Pretty Mosque

Chickens and Cheats

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February 5th 2008
We got up too early this morning, we were even up before the sun. The stalls were only beginning to set up as we walked down the streets to the bus station. We wanted to buy food for lunch but only found a stall selling brown bananas which we bought four of. We arrived at nine for the nine thirty bus to find that it was already pretty full. It was another rickety vehicle with scruffy seats and ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Agadir

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more