Hotel Splendid
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17/3 - camel burgers and touts
Why do people assume tourists are consumers? Probably because the vast number of us are! We told our guide at the start of our tour that we didnt plan to buy much, yet we still seemed to end up in a large number of shops, disguised as 'cultural experiences'..! I won't deny I enjoyed the tour through the old medina, built around 809ad, but there …
Tannery! Tannery! Come! Come!
... by others within the same community. Profits were equally shared by families. If children were not doing well at school they were sent to the co-op to work as laborers for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, they had the option to pursue "white collar" professions.
Looking from the balcony, we observed workers skinning camels and sheep. Skin was left to dry in the sun and fur was thrown aside. Once the skin was dried it is soaked in a clay barrel ...
In Fes medina without a compass
... poised staring at the meat. We watch for a few minutes. It does not move, not even a twitch. We wonder if it is willing the meat to fall or calculating its chance of a leap into space. I laugh and take a photo. (when we return two hours later, the cat and the meat are in the exact same positions!!) Near the Blue Gate we find the ATM and top up our cash. Morocco currency is like Vietnam's, you can only get dirham while in Morocco and you can't change it outside the country. We ...
"Can we pay them to leave us alone?"
... point, we had bought a whole mess of stuff, so it was hard to get it packed well. We went to bed early so we would be ready for the train, then woke up around 7 to catch a cab to the train station and hop on the train to Casablanca. Definitely ready for a change of scenery from Fez—it was super cool but less than relaxing. Hopefully Casablanca is slightly less overwhelming since it has so much French influence. ...
Camel for dinner?
Sunday 4th September 2011
It was a nice last memory of the town, as I left for my bus to Fes, where much of the landscape on the way appeared very flat and barren. Fes appears as a city out of nowhere. Four hours and 2 x 25min stops later (one stop with a place to buy a portion of raw minced beef and onions/veg and have it barbecued and brought to you with bread). All the locals had this, which was easily cooked and eaten in the time available.
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