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Music Makes People Smile
I let this young girl use my MP3 player and listen to Christina Aguilera's BEAUTIFUL. Caught the train from Fes...I was a bit hung over from having a few drinks at a nightclub the night before.
I arrived at the train station (already having purchased my ticket) and found two Aussie travelers having a caffe noir at the cafe immediately outside the station. I had 20 minutes to kill so I sat next to them and chatted. I found out they had recently been in Meknes and recommended the Touring Hotel which is right near the Meknes train station. They then mentioned they were heading back to Spain via Tangiers and thus gave me their Lonely Planet Morocco book (which was good as I was using my Lonely Planet Africa book which is not as indepth as the country-specific versions).
A quick one-hour train ride and I was in Menkes. As instructed, I took a room at the Touring Hotel and found it to be a bit run-down but my room (#17) had an AWESOME shower (dirty exposed piping but great pressure and hot water....which after the crappy showers in Fes was welcoming) and the shared toilet was just outside my door.
I took the rest of the day to tour the Medina
Arches
Much of Morocco is lined with archways. Here I look down the road where the Royal Golf Course is behind the wall on the right and the Medina is on the left. section of the city and got lost a few times. Still a bit hung over, I called it an early night after making a few Yahoo calls to the United States.
I Woke the next day feeling great and took off for Volubilis by shared cab. Met two girls at the entrance to the ruins (they were speaking English so I walked up and introduced myself). One was American (livng in England) and the other was Portugese. In the company of the two girls, I strolled the scenic site taking in the breathtaking views of the surrounding Mouslay Idriss valley and hills. After spending the last few days in large cities and lost in the maze of narrow alleyways of the ancient Medinas, it was great to be in the serene outdoors of the Roman ruins of Volubilis. The ruins were amazing especially considering they are thousands of years old. The Romans sure knew how to build cities.
The girls gave me a lift back to Meknes in their hired cab and, after buying them and their driver lunch at a small outdoor cafe, I gave them a tour around the Medina of Meknes which I had walked
Vital Fluids
Water was a major problem in Morocco...so many of the markets and homes were built around these spouts. the day before. The highlight for us was meandering through the indoor marketplace featuring fresh meats, spices, vegetables and live animals. They left in the late afternoon for Fez. That night, I took the Lonely Planets recommendation and ate dinner at Ouimas, a local home that was converted into a small restaurant. Yummy.
Off to Casa tomorrow.
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gypo dave
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Larry you massive rod! You need a montage, yeah! Loving the photos.. You passing thru UK at all? In edinburgh now but will be down in London from September, if you need a place to crash.. Safe