This made us laugh. It’s a breakfast menu in a Casablanca cafe. Click on the picture to enlarge it. We have no idea what’s in the bowl of the Traditional breakfast (first item). But wait, what’s that in centre-stage of the “Exotic” breakfast (last item) — yes, it’s plain, old TOAST! *giggle* It appears that […]

Casablanca is more interested in business than it is in the tourist dirham, with the exception of the Hassan II mosque which is the world’s third largest mosque and is open to the paying public. (The two largest are in Saudi Arabia, including Mecca.) An impressively-scaled building, built on reclaimed land in the Atlantic ocean. […]

After our recent shake-ups in Er-Rachidia and Rissani, and mentally prepared by our guide book, we both donned our emotional battle-armour and entered the Fez medina ready for a carpet-fight. However, there was none to be had. As we soon learnt, this town is much more relaxed than is written. Friendly, even. Fez has a […]

The BBC writes that the UAE stages camel beauty contest. I shall never look at a camel the same again…

We arrived bleary-eyed in Fez at 5.30am and were advised to shelter in the bus station until daylight. This felt a bit weird as usually at the end of a long journey one doesn’t have to sit in a waiting room again! Once morning had broken, we scooted-off to find the youth hostel. We weren’t […]