Hotel Riad Salam

Just a quickie tonight to show you some contrasts between my downtown digs and my beachfront resort hotel that I transferred to today to meet my tour group.  It was a beautiful, sunny morning on my downtown balcony but I was very happy to check out ...

... mint tea.  Hats off to the folks who had just arrived that day and were still awake during dinner.  Albeit the bus ride to the hotel was somewhat quiet, but we had no real excuse although we would be slumbering as quickly as the rest of them. ...

... . The drive through Casablanca was somewhat of a blur but it's a pretty war-torn looking place, as was the outside of the hotel.  Inside was a slightly different story with a little more care taken. We were escorted to our room in a building in the ...

... mountains.  Then finally we arrived in Erfoud, three days too late for the annual date festival to mark the end of the harvest.  It was nice to relax in our hotel and prepare for our journey into the Sahara that begins tomorrow. ...

... Tage Urlaub genommen, bin mal zur Abwechslung nicht die Bedienung, sondern der Gast. Allerdings kam ich nicht so in Style an, wie es dem Hotel gebürt hätte; wie der Dorfbewohner aus der Pampa, der ich bin, und gemäß meinem Motto "Fuck the Norm" bin ...

... a central location for visiting the prime Syrian attractions. When I arrived, I jumped straight to the Internet. I was staying at the Riad Hotel which was a true home away from home. The dorms were spotless, the staff was overly friendly and the satellite ...