a small restaurant that served heaping plates of roast chicken, rice, potato, and noodles, full of filling carbs but definitely the energy we needed at this point. Suddenly exhausted we braved our grubby little hotel room for the night.  Tomorrow we head for the mountains, our last stop before we leave Morocco.  All our best from Morocco Dan and Gabes

... by the guide for not buying anything. When he demanded 3 bucks each for the tour we conceeded after a small fight. When we left the Tannery the original guy that borught us to the shop asked us for money. We refused wholeheartedly and walked away quite sick of the lack of genuine interaction with locals. We spent the next 3 hours making our way back to our hotel (in confused circles) and looking at all the different stalls. We saw into a mosque during prayer time and were ...

... into a huge domed steam room, with marble bench seats around the perimeter, interspersed with cold water basins, and a massive circular slab in the centre. After sweating it out for a while, two of the biggest, hairiest Turkish men I have ever seen entered the arena.One by one we were laid on the central slab and washed with a big pillowcase filled with soap. We were then scrubbed down with something akin to a brillo pad. After washing us off in cold water , we were massaged with ...

... 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 ...

... spending - not much given there's more people than Australia - there is little room for school funding. Less still given that US$30m is going on a new Presidential Palace and comfortably double that on annual independence parades. And as we heard the assessment of problems and possible solutions, every so often you were left to remember they're 19. No Koranic education for them, but it seems to be working out OK. As a beautiful rejoinder to our day and our time ...