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Jenks & Jane on the Road to Morocco Days 1 and 2

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March 2nd 2011
If you were to ask a patriotic Welsh couple what they would do on St David's Day (patron saint of Wales), how many would answer that they would flee the country??? Well that's what we did and our excuse was that we wanted (as in we REALLY wanted) to get some SUN; having been deprived of the same for so long we've forgotten what it's looks like. And so it was that on 1st March Jane and I boarded t ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Marrakech

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more