Sailed into the port of Casablanca at midday. Casablanca is the largest city in Africa and is only 14 kms from Europe across the strait. Morocco is made up of 91% Muslims, 2% Jews and 7% Christians and all live in harmony as it is the most tolerant country for all religions. Their new king, Mohammed VI has made many advances including allowing women to take any occupation they wish, building highways between all cities before 2010 and spending 25% of his personal wealth to improve the plight of the poor. He is also the first of their kings to make the decision to only have one wife (a commoner) and is obviously very loved by his people.
We bordered our bus for Rabat at 1pm. Our guide for the day was a practicing Muslim woman who was very interesting and enlightened us to the ways of Muslims.
Our first stop was the Moroccan royal palace and then the new royal mausoleum. The later was built on the grounds of a previous mosque that was never finished and also partly destroyed by the great earthquake of 1789 which was 8.4 on the Richter scale and destroyed much of the area.
Next we were taken to the Kasbah des Oudayas. Kasbah (casbar) is the name given to a fort and this one was built in the 11th century to defend the city against the many Andalusian pirates that regularly tried to invade the region as well as the name given o a marketplace. Inside we were offered nougat, spearmint tea and almond biscuits. The fort overlooks the ocean inlet and was a wonderful place to sit and take in the colours of Morocco. From there we headed back to the ship for a pirate dinner and crab racing!
We bordered our bus for Rabat at 1pm. Our guide for the day was a practicing Muslim woman who was very interesting and enlightened us to the ways of Muslims.
Our first stop was the Moroccan royal palace and then the new royal mausoleum. The later was built on the grounds of a previous mosque that was never finished and also partly destroyed by the great earthquake of 1789 which was 8.4 on the Richter scale and destroyed much of the area.
Next we were taken to the Kasbah des Oudayas. Kasbah (casbar) is the name given to a fort and this one was built in the 11th century to defend the city against the many Andalusian pirates that regularly tried to invade the region as well as the name given o a marketplace. Inside we were offered nougat, spearmint tea and almond biscuits. The fort overlooks the ocean inlet and was a wonderful place to sit and take in the colours of Morocco. From there we headed back to the ship for a pirate dinner and crab racing!
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