Category Archives: Morocco

Meknes, Moulay Idriss and Volubilis

Posted on Thursday, 12 January 2012 by nina

Though Casablanca was our port of entry in Morocco, we considered Meknes as our first city. We merely transited in Casablanca, never going out of the airport and the train station enroute to the old capital. Bab Mansour Meknes wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Project Morocco

Posted on Saturday, 24 December 2011 by nina

When I published my Morocco travel expenses, friends started messaging me expressing their surprise at the figures I presented and asked for tips on how to plan a trip to Morocco. I promised them I’d give a copy of my … Continue reading →

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Snapshot Morocco: Closing the loop

Posted on Monday, 7 November 2011 by nina

We’re back where we started: Casablanca. Tomorrow we’ll be boarding the plane that will take us to Abu Dhabi then onwards to Manila. Putting my cooking lessons to good use We left Marrakech early this morning, anticipating the volume of … Continue reading →

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Snapshot Morocco: Into the souk

Posted on Friday, 4 November 2011 by nina

After 12 days, we gave in and shopped. It was hard resisting in the other cities we went to before Marrakech, but we held off because it would be cumbersome to travel with the extra weight in our bags. I … Continue reading →

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Snapshot Morocco: The long road to Marrakech

Posted on Thursday, 3 November 2011 by nina

Though Marrakech is only 200 kilometers from Ouarzazate, the bus ride takes almost four hours. The route takes us not just through the Atlas Mountains, but also up and down its side. Through the High Atlas One minute we were … Continue reading →

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