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Tag Archives: Morocco
Casablanca
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
Marrakech to Casablanca
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
Marrakech
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
Ouarzazate to Marrakech
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
Skoura to Todgha and Dades Gorges to Ouarzazate
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
Marrakech to Skoura
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
Marrakech
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
Fes to Marrakech
Eleven and a half hours since leaving Fes we arrive at our riad in Marrakech. The paradigm changes in Fes. Cars have the absolute right of way although walk lights at the street corner are somewhat effective, credit cards are … Continue reading
Fes
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
Eat Your Share
We seem to have seen an inordinate number of olive trees the last few weeks. Albania was covered in them and after travelling around Morocco, I would think that olives are one of the main crops here. These two countries … Continue reading