M O R O C C O
Wednesday 25th May 2016 - Wednesday 1st June 2016
(7 Days)
(7 Days)
Crossing Boarders from England:
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Moroccan Food
Tajine - lamb prunes almond season vegtables
Mint Tea - with a load of sugar
Khobz - Baked bread 2-10MAD
Bessara/ Bissara - Rich Fava bean soup served with bread 5MAD
Aubergine Fritters - deepfried flavoured eggplant (garlic paprika cumin spices) 1MAD one piece
Makouda/Ma'gooda - fried potato balls
Zaalouk- Eggplant tomatoe garlic oil spiced dip
Brochettes/Kebab/Kefta - Skwered meats BBQ 20-30 MAD
CousCous - vegtable cous cous stew
Harrissa - Red pepper tomato soup with beans chickpeas and lamb MAD20
Fish Chermoula - cooked fish grilled or in soup covered in spices
Moroccan Mixed Salad - Raw & cooked veg salads
Crumbed Liver, Camel spleen, Sheep head & Snail Soup
B'Stilla/Pastilla - pastry sweet savoury pie with pigeon meat/or chicken (fes)
Sesame Cookies - coated in honey
Honey and goats milk
Breakfast - Eggs, cheeses, olives, breads, orange juice and mint tea
famous for
Leather
Hamman baths
Arcitecture
Agriculture produce - fruit and veg
Berber tajine pots
Religions
Sahara Desrt
Atlas Mountaisn
Medians
Riads
Musical Instruments
Friendly people
Goats and cattle
Local Market
Workshops
Foods
Leather
Hamman baths
Arcitecture
Agriculture produce - fruit and veg
Berber tajine pots
Religions
Sahara Desrt
Atlas Mountaisn
Medians
Riads
Musical Instruments
Friendly people
Goats and cattle
Local Market
Workshops
Foods
DELICIOUS FAV FOODS
Rcif entrees
Green garlic beans and carrots
Mashed honey sugar pumpkin
Lentil yoghurt cucumber capcicim salad
Smashed green capcicim and tomatoes chillie
Rcif entrees
Green garlic beans and carrots
Mashed honey sugar pumpkin
Lentil yoghurt cucumber capcicim salad
Smashed green capcicim and tomatoes chillie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_architecture
http://www.our-africa.org/morocco/climate-agriculture
http://www.our-africa.org/morocco/climate-agriculture
TRANSPORT
700 2.5hrs from chef to Asilah
3.5hrs train from Asilah to Meknes
250 1hr massage Asilah
Trains from Assiyah to Meknes
1st class 108
2nd Class 74
700 2.5hrs from chef to Asilah
3.5hrs train from Asilah to Meknes
250 1hr massage Asilah
Trains from Assiyah to Meknes
1st class 108
2nd Class 74
PRICES
tajine 150 durhams includes mixed entree tapas salad and desert Chicken kebab or lamb chops with rice veg 75-95 small ish plate Papers 10 Mixed sweets street 7-8bits 25 Water 4 Chips 7 Mixed nuts 8 Walking tour hotel 400 for 5 people Cheap backpacks leather or not not sure from 70 Wine bottles red and white from 45-200+ Fresh orange juice 7 Leather handbag shops and jackets from 800-2000+ Hotel 150 for only Tajine and vegetable couscous Bag 50 Plates 100 Blankets 400 sheep and camel wool Rugs 600-1,100 depends silk embroided or Metal pipe 50 Bowel 160 Natural Amber perfume 50 Orange blossom 50 Transfer fee to Chefchaouen hotel 1,500 for van 5 people. Ask on the street 900 for 5 ppl van 3hrs ish. Public bus tourist take from near supermarket 75 per person 4.5hrs. Petrol 8.3mad per litre 350 d airport pick up to hotel 5 ppl 400 walking tour half day 5 hours 3 people in delux room 300 per person a night Riad Dar Bensouda.. 275 a night per person in Chefchaouen for 5 bedroom house to self air Bnb. Mixed soaps 80 Incense 60 Bath bombs 60 Towels small 40 Larger wool 80 Table runner Berber - £71 (1000) embroided silk and sheep wool Beach blanket - £28 (400) sheep wool camel Cindys £35(500) Taxi from Fes to Chef 900 Taxi from chef to Asilah 700 Taxi from Asilah hotel to Train station 50 Taxi from Meknes Train station to Hotel 40 Taxi from Meknes Hotel to Fes airport 400 Taxi from Meknes hotel to train station 40 Train from Meknes to Fes 20 Taxi from Fes to Fes Airport 130 |
CURRENCY CONVERT 5. .35 10 £.70 15- £1 20 £1.45 45- £3 50- £3.60 75- £5 105- £7 120. £8.60 150- £10 200 - £14 500. £35 BUDGETS 900 Fes accom 550 chef accom 800 table runner 400 x2 rugs 250 airport pick up, tour and dinner 75 tax 200 transport to Chef 150 transport to Assilyah 108 train to Meknes 140 accom Assilyah 50 bum bag, 50 pipe, 170 bowl 80 soaps 260 perfumes me Stace Cindy 50 cindys soap 100 Stacey's earrings 50 orange blossom 80 towels Chefchaouen 100 museum 4,400 MAD 100 rug in Asilah 2,200 on meals drinks other shopping TOTAL 6,600 |
FES
3 nights
How to get to Fes Old square from the Airport
We organised a hotel shuttle for 5 people through the hotel for 22 euros.
We organised a hotel shuttle for 5 people through the hotel for 22 euros.
