Blogs from Azrou, Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco, Africa - page 3

Its been five days since weve been able to write due to the obvious lack of internet connection in the Sahara. The town in the mountains where weve been hiding (I mean relaxing) is not much more technologically advanced so after a couple of attempts we are finally posting this blog. We were unable to post pics due to the painfully slow connection at the internet cafe. Stay tuned for these pics in a couple of days. Last Monday we finished our time in Marrakech by wandering the medina and Mohammed V Ave. At night we had dinner in the central square sampling the foods at different stands. We started with moroccan style chickpea and lentil soup, kind of like moroccan pasta fazool. Then we made our way to the sausage stand (we included a ... read more

Hadn't originally planned on heading to Azrou, in fact I had never even heard of it. When the need to get out of Fès became so great I began researching other interesting places in the area and came upon this one. My original plan was to take the overnight bus from Fès to Merzouga and the Sahara (9 hour bus ride) but then decided to break up the journey a little... Definitely a change of gears from Fès; fairly small, quiet (with the exception of the mulititude of car alarms going off incessantly in the parking lot outside my room..ugh...) and certainly more laid back... The thing I noticed most by the end of my journey was the fact that I must have had "sucker" written across my forehead, and it all started here... Within five ... read more