Places we visited: Marrakech, Sahara Desert, Fes, Chefchaouen, Casablanca
Length of stay: 11 days
High point: the Sahara desert-riding a camel to our campsite and climbing a sand dune at night to see the stars, walking through the Chefchaouen Medina
Low Point: Arriving tired and dirty in Casablanca to find Casablanca and our hotel room were also tired and dirty
Local food/flavor: Tajines, couscous, mint tea, olives, fresh squeezed orange juice
Language: Arabic and French
Currency: Dirham
Unique Sights: Donkeys used as delivery trucks, kasbahs, souqs, riads, seven year old tour guides, pink toilet paper
Purchases: Moroccan house shoes and a wool sweater
Things we did:
Marrakech
This is where we were introduced to mint tea. Yum!
Got lost in the souqs, on accident and on purpose
Ate dinner with the locals at stall #17 in Djemaa el-Fna Square
Sahara Expedition (a three day trip through Central Morocco to the Sahara)
Spent the night in the Todra Gorge, a beautiful area of Morocco
Rode a camel into the Sahara to our campsite
Climbed a sand dune in the dark
Camped in the Sahara for one night
Fes
Shared a six-hour taxi ride with our new friends from Hong Kong from Merzouga to Fes
Watched the process of cleaning, bleaching, and tanning leather hides at the tanneries
Chefchaouen
Relaxed in one of the prettiest mountain towns we have ever seen
Were offered "kif" before we even made it out of the train station
Ran into friends from the Sahara Expedition
Hiked to an abandoned mosque overlooking the city (and were offered "kif" at least five times