Riad Casablanca

... Avenue Hassan II -Gueliz-, 40000 Marrakech Sun, 11 Oct: (Tour with Intrepid ends Sat night) Transport (train?) from Marrakech to Casablanca Hotel: TBD Flights: Mon, 12 Oct: 6.50am Air France 1697 CMN > CDG lands 11.50am 1.50pm Air France 378 ...

... it truly is unforgettable experiences like this that make travel so incredible. I think both Mary and I had already decided that Casablanca bucked all the negative stereotypes we had heard, but the pleasure of chatting with Malika cemented that fact. ...

... squished in the aisle with my pack and about 100 other people, enjoying a superbly cooked traditional Moroccan meal in a riad (courtyard) house, having a snowball fight at the highest pass in the  Atlas mountains, eating freshly cooked fish straight ...

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 ...

... ’t get to go to the city of Marrakesh. The Moroccan food turned against us. Once we all got over that we ventured around Casablanca and enjoyed the scenery there.  Now we are back on the ship for a week before getting to Ghana.   Hope all is well ...

... to arrive in the lobby and were looking forward to getting to know everyone.  Our first afternoon was just a tour around Casablanca with a planned meal at a restaurant later that would allow all of us to get to know each other a little ...

... more about him here, as we think it would be fun to meet back up and talk about our trip with a homelander. 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 ...

... this past weekend was a reality. We set out for Marrakech around 12:30 on Friday. The drive was gorgeous. We stopped in Casablanca to see the ocean, not a public beach but somewhere where they were doing some sort of development of homes. Coming in ...

... early to see the sunrise. It was quite possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. We had to start the drive back to Casablanca around 7 though because it was a 13 hour drive from where we were in the Sahara! I rode up front between Brahim and ...

Our main surprise of the day is the discovery that our London Healthrow flight to Marrakesh will detour through Casablanca. The plane touched down for a meer half an hour before continuing the further one hundred miles to Marrakesh. Normally, I'm the kind ...

... had a large van waiting for us. We packed our stuff in the back and two and a half hours later we were at the Casablanca airport eating a proper breakfast. In all, we never had any kind of stomach problems in one month in Morocco, which was a big ...

... off the ship, I wanted to run back to the ship as soon as I stepped out into the city. But today, I felt like Casablanca, though it has different cultural traditions, language, customs etc., it is just like any other large city in the United States. In ...

... I assume will be many tagines. It was delicious. After dinner, Dani - my Australian roommate - and I wanted to check out Casablanca's nightlife. We'd been warned that this was a tricky thing for women in this city, since most bars and clubs are ...

... it.  What a cool experience.   still to catch up on - hike to the Atlas Mountains, Moroccan luau, express train to Casablanca, Rick's Cafe   once again, pictures coming soon. I have posted some on facebook but for all those not yet connected, check ...

... masculinity of the place. Don't let anybody kid you. That isn't just smog from environmentally unfriendly vehicles hovering over Casablanca; I submit that it is, in equal measure, a musky layer of testosterone-aromatherapy on a grand scale.   ...

... . We head off and find the streets described in the book.   Interesting facades, the book says.   Highlights in Casablanca must be few and far between, we are thinking.   We found the Lincoln Hotel (or at least what is left ...

... out to see a few hours of Casablanca (namely, the Hassan II Mosque) – but guess what?  It turns out that Casablanca’s train station is about the only station that doesn’t provide this service!  So… chained to our heavy ...