Walking through a maze
The food
Leather
Home decor
Silver
Perfumes
Oils for hair
Spices
FES STREETS
henna de souk
Talaal Kob ra (parallel to this street)
Mouly Ibisris
Arachine area
Bouljoud & Blue Gate
Other famous gates
Walk around the wall
The ruins
Mosques
Olive trees outside Fes
Orange trees farming
Vineyards
Sunflower patch
Almond trees
FES
New town
400 durhams for 5 people walking tour
Dar - no garden with
Riad - garden (heaven on earth)
Medina (old) 15kms wall & 14gates . Blue gate most famous. 365 mosques in medina only. 9400 streets . First Islamic city is fes. 800's 9th century was built .
10kms sea cross Morocco to Spain. Tarifa- tanjeer ferry. Malaga...
Batha - outside of Medina
Bouljoud Blue & Green gate - open till 11-12midnight...
The food
Leather
Home decor
Silver
Perfumes
Oils for hair
Spices
FES STREETS
henna de souk
Talaal Kob ra (parallel to this street)
Mouly Ibisris
Arachine area
Bouljoud & Blue Gate
Other famous gates
Walk around the wall
The ruins
Mosques
Olive trees outside Fes
Orange trees farming
Vineyards
Sunflower patch
Almond trees
FES
New town
400 durhams for 5 people walking tour
Dar - no garden with
Riad - garden (heaven on earth)
Medina (old) 15kms wall & 14gates . Blue gate most famous. 365 mosques in medina only. 9400 streets . First Islamic city is fes. 800's 9th century was built .
10kms sea cross Morocco to Spain. Tarifa- tanjeer ferry. Malaga...
Batha - outside of Medina
Bouljoud Blue & Green gate - open till 11-12midnight...
CHEFCHAEUON
2 Nights
Chefchaouen like Medellin in Colombia and Antigua in Guatemala , mountains and small town.
Chefchaouen HASH
All dried weed plants buds leaf in a bag.
Tight cotton over bowl
Smash th weed wit wooden spoon
Release all the loose leaf with seeds separated
Female plant and male plants
Female produce the seeds
Half plastic bag full seeds makes about 20grams weed
20g worth 80€ euros
SLEEP
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EAT & DRINK
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DO
get lost in the cobble stone blue streets View of the mountains |
ASILAH
2 Nights
SLEEP
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EAT & DRINK
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DO
Hassan II Mosque |
LEARNING
LANGUAGE ARABIC
Hello - SALAM
Thank you - Shookrun
Please - afuk
Yes - namm
No - laa
How much - bish Hal
Jews from Spain escaped over into Morocco into the foothills , overtime all turned Muslim
Loads of donkeys
So many stairs
Farming
Markets on Monday morning chefchaouen
Hash farms on riff mountains
Loads sheep for sheep wool & mutton/lamb
Goat meat
Donkeys for hard labour
Paprika
Cumin
Chilli
Ginger
Curry
SHOPPING
Orange blossom
Snadlewood
Grapefruit
Arabic perfumes
Silver
Leather
Food souks
Honey souls
Olives spices
Argan oil
Rose oil
Ha man
MOROCCO LEARNING
ruled by King, very happy, women rights
RELIGION
Neeka - see eyes
Full covered - booka
See face - Islam
Culture prey 5 a day
Let's go for prey let's go for success
God is great God is great
Face east to prey to ullah
Day of judgement (death) heaven or hell
Morocco owned by Islamic state (Baghdad at the mine)
Jenna heaven
Islam
Cats all Over Morocco
Dogs chase Angels -
No dogs / not clean
Islam don't eat pork
Non Islam... 14th century all converted
Berber - own language all 3 different language
Riff mountains strong minded crazy North
Atlas Mountains Slurh
South atlas agadir- sousi
Islam - buried once dead , wash the body, wrap in tissue cloth, carry on shoulder to mosque, prey from karan, then to bury.
ISLAMIC EMPIRE AND ... empire .. Turkey into western erupte and from Middle East into Africa (Islam)
Islam rich countries until 13th century when started to fight
Agree to disagree not to understand each other each empire...
Patans, Christians
Mulay change religion
CULTURE
Carvings from stone & plaster & clay
Islam/Islamic
Arab/Arabic
Persians
Fatima daughter of Mohammed - good luck
Each finger is 5 roads of island
One road Mecca , one prey, one fast, only one God,
Speak French in Morocco
Moroccan heritage in Spain
Male hamman Friday / religious day, shops close at 1pm
Women Hamman Sundays after cleaning , socialise sometimes 1 week
Women can't drink coffee with men
But in new town can wear western cloths and drink coffee , more open minded
Iran and all thhas stahn
Persian language
Persian carpets silk most expensive in the world
Stain the wood in olive oil
Mud brick
Stained glass like churches
HISTORY
Arabs and Berber fight never ends
SCHOOLS
learn Arabic and after 5 years learn French at school
AGRICULTURE
Dates mezouga south grow fruits
Loads Palm Trees no dates around fez
Cedar trees wood - 25kms from Fes has the largest cedar forest in all of Africa
Grains harvested for food, then put into blocks to feed animals or make woven baskets etc build houses
Romania - original gypsies & the Irish Gypsies
Tenneries
Animals from deserts and Atlas Mountains and slaughter houses
Camel goat sheep cow -
Goat best
Camel traditional
Wash _ limestones and salts clean the skin - scrub wool
Make leather soft
Warm water Olive oil to smooth - 6 hours , each hour change the water
Then natural dies mineral stones & plants
Poppy flower - red
Indigo - mineral
Mint - green
Saffron - yellow
Coal- black
Hang it up in the shade
Factories into products
Slippers, belts, cushions, wallets, bags,
Suede is the inside of goats skin
Natural leather doesn't burn
CARPETS
Made from Cactus what tequila made from
Camel and sheep wool
Berber patterns
Camel wool original more expensive
Sheep wool fake copies
Woven knotted embroided