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Tannery! Tannery! Come! Come!
Hello from Fez!
All Moroccan cities we have visited have an old and a new part. Not much can be said about the new part of Fez. It looked like another Phnom Penn (Cambodia) – crumbling colonial buildings alongside wide avenues laid out by the French. There were no tourists in sight and it was difficult to find food that is not lamb or baklava. However, the Old City was a completely different story.
The Fez Medina is the world ...
I Wouldn’t Send my Dog to Morocco
... sites.
· We did end up buying a lovely Kilim (carpet) for the old air conditioner slot from a quiet friendly old man at a regulated fixed price artisans workshop in Marrakesh outside the main tourist area, for one fifth of Ahmed’s quote (although in the back of my mind maybe this was too easy?).
· And yes I admit my memories and stories of buying goods in Morocco will be of salesmen like Ahmed and Abdulla, not the quiet friendly old ...
"Can we pay them to leave us alone?"
... the hostel to eat and relax on the terrace. Then the hostel receptionist recommended we go to the Hammam across the street. A Hammam is a traditional bath house, and the one across the street was very authentic (not for tourists). Lauren and I decided to go while Michelle took a nap. It started out quite innocently. We asked the man at the front desk of our hostel what we would do at the hammam and he explained ...
Fes, not Fez - that's a hat
... pastille followed by fruit. Alcohol was byo beers and red wine. After they showed us around thier house and the small kitchen they prepared meals in. There were another 2 or three tables eating at the same time as us.
Up about 7.15am and go across the road for brekky. Both of us are are feeling a bit dodge so settle for Oj, croissants and tea/coffee. Michaela joins us and has the same.
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Fes Medina
... and touts trying to lure us into their tanneries. We did agree to visit one tannery and chose a nice young gentleman to show us around. He gave us a simple but interesting explanation of the leather industry in Fes and took us to a vantage point to see the famous tanning pits. From where we were watching it all looked like extremely hard work as the employees scrambled from one dye pit to the next, dunking ...
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