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Streets of Casablanca

For the most part streets are dirty and polluted, but those near the popular upmarket port area are wide sweeping boulevardes. A city of contrasts


From: Africa » Morocco » Grand Casablanca

Moroccan  Flag 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]
Blog: Casablanca - The Extremes of Morocco
Date: April 16th 2012

From far off, through circuitous corridors, came the scent of citrus-blossom and jasmine, with sometimes a bird’s song before dawn, sometimes a flute’s wail at sunset, and always the call of the muezzin..." ~ Edith Wharton In Morocco

41 hours of hellish flights and airport stopovers that were too long to be comfortable and too short to be of any use except for sta ... read more


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