Thesolowanderer

Roman ruins of Chella. Yesterday I introduced you to Morocco and today, I will give you reasons to visit Morocco. There are plenty of other reasons that you will find to visit Morocco but unfortunately, I didn’t want to stay long enough to discover most of them.  1. Maghrebi Mint tea If you are a tea lover, this is where you need to start with your visit to Morocco.  If you are not a tea lover, this is also where you start your journey in Morocco.(This is probably the only blog post I can hate on coffee drinkers) Tea drinking culture in #Morocco is very important. This was at a restaurant where our waiter was serving us Maghrebi Tea. Tea time in North Africa is around the clock but you will never have a meal and tea tome doesn't happen. Maghrebi Tea is a green tea with mint leaves and sugar. Today on the blog, I give you reasons you should visit Morocco and why is Chefchaouen such a popular destination with Europeans?!? Smoke your way through the Blu...

Morocco is a North African country characterized by mountain regions, desert, and a lengthy coastline from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Morocco is a monarchy where the royal family has full control over the government. Rabat is the capital city, but Casablanca is the largest city. Chances are your flights will fly into Casablanca as they have the larger airport and that is cheaper than flying into other airports. Like any other North African country, you will learn or you most probably know about the history of the Arabs in Morocco. Most people assume north Africans are Arabs. There are no Arabs in Africa. There are descendants of Arabs, but Moroccans are the Berber or Amazirgh people. Also, talking about the Amazirgh can offend some people the same way you cannot talk about Western Sahara. 93% of Moroccans are religious and the majority are practicing Sunni Muslims. I spent the last few days of Ramadan in Morocco in 2017, the interesting thing ab...

Grande Cascades of the Rif Mountains. All I know is I know this place from other bloggers who have been to Morocco. This part of Morocco was not even part of my plans but it fell into place so perfectly and I believe it was meant to be. I took a bus from Rabat the capital of Morocco to Chaouen as the locals call it.  The bus ride is just over 4 hours and of course, it was not on time. I used the CTM bus services and the ticket from Rabat to Chaouen was 100 Moroccan Dirham and 5MD to pay for your luggage. Although the bus has the reputation of being the best and most comfortable in Morocco, their travel times are inconvenient but at least you will have air-con unlike with other buses.  The alleyways of the Chaouen Medina. As the bus started winding down the mountain roads, from a distance I could see the city, and then only did it kick in, I was in Chaouen, a city I have only known in blog posts. I got so excited, I am rather familiar with this feeli...