Blogs from Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco, Africa - page 17

Rabat is the capital of Morocco (dont worry, I also thought that Casablanca was the capital up until a year ago, and I am Miss Geography...) and is completly underrated as a travel destination. From the moment I arrived, I absolutely fell in love with this city (P.S. as I am typing this, I can hear donkeys eee-awing in the background, complete donkey heaven). Rabat is the most recent imperial city and home to the many palaces of the current king, Mohammed VI. It is a very strange feeling to enter into every single place in the city and see pictures of the King everywhere, and I mean everywhere. From grocery stores, to markets, to restaurants, there is Mohammed VI. And he is very respected amongst Moroccans. On my first night in Rabat, I experienced my ... read more

I decided to take a day trip to Rabat, the capital, which is only an hour ride by train from Casa. It started out a bit rough as I went to the wrong train station (Voyagers instead of Casa Port) and when I got to Casa Port I missed the train by one second. No worries as they leave every 30 minutes. I planned out my attack on Rabat during the train ride and upon arrival, I bounded up the stairs and out of the Rabat Ville station. And within one minute I was lost! But I gathered myself and found my way to the Chellah ruins. From the ruins, I decided to walk to the mausoleum of Mohammad V. Along the road, I saw a US flag in the distance. As I drew closer to ... read more

After a reasonable nights sleep we awoke at 0730 and unanimously decided against having a shower in the toilet. At 0845 we walked back down the hill to the port area, found a small cafe and ordered breakfast. Actually, ordered may be giving ourselves a little too much credit - we held up 3 fingers to the waiter and pointed to some pastries that may or may not have been bread and smiled politely. I also pointed to a coffee that a local punter was enjoying and again raised three fingers. Within a few minutes the food was presented on our table with sides of jams and butter. The breads ranged from a thin pancake style (although not sweet) to a thicker cookie like substance. For the first time in two weeks I also enjoyed a ... read more

Rabat is an amazing city, I only wish I had more time to visit it. The Peace Corps is keeping us busy all day with training and such. We have to go through safety and PC policies and learn countless acronyms and names which sound very unpronouncable at first. I wish I had more exciting news, but for now it's mostly meetings in a windowless room just like in Philadelphia. They're interesting, but they're still meetings. Instead I'd like to leave you with some of my favorite parts of what we've been talking about. The cover of the PC Morocco Pre-Service Training Handbook has a very appropriate poem by Lao-Tsu (6th century BC). Go to the people Live with the people Start with the people Work with what the people know Learn by doing Teach by ... read more

Salaams I am typing fro, a strange keyboard , so pls excuse the typo:s. Time since I have left is 5 days and some hours;:seems like 20 days: I have posted some pics in the gallery. 1 for CAIRO , just a glance, A FEW from RABAT , where I am right NOW. I reached Rabat after taking a train directly from the CASABLANCA airport. My flight was 2 hours on paper, more like 6 hours across the TIME ZONES.Almost missed the train stop / SLEEPING. Arrived in RABAT at 5:00am. Everyones sleeping except me. Found a cheap hotel at that time Woke up some time lqte qfternoon qnd went to the beach and then to the market area; And took some pictures . check them out SALAAMS It has stopped raining outside... read more