Hello Everyone,
Today we went to Meknes. We were extremely hyped, excited and ready to go. But once we got there and decided to not use a map, we got lost. In the midst of our unguided lost tour, one guy tried to force a carpet down my throat for 500 Dirhams (50€). I somehow feel somewhat abused by them. They, on the other hand side, felt completely assed because I shook hands on the deal and just walked out. Then we landed in some extremely suspicious areas, out which we got out with a lot of nice help by some Amazighs (Berbers), thank God. Amazigh women especially are quite cool, they have tattoos over their faces, not the whole face covered but some on the forehead, cheeks, and chin.
The real disappointment came when we realized that there's not really anything to do in Meknes. SUPRISE every Moroccan will say. We kept on going on our journey, trying to find the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. At alst we found it. After a quite tasty, filling, and bit dangerous lunch, we decided to go to that mausoleum. We didn't find it. On we go to walk in circles, while the sky was clearing up, we delve even deeper into this culture finding nice police officers, random sheep, a fluffy donkey, and a giant picture of King Mohammed VI, may Allah give him strengths.
At some point we realized that the mausoleum is next to the restaurant, damn! A beautiful place full of marble, carpets, gorgeous tile work, bright, and a cool dude that guided us around and explained a lot about the place. We left the mausoleum, walked around, and I almost got arrested!! At least that's what I thought, but the police officer was just pulling a prank, it still was quite an experience. We asked another cop where the Jewish Quarter is, and it turns out that we land in the ghetto again (awesome, explorers).
We left Meknes in the afternoon with this driver named Nasser. Nasser was so kind to invite us to his mother's house to eat real couscous. He even gave me his phone number.
I think the word of the day was shady!! This trip was pure shady mcshades.
Ma Salama min al Maghrib
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