Blogs from Grand Casablanca, Morocco, Africa - page 10

Z Fezu pociagiem OMCF do Casablanki- najwiekszego miasta Maroka. Trzeci na swiecie najwiekszy Meczet -Hassana II -jego budowa rozpoczela sie w 1986 z woli krola Hassana II, a skonczyla w 1993.Wznosi sie on na sztucznym nasypie ponad wodami Oceanu Atlantyckiego, ktore widoczne sa przez przeszklona podlogw we wnetrzu meczetu. Niekiedy otwierany jest tez ogromny dach po to, by wierni zgodnie z nauka Koranu mogli podziwiać niebo. ... read more

Note: To view photos as a slide show, click on the first photo, then click Slideshow on the right hand side Casablanca started out with the personal guide we hired not showing up. We waited 2 hours for him to show but he never did. We missed the ship's scheduled tours, as they all departed while we waited 1 1/2 hours for no-show. We have yet to hear from him, but I am chalking it up to a miscommunication, scheduling conflict, or something similar. I refuse to believe I was ripped off. (Update: Hassane, our guide, emailed me on April 28 - he had been in an accident on April 15 and was just out of the hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery.) By 10:30, we decided to take the shuttle bus into town on ... read more

February 9th, 2009 Casablanca, Morocoo Currently on the train to Marrakech, 3.5 hours south of Casa. We arrived in Morocco yesterday after a long day of traveling. So let’s reflect. Yesterday, February 8th, I woke up at 7, I took the bus at 8:25 et I arrived at the train station around 845. I had only slept about 4 hours because I went out Saturday night to Falstaff to say bye to Kat and do karaoke. I did Disturbia and Womanizer with Domi - so much fun! Our train to Paris was at 934ish, Maury Hannah Ita and I were on it. We arrived in Paris at 1115 and Lydia was there waiting with her two friends, Jane and Molly. We walked around through Jardin du Luxembourg and saw a huge gold head statue! Strange, then ... read more

Casablanca January 8, 2007 Monday Even accounting for our late start (we were very reluctant to give up our comfortable, WARM Rabat hotel and the reliable Restaurant Mixed Grill) we made it to Casablanca shortly after 1pm. Casablanca, the largest city in Morocco, is a huge shipping hub and not too much more. Most of the locals we met when we arrived in Morocco advised that we not spend much or any time here, but the magic conjured up by the city’s name, an exotic face conjured mostly by the film, and the relative ease of stopping off the train as we made our way south to the more popular spots, placed it squarely on our itinerary. Entering Casablanca from the rails we were impressed with the sprawl of the city. As we’d been warned, the ... read more

Interesting country very difficult to engage with the locals though!... read more