Route

We bussed up north from Safi then had a little trip to Rabat for Visas then to Casa on the train. Pink is the flight tomorrow to Bamako

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Casablanca and the great Moroccan escape

July 8th 2006
Don't be fooled by the exotic name, this is not a city where Humphrey Bogart sits in a bar muttering "of all the gin joints in all the world......et cetera". I haven't seen the film and I even have a mental picture what Casablanca is about, smokey charm and men with strong jaw-lines. Casablanca is not about this. It is a sprawling, filthy, sweaty African city which is a product of that all to fre ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Grand Casablanca » Casablanca

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

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