Blogs from Fes, Fès-Boulemane, Morocco, Africa - page 4

At breakfast we meet a couple of nice young men from Minnesota. They are on sort of a reverse course to ours and have been to many of the places we are hoping to visit, with the distinct exception of Minnesota. Fes is next up for us and they had a great time there. One of them likes to spin his own wool (no, that is not a euphemism for ram masturbation) so the high point of their trip was visiting a nomadic tribe that spins and looms and makes highly intricate rugs. Today we have little to do beyond securing our passage by bus to Fes. This will require that we trek down the hill to the bus station to procure tickets, then come back to get our luggage and leave a while later. This ... read more

We arrived in Fes after a four and a bit hour / 200 km bus ride from Chefchaouen. Along the way we drove past more gorgeous scenery and watched the landscape get drier the further south we went. The highlight of the trip was the stop at a bus station midway through the journey where we had the pleasure of observing whole carcasses of animals hanging in the sunshine...yummy.. We were met at the bus station by a taxi driver we had prearranged with our hotel. We hopped in the taxi and made our way to the medina. The taxi stopped at the closest point he could drive to where we were met by a staff member from the hotel who walked us the rest of the way. Madinat Fas, (or 'Old Fes'), was founded in ... read more

Dneska byl v planu puvodne kralovsky Meknes a starorimske Volubilis. Ale plan jsme zmenili, ze radeji poradne prosmejdime Fes. Co je treba o stare medine rict a ma obecnou platnost: ztratite se. Moderni technologie vam pomohou, vytistena mapa vam pomuze, ale stejne se ztratite. I kdyz vite, ze mate jit jenom rovne, tak najednou se cesta necekane zalomi nebo se objevi odbocka, ktera by tam nemela byt. A ktera tam po 3 minutach pri ceste zpatky uz nebude. Ale zase pribudou dve na druhe strane. Proste sranda. Nas prvni cil byly slavne kozeluzny. Kdyz uz jsme nejak dobloudili do dane oblasti, tak se nas hned ujal mistni vejrostek, dal hrst maty proti puchu, odvedl nas na terasu a zbezne vysvetlil princip celeho procesu. Vyhled zajimavy, ale trochu z boku, tak jsme chteli zajit jeste na jednu, ... read more

Day 7 - Fès medina, shopping! Another good nights sleep! I went to bed at 10.30, and slept solid until 7am. I went to breakfast with Heather, and met up with Cy from Boston. Breakfast was good. Today we are doing a sight seeing tour of Fès medina. We started with a short walk through a town area. There's were a few small shops with houses above; Muslims live on the left, Jews on the right, but all in harmony. The guide showed us the green and brown loose soap cream; green for domestic use, and mown for the skin. He raved in how good the skin one is; although it looks disgusting! We continued to a panoramicbr viewpoint. What a view! I had a great picture taken, a hit similar to my picture jumping at ... read more

We were joined by the rest of the Contiki group as we left Granada early that morning to catch the ferry from Tarifa, Spain to Tangier, Morocco. Unfortunately, the bumpy and turbulent ferry ride made me queasy and I was happy when we finally reached land. For the return journey back into Spain, I will be definitely be more prepared with Gravel, given courtesy of Erin. Thanks Erin! In Tangier, the first thing we noticed when we got off the ferry were the several stray cats. We all got to hang out with the local cats at the ferry cafeteria while we waited for the bus which was inconveniently put on a later ferry. When the bus finally arrived, we met our local guide for Morocco, Mohammed. The first thing he said was this is Africa! ... read more