August 23, 2006
Chefchaouen
Last day in Fez
We didn't do much, just chilling out. Fez is a good place to just "chill out", in fact the entire Morocco is a damn good place to just chill out. Well we did achieve something useful, we planned Mark's exit from mainland Europe to London, and that's about it. We had dinner late that night with James, an American we met earlier in Meknes who's just chilling out in Morocco while learning Arabic. We had lunch at one of the stalls on the side of the road, this food we suspected what caused another stomach issue with my two friends the following morning. Fortunately I escaped unhurt.
Chefchaouen
More Spanish than French, but Moroccon nonetheless, Chefchaouen is one of the prettiest place that I've ever been. The Spanish Andalucian's influence is very strong here that street signs are written in Spanish rather than French. Most people are trilingual, Arabic, Spanish and French. The old people can only speak Arabic and Spanish.
Of all Moroccon cities that we visited in the past two weeks, this is the best place to chill out, period. This city is so laid back, and although no longer the exclusive domain of backpackers, it still retain its charm as the backpacker chill out place in Morocco. There's not much "sights" to be seen, just being here is enough to visit Chaouen. I could imagine myself sitting here for a week sipping my mint tea while finishing my book or doing some other private project, this is that kind of place to do that. Unfortunately we have a schedule to keep and this is our last night in Chaouen.
Tomorrow we're going to take the afternoon local bus (not CTM, this is going to be an interesting journey) to Tangier, spend one night there before taking the ferry to Gibraltar.
Posted by vhadiant at August 23, 2006 09:30 PM
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