Blogs from Morocco, Africa - page 43

Southern Iberian Peninsula Part 1 Prepare yourselves, this shit is long. Also, if these pictures don't post correctly, I'll use this site to upload them. Trying to link to my google drive account to get the placement of the pictures to flow better. We meant to leave Lisbon southbound on the 10:50am train to Faro, Portugal, and then take the 6:00pm bus to Seville, Spain. It turns out Chegadas (arrivals) does not mean Partidas(departures). We looked at the wrong monitor, stood on platform five (the train arriving from Faro) and watched our train to Faro (platform seven) roll out of the station. Whoops. Four hours and €8 to change the tickets later, we left for Faro. Consequently we missed the bus to Seville so we decided to stay in a Hostel in Faro. Its funny how ... read more

Day 10 - leaving Todra Gorge, going to Aït Ben Haddou I woke up naturally this morning at about 6.30am... Then snoozed until about 7! Ooohhh... My aching hips! When I put my feet to the floor I felt like I had no legs! That bloody camel! ... Lol I went outside on the terrace, which I not noticed before, it's so nice out there! The water runs by the side of the hotel, there's a pool, a lounge area, sun beds etc, it's so peaceful, and picturesque out there! I nearly missed it! Everyone made it for breakfast at 8am; it was pancakes and jam today, with added choice of boiled eggs and bread, and as always, coffee, tea and orange juice. We set off at 9am to go to Aït Ben Haddou. The first ... read more

Day 8 - Goodbye Fes, hello Atlas Mountains and Sahara desert/Merzouga Ohhhh.... It was an early start this morning! I was up at 4.55, breakfast at 5.15. Really, it was ok for me as I went to bed at 8.45! I got showered, watched an episode of Suits on Netflix, then slept like a baby, as always! Breakfast today was scrambled eggs, bread and cheese, followed by pain de chocolate with coffee. Very nice it was too! I brought my bag down with me this morning, so I'm good to go! Haled came through with 3 pairs of socks..yayyyy... My warmer world is now complete, and just in time for our visit to the Atlas Mountains. When I was in Taghazout, I was warned about the cold and snow in the north, I was not disappointed! ... read more

Day 6 - Goodbye Casablanca, hello Meknes, Volubilis, AFRA Project and Fes Last night I shared a room with Heather from Toronto. Originally, she was upset at the prospect of sharing, but she accepted it, we actually got on well. As always, I slept like a baby! We set our alarms for 6am, for breakfast at 7. I was well rested, and up, showered, dressed and packed by 6.30. Breakfast was good. I went for all three course: cereal and fruit, omelette with salad and bread, then a croissant and coffee.... Hmmmm, I love my breakfast more than any other meal of the day! We set off on the tour bus at 8am. Everyone was on time and ready to go. We expect to be stopping in about 2 hours at the imperial city of Meknes. ... read more

Day 4 - More yoga and surfing I had to use the alarm to get up this morning, all of this strenuous activity is starting to catch up with me! Yoga started at 8am, but I went up to the studio Carly to do a few sun salutations to prepare me for the yoga! I am so sore.... All over. I am feeling the effects of having such a long break from yoga! I didn't feel so had as everyone else is also really feeling the pain! I struggled through, but I still have to say, I did feel better for making the effort! We went for breakfast, all good as usual! We were joined by another German lad last night, so now there are 5 in their group. Larsen took me to buy my bus ... read more