Blogs from Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco, Africa - page 15

OK, Cheryl is here now so we are uploading photos: Sorry for the delay!... read more

Here I am in Rabat. Got picked up Saturday a,m, in Casablance. Our homeb ase is quite differenty from the one in Ayacucho, it is in a very affluent suburb and aa nice villa with each room looking onto a big tyerrace and garden. We are close to embassies an one of the king 's palaces, with lots if police surrounding all these gated properties. Here are some pictures. We began our assignments Monday, and I and another go to a school for street children. We spend half an hour with each classroom, so far ages 4,5,m and 6,and the classes habve anywhere from 15 to 39 kids. Two days we will be working with three classes of 7,8, 9 year olds, also huge classes. It is going to be very difficult a) to teach anything ... read more

Thank god for Imodium. Today we decided to "do" Rabat so that tomorrow we can move on. We got up pretty early due in part to the day spent in bed and in part to the massive hole in the roof which lets in a lot of light. Our first port of call was to walk to the Kasbah of which I had good expectations but was actually pretty disappointed. It was pretty grotty in comparison to most others and pretty insignificant. On the other side of the Kasbah there was a view point where you could look across at either the city or the harbor and bay. The beach below us was intermingled with a building site, but this hadn't stopped locals using it as a football pitch. We walked towards Le Tour Hassan and ... read more

We managed a pretty decent morning start, but our efforts were thwarted by the lethargy of the hotel staff. We ordered a breakfast and sat around for ages waiting for them to eventually arrive with a basket of toasted baguette, butter and apricot jam. The best thing about breakfast was the OJ followed by mint tea. (Don’t think about the sugar content) We had a quick stop to say goodbye to Anthony as we almost certainly won't bump into him again; he is heading north for a ferry back to Spain. We wanted one last walk around the medina before we left, so we wandered around the blue streets that were a lot quieter than yesterday. We managed to find a few of the places that Lonely Planet had pictured and replicated them. We didn't have ... read more

Am in the capital Rabat, waiting for visas for Mauritania and Mali. If they come through this afternoon then we should be heading off for Marrakesh this afternoon. Food is far too healthy with fresh vegetables in every meal!!! A distinct lack of grease.. Sky is blue and it is warm in the day - though still very chilly at night. The rest of the group are great - a mix of pohms, aussies and South Africans.... read more