Oct 23, 2008

Ame Aventure 2

As every Tour Guide believes, there's always something you can experience with a group whose enthusiasm hasn't found a fence yet! I had my unflagging zeal doubled once I saw there's a great volition from this group to know more about what they were visiting! I have noticed some members jotting down every single piece of information to be well noted and later to be discussed! I was quite amazed to observe such things while I was explaining most of Sultan's grandiose achievements. Therefore, I spilled the beans and I revealed some facts about the past of The Forth Imperial City of Meknes under the reign of King Ismail. A late evening visit to the first part of Medina; the public square of Lehdim is crowded with localers. Snake charmers, story tellers, and acrobats ... these are what attracted hundreds of people to get entertained after the burden of the whole day work! Meknes, as the rest of Moroccan cities, in late evenings are becoming just more different from the morning brand to show how lively Moroccans are! I thank you for the picture, and special gratitude for the Ame Aventure Agency to again trust my qualities!

Oct 19, 2008

Shalom

There’s nothing to complain of while travelling! The fact not to spend luxury nights, not to take the fresh food, to have frequent cold showers, to start spending the night on tents and sleep on the ground, get your shoes dusty and muddy, and to get heavy backpacks on your back and start walking or roaming around ... this is the travel philosophy! The dictum to leave the ordinary and humdrum daily life behind and go away to experience something very new! This is what millions of travelers want to experience and they select Morocco as a number one must-visit choice on their list. While on my way back to Meknes, I've decided to go a little bit deeper, and it was my spontaneous choice to visit and study about some primitive villages around the mountains then to go to the most gorgeous known Cascades of Ouzoud! Just as unplanned as never it sometimes seems to be, I met a couple of tourists from Israel, who wanted to go to the same destination as I did for ad hoc! We got a ride penetrating The High Atlas from Azilal to the location of Cascades in the West. Once we reached there, we got outstandingly astonished by the very pure view from the top down the 530 meters of the cascade. I suggested having tea right in front of the cascade and sometimes watching the monkeys coming to the table and stealing the bread. It was a very amazing experience I had with this friendly couple from Israel, and I am looking forwards to meeting them again to go to Chefchaouen and show them what a real adventure looks like for real. I hope you enjoyed your backpacking trip in Tafraouet! I am so proud I have a chance to meet backpacking tourists from Israel!

Marrakesh

They say that Marrakesh is not only the centre of Morocco, but sometimes of the whole world! Apart from other cities in Morocco, Marrakesh hosts people from different parts of the world and provides what they never expect before. And it's up to the traveler’s likes and interests to seek certain activities to fully get a wonderful experience around. During my Travelling trip to Marrakesh I have had that very good opportunity to meet with some people coming from different countries. It was too short but quite interesting to some extents. We’ve exchanged topics from different angles, and most importantly about travelling as a major issue that unified us all. I have seen a hard talk between a Scottish surfer and an Indian man who has lived in London for 13 years, the struggle was gradually arisen when the English-Indian man referred to the Scottish surfer as English, and the worst was when he explained that an English is as the same as British. The funny thing was when he later stated to me that the only reason that he came to Morocco for was because of the sun! Another Canadian travelers joined us and it was like an exciting convention through which we were discussing the already struggle. It was a very interesting experience to meet you all, and I wish a good trip to Dakar! Here’s the picture we took after the morning breakfast and I displayed it as I already promised!

Oct 10, 2008

Imagine le Voyage

Behind every successful tour visit is a successful tour leader! This is the only concept through which I urge my credentials in tourism and try the best I can to show what others need to know about the city they visit, and most importantly what can be never found on any Guide Books. Providing such kind of authentications on whatever comes to sight needs only certain cogitations and then comparison! These are the major body techniques to reach the cultural and psyche behaviors based on observation. Tellingly, people's psyche in Morocco for instance is typically affected by the way how culture works in its local term. Meknes is one of the Imperial Cities in Morocco, so the only way to know how people in Meknes are culturally distinct from the rest of Imperial Cities, a tourist should try to find these uneasy features in each Imperial city and then to compare them. With this lively group, I found myself spontaneously showing and talking about most of sultan Moulay Ismail’s megalomaniac project building in the so called Versailles of Morocco – Meknes. From the 45 Km of the well defensive fortified ramparts, pierced with twenty immense gates, leading the way to one of the most grandiose Granary which used to accommodate 12 000 horses, then taking slight glimpses of Moulay Ismail’s two palaces within the Imperial City quarter, an exit to the most wonderful gate in Morocco (Bab El Mansour) and finally a real life experience inside the first part of the Medina (The Public Market). I sincerely would like to thank every member of this group because with their vast enthusiasm to know about Meknes it was possible to have a real life experience! My special regards to “Imagine le Voyage Agency” who believed in my own humble qualifications and qualities to guide this intellectually stimulating, active and enthusiastic group.

Oct 8, 2008

Ame Aventure

An English group of tourists, who insisted to get a precise look on the Horse Breeding Stallion in Meknes, brought much inspiration to the way how everything should be indicated in terms of the knowledge about horses. Unlike other Imperial cities in Morocco, there’s always something different in Meknes to be visited and to keep an eye on it. So the intention of the group and what every member finds to be more exciting is a number one priority to keep my attention to. The first thing in my suggested itinerary was a bus ride directly from the first Imperial gate of Meknes (the Thursday’s Gate) to the Studs. While being there, the horse groom showed some of the very appealing horses to the group with so many picture snaps taken by photographers. Making an inductive explanation about the three types of horses that Morocco in general boasts for its breeding qualities. A serious and outstanding amazement was sparkled on every one’s face by introducing the Berber type, which is known by its natural strength and good looking shape. My initial and special gratitude to the members of this group, then I will personally thank Ame Aventure Travelling Agency along with its knowledgeable tour guide operator Mr. Youssef.

Chefchaouen