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Visita a Kasbah Ait Benhadou a tarde, folga dos voluntarios
Published: July 12th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » OuarzazateA tarde os voluntarios fazem atividades diversas, como banho Hammam, piscina, visita a lugares turisticos, e hoje eh dia de visitar uma Kasbah em Ait Benhadou. Kasbahs sao construcoes gigantescas de barro e bambus. Kasbah significa castelo. Antigamente eram usadas como casas para familias ricas ou ateh mesmo residencias do rei. Muitos viajantes em caravans visitavam estes lugares, onde faziam refeicoes e tomavam cha para seguirem depois seus destinos. Kasbah Ait Benhadou fica a 30min de carro de Ouarzazate. Fomos em 3 micro onibus. Os dois grupos juntos, tanto o pessoal que estah fazendo pinturas quanto o pessoal que estah fazendo atividade com as criancas. O lugar eh simplesmente maravilhoso. Eh um vilarejo pequeno, mas com uma beleza imensa. Caminhamos ateh o topo de um dos morros, e depois fomos tomar cha num dos hoteis do ... read more
Our Moroccan adventure will begin on Wednesday. Last minute packing going on today of our small rucksacks, carry on flight size, what more could anyone need on holiday?... read more
We arrive in Marrakech on Wednesday evening, our friend Aziz will meet us at the airport and take us to our appartment. Having Aziz with us on the first night and next day of our journey is going to be a great advantage. I have heard that navigating around the souks and main square in Marrakech is a challange for even the most experienced traveler!... read more
Vida no Marrocos, trabalho voluntario
Published: July 12th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » OuarzazateJah estou de volta ao Marrocos ha algumas semanas, e a vida continua boa. Passei dias na praia, com um vento insuportavel, areia para todos os lados. Depois da praia, claro que tinha que ir para o meio do nada. Ficamos uma semana na casa dos pais do Jamel, comendo comida boa e soh relaxando, assistindo ao por do sol, e fazendo caminhadas curtas. Decidi vir para Ouarzazate e encontrar uma associacao para fazer trabalho voluntario. Contatei a AGC e para minha surpresa tinham dois projetos de trabalho voluntario. Um deles era pintar salas de aula numa escola para criancas surdas e mudas, e outro, fazer atividades com criancas de 6 a 12 anos. O pessoal da associacao me recebeu muito bem. Eu me inscrevi nos dois projetos como "ajudante". Ajudei a pintar as salas de ... read more
Casamento a moda Berber
Published: July 11th 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » El Kelaa M'GounaHavia comentado com o Jamel que gostaria de ir num casamento. Para minha alegria, fui convidada para um pela irma dele. Fomos para a casa dos pais dele, onde me vestiram e lah fomos nos. Soh mulheres vao nesta festa antes do casamento. Saimos de casa umas 11pm (noite, bem noite!!!). Foi no terraco na casa, chegando lah, tinha mulheres sentadas ao redor pelo terraco no tapete, sem sapatos, todas super bem arrumadas, com lencos e vestidos tradicionais, eu estava a altura tambem!!! hehehehehe Algumas mulheres estavam num dos cantos batucando tambores e cantando musicas Berber. Logo em seguida veio uma menina com um vidro de perfume e perfumou todas nos (uma delicia o perfume... nao!) A noiva chegou perto das 2am. Ela estava dando voltas num carro com outras mulheres, eh tradicao dar estas voltas ... read more
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Gorges Region, Morocco
Published: November 2nd 2012Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Boumalne DadesThe Adventure I Almost Missed My Dades Gorge adventure started out as little more than an afterthought. The original plan had been to crossed the mountains from the famous Toudra Gorge to Kasba Tadla, but I was a little worried about infrequent transportation along that route, so I opted to make the long way around from Ouarzazate-Marrakech instead. This means I had an extra 1 ½ day to kill… Well… might as well visit the less famous Dades Gorge, figuring it’ll be a bit of an afterclimax after exploring the Toudra Gorge. Little did I know that I was about to embark on one of my Coolest Hikes Ever here in Morocco. I asked about transportation, and was warned that after about 3 PM, it would be hard to find transportation back, so I think things ... read more
3 cities, 3 countries, 2 continents!
Published: August 5th 2012Africa » Morocco » Tangier-Tétouan » TangierDay 4: Lagos to Tarifa to Morocco After a very early breakie we stopped at a service stop for 2nd breakie of bacon and eggs (I am realising now as I am writing this some time later why I put on so much weight in Spain). Another quick toilet stop usual called a 'pee and flee' where our other guide managed to flood the toilet in the girls bathroom and we had to use the mens. Eww. Turned it into a literal "flee". This was our longest day of bus riding and we finally stopped for a late lunch in Tarifa, which is on the bottom end of Spain. It is a cute but quiet town full of tourists that enjoy surfing/kite surfin and any sport involving good winds. We had an hour to explore the ... read more
Retorno ao Marrocos!!! Frango fresco? Noite ao luar!!!
Published: June 24th 2012Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » MarrakechVou escrever coisas interessantes que vao acontecer comigo nestes dois meses, nao necessariamente que vou escrever sobre todas as cidades, mas quando algo de interessante ou inusitado acontecer, coloco no blog. Aproveitem! Bom, primeiro dia jah tem historia para contar. Cheguei em Marrakech no meio da tarde, como jah sei onde eh o hostel, foi bem facil chegar... peguei o onibus do aeroporto ateh a Jamaa El Fna e caminhei ateh o hostel, sem me perder... hehehehehe ainda bem, pois estah um calor insuportavel. Cheguei no hostel e reencontrei o pessoal que trabalha lah. Ficamos conversando um tempao. Dei uma volta pequena na Medina, comprei agua e voltei para o hostel. Tarde da noite, o Kamal e eu fomos comprar pao, frango e cebola para o Omar cozinhar tajine. Fomos na moto dele, sem capacete e ... read more
We left the motorway at Meknes and heading south passing through the fairly unremarkable towns of Azrou, Midelt and Ar Rachida, all the time keeping an eye on the mad antics of local drivers. Moroccans it has to be said are crap drivers, they are very fatalistic with their approach to driving, tail gating, overtaking on blind corners , driving at night without lights and general other crap behaviour is excused as Allah is looking after them, “Inshallah” (god willing) they will complete their journey intact. Of course any notion of monotheistic based welfare is abandoned the moment there is an accident in which case the other person is to blame, always. We witnessed the aftermath of a number of accidents and they all seemed to follow a similar pattern where a mob of chest beating ... read more
Given we had ridden so many amazing routes during our tenure in Morocco we could hardly be disappointed that today’s ride wasn’t one of them. We had elected to head for Larache, which sounded a pleasant enough Atlantic coast resort and allegedly had a top end boutique hotel, the Hotel Riad which would offer a welcome change from the sub-backpacker standard of our smelly Meknes Riad. Studying the map we felt it would be far more interesting to cut through the countryside rather than sit on a dull motorway via Rabat but we needn’t have bothered. If Morocco is some kind of world centre for sh*t driving then the epicentre of sh*tness had to be Tangier. As you drew closer to Tangier so it seemed the worse the standards of driving became. We had ridden through ... read more
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