El Andalous

... mettre de la distance entre nous et les passants très serviables qui nous dispensent leurs aimables indications), nous arrivons sans encombre à El Jadida et trouvons refuge pour la nuit dans un magnifique Ryad rénové assez récemment (il y a ...

... Sfax, Tunisia's second largest city and enjoyed a walking tour of its historic center.  After this we continued on to El Djem, known in Roman times as Thysdrus and noted for its amphitheater (which was spectacular!), which is similar to the ...

... . Many of the locals live up high, perched on the mountainsides in little villages.  We attended a very "El Cabalo Blanco" style performance on our second last night which was amusing in it's mediocrity, the only real highlight being the ...

... to count (according to Sayid, there are 420 mosques in Fez!).  One of the more notable mosques we saw, Jamaa Andalous, is an Andalusian mosque that was constructed by Andalusian immigrants around the 9th century. Here’s another gem you should ...

... wonderfully decorative doors. Two streets linking the Mosque and the Dar Ben Abdallah Museum, the Rue de Riche and the Rue de Andalous showed off these doors in all their glory. The Dar Ben Abdallah (Museum of Arts and Traditions) was a bit of ...

... peer inside from the doorway. There are many mosques dotted about the city, underlining the strong religious influence. The Mosque Jamaa Andalous in the Spanish quarter is famous for having the biggest gate in the city. Other, less grandiose mosques, are ...

This was a free day, but Ab had offered another half day tour to see things that we had missed yesterday, and most of the group decided to participate. Once again we boarded the horse drawn caliches, since trying to travel the narrow streets of the ...

It was a long bus ride from Ouazarate to Marrakesh, and long days on the bus begin to run together.  Although Ab tries to make the trip interesting, I think that we are all looking forward to spending three nights in one place, and having some free ...