Blogs from Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco, Africa - page 11

Part two of this nefarious travel blog centres around the coastal city of essaouira. after a long, and not hugely interesting journey down there (it is several hundred kilometres away and you need to go via marrakesh) myself, clea the mad danish girl, izzy the kennington lass and dassi the dundee damsel, were immediately accosted as we got off the bus by someone trying to persuade us to stay in his hotel. we resisted his charms, which involved following us at a distance of several metres until we entered the medina, and eventually found the place we had booked. it was a good walk into the medina and involved a fair amount of getting lost, and upon arrival it became quite clear that there was no electricity to be heard of either. after going through the ... read more

perhaps we could call this part one of a fascinating travel journal started by me, here in rabat, although the really interesting stuff i'm afraid i don't have time to describe in the detail it deserves, but i am writing it up in an actual journal made of paper, so anyone who wishes can have a look when i get home. we could start at the beginning, but that involves a flight on an aeroplane, which is something most have gone through before. if you want me to go into detail, perhaps describe my feelings, then i can tell you that i was a bit nervous, after the experience that was my trip to egypt. i was also tired, as i had had to get up at half 3, and i was cold. because it was. ... read more

Hi Everyone, It has been another great few days! We realized that we could get to the Mediterranean Sea in only a 90 minute taxi ride from Chefchaouen, so we did a day trip and were able to stay in the Blue City for an extra night. The beach town we went to is called Ouad Lau and the sea was gorgeous! We were the only tourists in sight and the only women (aside from 13 year old girls) wearing bathing suits, but we didn't get any bad looks or anything so we felt okay. They have taxis here called "grand" taxis, but they aren't so grand. They are mercedes from the 1980's and they pack in 6 passengers plus the driver in one car. There is usually only one window handle, so you have to ... read more

Well....we embarked on what we knew would be the longest bus trip of our travels in Morocco, the 8.5hr ride from Essaouira to Rabat, and instead of going for the timely efficient CTM Government run service the adventurous side of us opted for a cheaper private bus company...hey...the bus looked good in the picture he showed us...isn't that always the way!! So we waited and waited while they scavenged around trying to gather enough passengers to fill the seats, the ailses, the roof and when all options were exhausted at the bus station, we headed out onto the streets of Essaouira for some more of the same, picking us people as we went (yip...bus still moving) lots of shouting and banging on doors, people pulled on and pushed off if they hadnt the funds for a ... read more

Nous voici à Rabat. Notre chantier a commencé, depuis 4 jours maintenant. Les journées sont longues : levé 7h30 et couché vers minuit. Notre travail consiste à remettre en état les salles de classes qui sont pour la plupart sales et abîmées, alors : nettoyage, ponçage, peinture... Aujourd'hui dimanche : repos, nous étions à la plage où il y avait un monde fou. Notre groupe est composé d'environ 20 personnes (ça change souvent...le Maroc quoi, on est jamais sur de rien !)l'ambiance est sympa animée surtout par les Marocains, les étrangers ne sont que des étrangères : il y a 3 Coréennes, 1 Tchèque, 1 Anglaise et 1 Danoise, ils sont tous adorables !!... read more