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Travel Expenses: Morocco
For the first time since I started traveling in 2006, I did not go beyond my estimated budget. Also for the first time (not including Myanmar since, it’s not possible there), I did not use my credit card nor my ATM/debit cards. It is indeed one small step to financial freedom and a giant leap…
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Snapshot Morocco: Closing the loop
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 people traveling back to their hometown on the eve of Eid al-Adha. We were so…
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Snapshot Morocco: Into the souk
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 love my new bag Lilliane, who is into the fifth month of her one-year RTW…
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Snapshot Morocco: The long road to Marrakech
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 marveling at tr mountain, next thing we know, our bus is hugging its side. The…
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Snapshot Morocco: Ouallywood
Ouarzazate was a pleasant surprise. We were expecting another small, sleepy town, and though it is small and sleepy, it was pretty-fied to look like a bustling metropolis. View from our balcony There were no touts waiting to “welcome” us when we got off the bus, and we were ignored for the most part while…
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Snapshot Morocco: Erg Chebbi
We opted to have breakfast at the veranda of our hotel and this is our view: Those little specks you see are runners and the organizers Merzouga is a refreshing change from Fez. Sure there were touts waiting for us at the bus stop, but they don’t pester us as much. We’re staying in the…
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Snapshot Morocco: Still in your Fez
Actually, not as much anymore. After some rest and knowing what to expect, we were able to cope better when we ventured back into the medina. Inside our riad We went back to the Ville Nouvelle to buy our bus ticket to Merzouga. The rain has been pouring on and off the entire morning, adding…
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Snapshot Morocco: In your Fez
Writing the previous posts were effortless. The words flowed freely out of my head and through my thumbs tapping away at my iPod’s screen. The riad we’re staying in at Fes has wi-fi, but I couldn’t bring myself to post anything last night. The landscape between Chefchaouen and Fes After Meknes and Chefchaouen, Fes was…
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