Casablanca Travel Blogs

I started out this journey with the belief that every town has something unique and interesting to be discovered.  So far, I have always found this to be true.  However, it’s also true that some of these “discoveries” are much more interesting than others.  So here I wil…

This trip was booked through: www.gate1travel.com.  It is fantastic and comprehensive tour agency and I strongly recommend using them! My intention was to write daily blogs for this trip, but sometimes one gets so involved in the journey that one does not have the time or energy to expr…

it's here where i was born , it's my hometown and i love it

Lazy last day spent doing a few organisational things like confirm Etihad flight out tonight over at their office at the Sheraton Hotel, repack, repack, repack again! after collecting laundry (150MAD - Over $20 AUD). Getting hotel Ajiad to ring and confirm my taxi for 5p.m. was like asking for…

We finally arrived in Casablanca and proceeded to head to the architectural wonder that is the Hassan II mosque. This is the second largest mosque in the world, following the Blue Mosque in Turkey, which is the largest. There we were strolling through the massive courtyard outside the mosque …

Another early start in Marrakech, and having done a recce to the station first time, we got a Grande Taxi to the station at 8-15. Headed to the ticket office and had no problems getting tickets for the 1st class compartments on the 9am to Casablanca. Reading up before we went this had been recommen…

After meeting up with my friend Matt in JFK airport, we flew on Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca as a layover before our final destination of Dakar.  We really enjoyed Air Maroc because it was comfortable and there were the perks you used to get on U.S. airlines.  During our 8+ hour flight, …

Ah, Casablanca.  Exotic, beautiful, mysterious, Casablanca.   Mmm, more like sprawling, polluted, traffic jammed, moped dodging, Casablanca.  Yet, it does have it's charm.  For one thing, just saying "Casablanca" is really kind of cool! We arrived just like they do in the m…

I remember with great clearness the moment I stepped out of the airport: the sun, as I have never seen it, struck me with its brightness, so much that I could not look at the landscape without sunshades. All the white buildings, as though I had stepped in a dream, contrasted with the ochr…

Andrew turns another year older and we arrived in smoggy Casablanca. Walked around the city visiting the cathedral and the medina. The medina is the old city enclosed by walls to protect the city during war. We were befriended by a local guy who whisked us off to his fathers shop. where we were com…

Camels, ,Kasbahs,Souks,Couscous.....I must be in Morocco...;-) Our first day in Casablanca ,Morocco and we are on our way to the Mosque of Hassan II , which is in close proximity to the Corniche seaside.I feel like a "pea"(an excited pea, no less) in the middle of this grandeoise square. What an a…

Well, I have finished my Morocco journey and I cannot wait to get back to Europe (though Morocco was quite spectacular).  It was definately a bit of a culture shock. The top things I will remember about Morocco: 1.  The VERY persistent men and their interesting expressions of approval t…

Casablanca was a short drive from Rabat, its outskirts lined with an odd assortment of built up shantytowns.  The thing that was ammusing were that they were multi story bungaloes with a nice steel roof, equipped with satalite dishes but still having that nice vibe of poverty too them.  A…

I reach Casablanca in mid afternoon and decide to walk from the bus station to town… down a rather empty stretch of Oulad Ziane and then swing off to the left into a relatively uninteresting commercial/wholesale sector.  One street I find a bit interesting is a “blind alley”—a street l…

Thursday, June 12, 2008 We're in Casablanca now.  I love this place people are passionate and v. friendly to us (v. much unlike the thieves we always encountered in Spain).  They always try to initiate small talk although I dun quite understand what they are saying.  And they're cal…