DanielandSue

Day 10 Back to Casablanca!!! It's now just 17 of us, the British have parted ways from our group as they fly home from Marrakesh. We arrive at the Ibis City Centre Hotel, and the day is a short one. We had a guided tour of the city and saw the second largest Mosque-Mosque Hassan II, and relaxed at the hotel. The tour had come to an end and we enjoyed every bit that we could. To summarize, we enjoyed this trip immensely and would recommend Morocco to any that have the sense of adventure in them. It was amazing to see such a way of life but we’re both happy to return home to our family and friends. Travelling allows you to learn so much and appreciate what you have. Day 11 Home time...a short ... read more

Day 8 Off to Marrakesh today but first a couple stops along the way. We stopped just moments away from our hotel and had a guided tour of our first Kasbah, it was called Kasbah Taourirt. Just after that Kasbah we stopped at one of the finest Kasbahs in Morocco, it's called Ait Benhaddou, this is where Lawrence of Arabia was filmed. Pretty amazing buildings, we took a few pictures, and enjoyed the shops. Back on the road we drove through the Draa Valley, the scenery was incredible. Now when we were in the mountains there wasn't too many choices for lunch, amazingly enough being with our tour we had a great little spot that made us all fresh subs....and we had a beautiful view. Back on the road we were almost there!! (Thank god) we ... read more

Day 6 We started our morning with a tour of a fossil mining company. We saw some lovely pieces of work that dates back some 200, 000, 00 years ago. It was a short visit then we met our guide for the morning. We travelled to a nearby village called Risanni, where we left the bus behind and went for a very interesting walk through their town market. What a way of life, and to see what these people do 3 times a week what pretty crazy. The town people would be buying all of their produce for the next couple days, many don't have hydro so no fridges for them to keep much more than a couple days worth of food. The fresh smells of the mint for sales was great, I purchased a stone ... read more

Day 4 We started our day with breakfast at the hotel, then headed out on the bus and met up with our tour guide, Mohamed. In Morocco every first born son to a family get names Mohamed....we’ve now met a few. He took us to see the Royal Palace entrance; there are seven doors, one for each day of the week. We walked through the upper class level Jewish section, from the outside they didn't look very special but we were told each would be worth well over a million dollars. With our guide (thank god for him) we walked through some of the 9000 alley ways in Fez's Medina. A medina is in many of the towns and cities in Morocco; it’s similar to a market for us. « We saw just about everything for ... read more

DAY 2 - Paris to Casablanca We travelled from Paris to Casablanca on a 3 hour flight with Air France. Things went very smooth for us, a lengthy line up once we made it to Morocco customs was just our luck. We took a taxi from the airport and arrived safe and sound to our hotel 'Prince de Paris' it was pretty nice, clean but in the middle of the chaotic city of Casablanca. Once we got settled in, we went to the conference room and met our group and our tour guide. Her name is Anne, she is from Britain. We are a part of a pretty large group-43 of us, mostly British. We've befriended a brother and sister from Australia, Karen and Bernard. We had a buffet supper at the hotel. Enjoyed some wine ... read more