Morocco, a land of extremes

Hehhe, napa aku panggil Morocco ni land of extremes...sebabnya dia ada snow, n ada gak musim panas yg terik. Journey nih aku gi ngan wife n another family frens. We back pack for 2 weeks n spend raya haji kat sana. Went to Fez, Casablanca, Merzouga n finally Marakech. Basically, the original inhabitants of Morocco are the Berbers....diorang ni bukan arab n bukan mat saleh, maybe kat tgh2 kot. Muka diorang macam Zinedine Zidane tuh ahh....Diorang ni lembut and hospitable people. Masakan diorg yg famous ialah Tagine....n lots of bread.

Masa gi sana mmg melantak sakan, sebab dah lama tak kuar dari UK, yg mmg susah nak cari makanan sedap2...

Menda yg mesti buat kat Morocco:

1. Makan tagine n breads dia. Jgn lupa kus kus.


2. Minum juice orange yg mmg manis n pure, takde campur air punya kat sini


3. Gi masjid besar kat Casablanca...nama dia Hassan Mosque kalau tak silap.


4. Leather market...they do produce premium quality leather works...even some designer brands get their leathers in Morocco


5. Try naik unta kat Merzouga...masa aku gi ngan wife aku, lepak ngan berber...diorang kata first time tgk org mesia...maybe hulu sgt kot aku gi, org mesia tak berminat.



6. Memandu along atlas mountains.


7. Gi pasar terbesar probably in the world...Jama' el Fana.
   
   Kebetulan masa kitorang pergi, masa 2nd week tuh raya haji...so sempatlah merasa solat raya haji kat Marakech.

Wife aku mmg rambang mata ahh masa gi bazaar dia, masih mengekalkan bentuk pasar zaman2 Usmaniyah dan Andalusia. Marakech nih used to be the biggest and prosperous city in the 11 and 12th century. Fez pulak mmg dah lama jadi Unesco world heritage city. Fez ni ada salah satu University yg tertua di dunia, n still a working uni up to this day. Bandar ni makmur sewaktu pemerintahan khalifah2 empayar Islam Andalucia. Hence, the architecture resembles moorish culture.

Kitorang sempat gi lawat satu pekan yg amat terpencil nama dia pun pelik Oouarzazat. Ada carpet buatan tgn yg mmg bermutu tinggi n melambangkan ethnic Berber dijual kat sini. Kalau dieksport mmg rega dia mark up byk lah.
Gambar bangunan brown ni diorang panggil Kasbah......

Ni gambar atlas mountains masa drive alongs it.

Dua org makcik tgh lepak dekat orange looking building.

Sebelah kanan nih ada gambar moorish pillar dalam Hassan Mosque.