All along the way Kim kept snapping away taking pictures of local people as they went about their business. She had to be quick however and mostly secretive about what she was doing because a lot of people were not that happy about having their photographs taken. The Muslim faith does not permit images of people and on most occasions when someone saw a camera pointed their way they would either turn away or wag a reproachful finger to say no.
Posted in Africa, Food, Morocco, World Heritage
Tagged Culture, Fez, Fez Medina, Fez Souks, Life, Riad Layali, Travel
I was continuously restless after the five o’clock Adhan and didn’t really sleep properly again so eventually I got up early because to be truthful I was rather anxious to check the weather. At the top of the Riad there was a sun terrace and as I climbed the internal steps I could feel the warmth and brightness spilling through the open door and cascading down the staircase like a waterfall of sunshine and once on top I was rewarded with a perfect blue sky and a view over the whole of the city across rooftops decorated with thousands of satellite dishes all the way to the Atlas Mountains and I was satisfied that it was going to be a fine day.
Posted in Africa, History, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Fez, Fez Medina, Morocco, Riad Layali
We travelled to Fez with Ryanair on a late afternoon flight and I am certain that they have crammed in even more seats onto the aircraft because there was barely enough room to turn the pages of an A5 book let alone a broadsheet newspaper that they sold me so I tried to sleep and managed this for about an hour of the three and a half hour flight and after that had to try and amuse myself as best as possible for the rest of the cramped ordeal.
The landing at Fez airport was delayed but there was no explanation for this but at least Ryanair couldn’t play their ‘arrived on time’ fanfair’. When we stepped from the plane at about half past seven we were greeted with an unexpected chill blast which cut through our clothing into our flesh and meant that we had to turn our jacket collars up and button up our coats against the wind because the temperature was dangerously close to zero and even though it was December this surprised us.
Posted in Africa, Food, Hotels, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Fez, Morocco, Riad Layali, Ryanair, Travel
Have Bag, Will Travel 