Today, Athena packed up our stuff and changed hotels again.  We are spending our final night in Essaouira in a riad, which is basically a swanky old guest house.  It is amazing how my standards for accomodation have fallen.  Things in the new room that seemed abnormally fancy ( Read more... )

So, things here are really slack.  Shopping is cheaper than in Merekesh, which I'm pretty happy about.  I've been picking up carvings for souvenirs ( Read more... )

So, we're not in Merekesh anymore.  I kind of liked Marakesh, but I use "kind of" advisedly there.  There was a lot to do in Merekesh, and we found some good stuff while we were out shopping, but it was a little too much hustle for me.  Essaouwara (or however its spelt) is much more my speed.  More relaxed, and best of all, no frakking mopeds ( Read more... )

So far, Merekesh has been a mixed bag.  Broken down into the pros and cons ( Read more... )

I don't really have much to add to Athena's post for today ( Read more... )

This entry is likely to be short, since I only have half an hour before we catch a bus ( Read more... )

So!  Today so far we haven't really done much, so I expect this entry to go quickly.  I'm mostly posting to pass the time while I wait to upload photos - Athena and I have taken over a gig of photos so far.  We desperately need to make room on one of our SD cards ( Read more... )

This morning, we went to Volubilis, the former administrative center of Mauretania Tingitana Province.  As Athena has already described the trip there and back and left me with the somewhat daunting task of doing the site justice, I'm going to ignore everything else ( Read more... )

Today, I will be posting both a short and a long version of my report.

First, the short one: Meknes is awesome in all the ways that Fes is not.

Now, the long version.

Yesderday we went to see the mausoleum of sultan Moulay Ismail, one of the most powerful rulers in Morocco's history.  The site is still visited on minor islamic pilgrimages, which makes ( Read more... )

So, we are out of the much-loathed Fes and on to Meknes ( Read more... )