The Roadside All Men Cafes of Tunis

A typical cafe in Tunis. I love this fact about Maghreb region - the roadside cafes, something we don't have here in India. In fact it was something strange for me specially Morocco cafes where all men sit facing the road staring at each and every species passing by :p

So this place is Soukra area in Tunis very close to Lac2. Where one fine night i had courage to click this pic. I always felt hasitated while clicking. There are various type of cafes, and i am not going into those details. Point is its a all men cafe where i can buy a coffe for 0.6 Dinars to 1.5 Dinars. Compared to "other cafes" where it is 3-5 Dinars.

La Corniche Casablanca : You are always on my mind

This place : La Corniche of Casablanca reminds me of Elvis Song - "You are always on my mind"
Such a place, in the evening it becomes paradise with blue sky, yellow lamps and wonderful people  - walking, running, sitting, talking, eating...

This pic was clicked on 1 of my 2nd visit to this place and that time i was like WT...

So this is long road extending from Morocco Mall to Anfa Palace Mall full of eating joints, Hotels & Cafes.
An unforgettable place - Casablanca. 

The Argan Oil: It can only be Moroccan

A small post about world famous Moroccan Argan Oil.

Argan trees are found in south of Morocco, precisely around Agadir & Essaouira. And believe me this area is outstandingly beautiful, specially the road along with the Atlantic Ocean - Ups & Downs, Twists & Turns with heavy winds and bright sun. Any one can notice hundreds of Caravans along the way - which make me wonder.

So this Argan fruit, what I learned is, comes from a Argan Tree which are in danger because of popularity of Argan Oil and it's moisturizing property. EIT is noticeable that many big European brands using Argan oil in the premium products.
I happened to visit one such facility where local women were making it from the Argan Fruit. One interesting fact I heard is the Argan fruit is eaten by local animals and undigested part of that fruit later used for taking out Argan Oil. I can not confirm this but I hope the local guy [we may see his comments here] will put his views on my points.

Morocco Again :)

 I am back to Morocco, Casablanca for a short visit again. This is summer here and is going to be 35+ Degrees in days. It took a while to find a Taxi at the Aeroport  -almost 40 minutes of wait while allowed me to click some pictures. Its good in a way, I am going to work right away after this 15-16 hours of travel....

The Mercedies in lines, Moroccans use these ols models as Taxis

Paradise Valley: Agadir

Moroccan villages are not like Indian, they are cleaner less noisy.

Below is the Agadir Town

Ahmed, Smail and Me : near the fort - a ruin

This is Ahmed having good by jumping around, in & out of water. What wonder me, from where this water is coming, it is fresh to not and most important how many people already dipped into this water :P. But it's all right, "let go" is the answer

Marrakech [مراكش]

For me I see Marrakech as a gateway to Alas and the real meaning is Land of God. Easy to reach from Casablanca and most popular City of Morocco - it is top 5 destinations [ beating Paris ] as per some online news reports.  

The most important place Djemaa El-Fna  - a night place, full of eating shops, local handicrafts, dancers, musician and off course Tourist. The Madina is very interesting because of its uniqueness - too complex, narrow streets, fully crowded, many shops and houses. I did not a chance and took a 3 hour walk inside the Madina and streets covering all important buildings mentioned in TripAdvisor.  The 1st pic is one the entry to Madina and one can notice thousands of Souks around,

 The eating joint of Marrakech: can found delicious non veg found here

 From the top:

 The Souks