For our last day in Marrakech, our tour started at 10. We would be led through a couple of the last sites and then be on our way. Starting with the Ben Youseff Madaersa, which closed down in the mid 1900s, once having up to 900 students attending. This would be one of the four […]
This morning we decided to hit the Gardens of Majorelle, Yves Saint Laurent first, then a visit a waterfall. The garden was nice, flowers and plants from all around the world. Pomegranate trees, banana trees, cactuses, bamboo… The gardens also had a memorial pillar for Yves Saint Laurent and his house repurposed as a museum. […]
Leaving Ouarzazate, a quiet city just being developed. Usually just passed through on the way to Marrakech. However, apparently, it is also the site of a movie studio! Atlas Corporation. Filming parts of various movies throughout the ages. Cleopatra, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Alexander, the upcoming King Tut, and some scenes from The Game of […]
SO MANY FLIES. Not in the tent though, at least, but outside. They are everywhere and there are so many. They weren’t so annoying at night. Waking up around 630, it’s still a bit dark. But good to catch the sunrise coming over the sand dunes. Good times. The only reason we got up so […]
Leaving Fes. But before that, we have to settle some bills. Our laundry, which was ridiculously overpriced and by item, we got a discount on. Did they wash it by hand or something? Jeez… Then she brought out a bill for dinner. And it was high. We thought it was included… That’s what our itinerary […]
Fes! Some light breakfast, we started our guided tour of Fes around 945. Our guide, Ibrahim (?) had an interesting accent, leaning heavily towards speaking clearer English. Our first destination was the Royal Palace. Well, the outside of it. Apparently, because of two military attempts at a coup d’etat in the 60s when Hassan II […]
Grabbing some breakfast in the restaurant area of our hotel, where internet exists, we had decided the day before to leave a little later from the city. Giving us a chance to explore when it’s light out. I chose to stay behind to catch up on blogging, as there wasn’t much else to see that […]
Early morning in Rabat. Visit the sites then head out to Chefchaouen. Our first stop, the qazbah just a couple minutes from our Riad. Qazbah des Oudaya. There was also a small Japanese exhibit as part of their culture outreach. As we walked in, the guy who was standing at entrance told us which way […]
Slept okay. I think it was just me, but at around 5am I heard some yelling, “HELLO? HELLO?”… Nothing followed. Back to sleep. Hmm. Sameer had a similar experience in the night around 2am, he heard someone walking around outside our door. He got up and checked and the inner lock of our room was […]
Arriving at the airport in Faro was… Quick. The taxi driver was going at 130-140km/hr and we got there in about 10 minutes. Apparently either we were too late or too early, our luggages were marked for free check-in as the cabin would be full. Either way, this gate didn’t seem to care much about […]