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Casablanca

Posted on October 27, 2026 by debbie

As we will be sitting all day tomorrow, we decide to walk today. Our destination is Villa of Arts, a modern art museum in an Art Deco house, about 2.5 km away. It is overcast and slightly chilly when we … Continue reading →

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Marrakech to Casablanca

Posted on October 26, 2026 by debbie

Our Morocco journey is winding down. We have a day in Casablanca and then we fly home.  Here are my random thoughts from our travels: How much weight can a donkey carry? I saw a rather large man riding a … Continue reading →

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Marrakech

Posted on October 25, 2026 by debbie

Today is a shopping day! Yahoo! As we travel around Morocco, I keep my eye out for fabrics, scarves, weaving etc that I like. Today, we go in search of a scarf for me. I also want to buy a … Continue reading →

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Ouarzazate to Marrakech

Posted on October 24, 2026 by debbie

Pickup is at 8:15 today as we are stopping at Ait Ben Haddou on the way back to Marrakech and it is a major tourist stop. We want to beat the crowds.  Ait Ben Haddou is a kasbah (fortified village) … Continue reading →

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Skoura to Todgha and Dades Gorges to Ouarzazate

Posted on October 23, 2026 by debbie

Todgha Gorge and Dades Gorge are where we are headed today. As we start to drive east of Skoura, we see fresh snow high up in the Atlas Mountains.  Todgha Gorge is about 140 km from Skoura, but at the … Continue reading →

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Marrakech to Skoura

Posted on October 22, 2026 by debbie

We jump in a Toyota Land Cruiser at 9:15 with the same driver that drove us from Fes to Marrakech. Today, the destination is Skoura, via Demnate and over the High Atlas Mountains. The drive starts out through the same … Continue reading →

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Marrakech

Posted on October 21, 2026 by debbie

Marrakech is a tourist Mecca and it is unbelievable just how many tourists there are here. We get dismayed by the numbers and immediately head outside the walls of the Medina.  We walk towards an area called Gueliz, where there … Continue reading →

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Fes

Posted on October 19, 2026 by debbie

There are Art Deco buildings in downtown Fes, so we venture outside the Medina. A 10 minute Petit Taxi ride for 15 MAD (about $2.00 Cdn) takes us to the Grand Hotel. I had envisioned an operational hotel in all … Continue reading →

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Volubilis and Meknes

Posted on October 18, 2026 by debbie

The ruins of Volubilis are about 60 km west of Fes. The area was first developed in the 2nd century BC by the Berbers and the Carthaginians. Then around the 2nd century AD the Romans developed more of the area, … Continue reading →

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Tetouan to Chefchaouen

Posted on October 15, 2026 by debbie

We decide to try another method of transport. We ride the CTM Bus from Tetouan to Chefchaouen. The bus tickets are 120 MAD ($17 Cdn) for both of us. A taxi ride/private driver would have been much more than that, … Continue reading →

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