Riad Zahraa
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The start of something good.
... 1800 yrs old and represents city built and inhabited by the romans and locals during the time of the roman empire - amazingly intact mosaics, bathing rooms, aqueducts and fountians and the massive pillars of the temples. Despite the history's nd Barry do the ruins, we were all at odds with the stifling heat and sun bearing down on us - I think the best part for the group was the icy cold lemon fanta (yep lemon flavour - ...
Roman ruins
... in Morocco can be a bit tricky, but not impossible. You are supposed to make eye contact with the driver and then determine if he is going to stop. I thought I was doing that, but the driver didn't see me early enough and slammed on his breaks when I was right in front of him. I scurried across the road, but at the same time a white van ploughed into the back of the small fiat. Luckily the man in the car jumped out and started yelling at the van driver and ...
Another rainy day
... Ready to take on the rain again, I consulted my guidebook for another sight close to Dar Jemai. I found the Prison of Christian Slaves a bit intriguing and it happened to just be on the other side of the main square. A quick walk in the rain brought me to a large open plaza with a large rectangular shape building in the back corner and a covered walkway headed underground at its side. From my guidebook, I knew that the covered holes ...
Ali Baba, visas and bush camping
... head away from Rabat to the city of Meknes. We were camping again, but this time at a camping ground that has showers, real toilets and electricty. Woo hoo, even Ali Baba was excited to finally smell pretty after a good shampoo and scrub.
So far Morocco has been a blast. With Ali Baba in fine form, visas in our passports and bush camping a success, we were living the dream. So off I go, headed for Casablanca and Marrakesh, with Ali Baba by my side. Bring it ...
The Beginning of the End
... wasn’t very well preserved, but to see how the city was laid out was interesting. Also there were a few tile mosaic floors that had survived that were extremely impressive to see. Something that was really interesting was how intense it was to walk from where the houses were built onto what was the main market. It was clear that there was history there and it made my stomach do flips. It was a bit of a trip to look at what once was a thriving beautiful Capitol ...