Tuesday, November 4, 2014

++Morocco Trip 2014 | Iteneraries

hello love!
(happy sgt bunyinye ni)

time constraint. time time ni lah nak bz ammat.
with company's events this week (ada 2 event best, i had to eliminate 1 gittew padahal selalunya sume bende nak join sbb boring bekeje kekdahnye), new lead meeting sampai 2 kaliii,
toilet tersumbat lagi! (ini paling musibah!!!)
the weekend is coming, my hotel is gonna open soonnnn, tp toilet tersumbat pulekkkkk!!
& i havent finished uploading pictures in fb (org mmg dah start muntah since day1 of the uploading war began, but i dont care what u think about me, i dont think about u at all kekdahnye).

so, as promised, im gonna put down our full iteneraries of the morocco trip.
as usual, all budgetting & planning & booking & scheduling were prepared by our beloved ketua tekkatan yakni MMTK (matimatitamokachi). saye hanye menurut perintah beliau. hehew.

i will provide all the cost & final total expenditures in the next entry tho, i havent finished sorting out.

MOROCCO | Day 1&2 | Casablanca & Marrakech
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- had to take half day on friday 17th/oct and arrived at KLIA at 6pm
- Abu Dhabi Airport
- Casablanca (Aeroport to Casa Voyageurs to Marrakech (200 MAD))
- Marrakech (Jemaa el Fna & the souk, Koutoubia Mosque, hammam)
- dinner at Jemaa el Fna (beef tagine)
- shopping
 - overnight in hotel riad Hiba in Marrakech

Morocco | Day3 | Marrakech
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- Breakfast at hotel rooftop (included)
- El Badi Palace (Palais badia (10 MAD))
- Mellah (a walled Jewish quarter)
- El Bahia Palace (Palais Bahia (10 MAD))
- Lunch at Jewish market (quarter chicken with fries)
- The Saadian Tombs (Tombeaux Saadiens)(10 MAD)
- back to hotel (prayer)
- Majorelle Garden (50 MAD)
- acima (supermarket)
- Back to Jemaa el Fna by kereta kuda
- Dinner at cafe las Premirer Restaurant at Jemaa el Fna
- overnight in riad Hiba in Marrakech

Morocco | Day4 | banjaran atlas & aitbenhaddao to sahara
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Journey to Sahara (3d2n package at a price of 95euros)
- (Atlas Mountain, Tizi-n-Tichka telouet, Oarzazate, Ait Benhaddou, Overnight in Dades Valley)
- Our journey starts from Marrakech to Dadès Gorges.
- We travelled across the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas pass (2260m), with far-reaching views across the mountains
- oarzazate
- We had our lunch at Ait Benhaddou (grilled beef with rice)
- We continued and visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of a spectacular fortified village (ksour) at Ait Benhaddou.
- musee du cinema (close)
- and continued to Dadès Gorges where we spend the night in a riad/hotel la gazelle du dades.
- dinner at hotel (provided)(soup with bread, chicken tagine & desserts)
- Overnight in hotel La Gazelle Du Dades in Oarzazate (ke?)

Morocco | Day5 | sahara desert
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from hotel in dades valley
- (bg with panoramic view of boumalne dades (valle del dades)
- to Berber villages, which are scattered along the way.
Passed through Tinjdad, Jorf and Erfoud in which we felt the beginning of the Saharan Oasis of Tafilalt
- to todgha canyon in Dades Gorges
- lunch spagetty blognese & chickes with fries
- to hotel in erfoud, merzouga
- to sahara desert (on top of a 4wd (30mins drive))
The dunes of Erg Chebbi near Merzouga is 30 miles (50km) south east of Erfoud and has the highest and most spectacular sand dunes in
Morocco. These golden dunes are 50 meters high from the desert floor. They run in a line almost perfectly north-south direction to the village of
Merzouga and beyond, and mark the western fringe of the Sahara Desert, dividing Morocco from Algeria...
- overnight in a camp in sahara desert

Morocco | Day6 | sahara to Fes
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- journey from sahara desert back (by camel nearly 2hours ride)
- to have breakfast at hotel in erfoud, merzouga
- to rissani
- natural water geyser
- lunch (hotel buffet)
- gamba dgn pokok near ifrane
- Al Akhawayn University (in ifrane)
- and then head to Fes morocco. checked in hotel Bab Al Madina (located at fes old medina)
- visit argan oil factory & massage & henna
- dinner near hotel burger
- overnight at hotel bab al madina (Fes)

Morocco | Day 7 | FES
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Around Fes.
- breakfast at our hotel (included)
- Fes old medina (Maze) - the largest labyrinth city in the world and listed as one of the UNESCo world heritage. Contains over 9000 streets &
around 600k residents. it is 24kmsquare in size, and there are 5 areas inside it. each area must have a quranic school, a mosque, a hammam, a
fountain water (water communal) & a bakery.
- madrasah sbaiyine
- Mosquee al anouar
- chouara tanneries (the oldest tanneries in world)
- lunch at fes old medina (near hotel). ate kefta tagine with mint tea
- artgille (famous ceramic maker)
- jardine jnane sbil
- allal's art gallery
- blue gate
- merenid tombs - to see panoramic view of the medina
- palais omeyad
- new medina
- borj fez (fes mall)
- dinner at mikdunald
- overnight at hotel bab al madina (Fes)

Morocco | Day8 | Meknes & volubilis & Chefchaouen
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Around meknes:
- bab mansour
- place el-hedim
- Mausoleum Moulay Ismail (built by Ahmed Eddahbi, open to non-Muslims, it shelters the grave of Mouley Ismail)
- habs qara (underground prison)(10 MAD)
- Volubilis (a partly excavated Roman city. a ruins that remained substantially intact until they were devastated by an earthquake in the mid-
18th century and subsequently looted by Moroccan rulers seeking stone for building Meknes)(10 MAD)
&
- around chefchaouen (sightseeing n shopping)
- lunch merangkap dinner kefta tagine
- overnight at hotel bab al madina (Fes)

Morocco | Day9 | Casablanca
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- breakfast in Gare de fes (Fes train station) omelette set
- train from Fes to Casa (4hours)(110 MAD)
- checked in hotel al walid
- morocco mall (largest mall in Africa)
- lunch thai food in Maroc Mall foodcourt (ginger beef rice)(tak sedap!)
- beach Casablanca - Sidi Abderrahmane (facing atlantic ocean)
- hassan II mosque (2nd largest mosque in Africa)(floating mosque on atlantic ocean)
- souk in old medina of casablanca
- first time tram experience (7 MAD)
- dinner at hotel's cafe (beef kebab)
- overnight in hotel al walid (Casablanca)

Morocco | Day10 | Casablanca to Abu Dhabi to KL
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- take train from casa to aeroport (40 MAD)
- transit at Abu Dhabi (10hours :(( nangih). eat rice here at 9euros :(( nangih lagi!
- touchdown at 10pm on 27th/oct malaysian time in KLIA

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