Sixth day in Morocco as we woke up to a rainy morning.
The plan of the day was to visit the attractions in the city of Rabat before hopping on an evening train to Meknes.
Fifth day in Morocco.
The plan of the day was to visit Jardin Majorelle, a private botantic owned by French fashion designer Jacques Majorelle and his heir, then take the train to Casablanca, take some photos outside Mosquée Hassan II while watching sunset by the Atlantic coast, and take the train to Rabat.
Third and last day of our three-day Sahara desert tour from Marrakech.
The plan of the day was first camel ride out of our overnight camps in Erg Chebbi Desert, followed by a whole-day's car ride back to Marrakech.
Second day of our three-day Sahara desert tour from Marrakech.
The plan of the day's tour was to ride from our overnight stay near Gorges Dadés to Sahara Desert (the exact name should be Erg Chebbi Desert), the largest sand desert of Morocco located near the Eastern border of the country, next to Algeria, while visiting a farming village near Tinghir and nearby Gorges Todra.
First day of our three-day Sahara desert tour from Marrakech.
The plan of the day's tour was to visit Aït Benhaddou Village, a desert village and UNESCO World Heritage Site where several movies were shot.
First day in Morocco, as we woke up to the ancient city of Marrakech.
The plan of the day was to visit the attractions in Marrakech Medina (Old City), book the desert tour to Sahara and exchange some Euro into the local currency of Dirham.
Originally, when I was planning this trip to Europe, I was fascinated by photos showing majesty of imposing Sahara sand dunes and intricacy of century-old ancient city streets, that the North Africa country of Morocco presented to the world, which also recently exempted visas for Chinese visitors. But with Morocco being in North Africa, which was a totally different fare zone in the airline charts than Europe, I hadn't been able to find a satisfying price. Luckily, when I was searching connection opportunities through Europe, I bumped into the poorly-rated budget carrier Ryanair, which offered quite competitive rates for flights to/from the Moroccan cities of Marrakech and Fez.
So with Qatar Airways' offer of cheap flights to Spain, my friend and I decided to spend three days each in the two major Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona as "transitions" between home and Morocco.
And now that we had visited the city of Madrid and its neighboring towns of Toledo and Segovia, we headed for the airport for our flight to Africa.
Last day of our three-day stay in Madrid before heading off for Marrakech. The plan of the day was to visit the attractions in the city, the two most important were Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena and Royal Palace of Madrid.
Similar to the day before, we woke up to a rainy morning in Madrid.
The second day of our three-day stay in Madrid, and we chose to visit the historic city of Segovia, with its well-preserved Roman Aqueduct.
