Itinerari
Casablanca - Essaouria - Marrakech - Dades Valley - Erg Chebbi - Merzouga - Fez - Chefchaeoun -
Casablanca
Day 1 : 6 September 2018 Thursday
Kali ni menaiki Saudia. Ini kali pertama dan dapat tiket agak murah sekitar RM2,250 pegi balik. setiap minggu semak harga tunggu murah. Bagasi boleh bawa hingga 43 kg.. aduh. kalau travel paling tinggi pun 15 kg.
Transit di Jeddah selama 4 jam lebih... sempat la solat jama' magrib dan isya'.
Day 2 : 7 September 2018 Friday
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| 9 ladies in Maghribi |
Memandangkan ketibaan di Casablanca lebih kurang pukul 9 pagi, kita minta Ahmed bawa ke Casablanca untuk melawat Masjid Sultan Hassan V. Masjid ini biasanya dibuka pada waktu solat sahaja. Bagi yang muslim dibenarkan masuk jika hendak solat sunat. Bahagian perempuan di tingkat atas, masuk melalui pintu di bahagian bawah minerat. tempat wudu nya di basement.
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| our first stop is Masjid Hassan V Casablanca |
The mosque is commonly thought to be the world's third-largest mosque after those in Mecca and Medina, and can accommodate 25,000 worshippers. Built and partially funded by King Hassan II (the remaining funds were gathered through a somewhat controversial public subscription process), the mosque complex was designed by French architect Michel Pinseau, took six years to build and was completed in 1993.
Its dramatic location overhanging the ocean waves echoes verse from the Quran, which states that God’s throne was built upon the water. Believers pray on a centrally heated floor, and can see the Atlantic breaking over the rocks underneath the glass floor in the basement and feel the sunlight through the retractable roof.
The size and elaborate decoration of the prayer hall is simply spectacular. A team of over 6000 master craftspeople was assembled to work on the mosque, delicately carving intricate patterns and designs in cedar from the Middle Atlas and pink granite from Agadir. The gates were made from brass and titanium, and the ablution fountains in the basement, which are shaped like huge lotus flowers, were carved from local marble.
Selepas melawat Masjid, ada yang nak beli buah dan tukar duit. Memandangkan hari ini Jumaat dan masih pagi, suasana di Casablanca masih belum sibuk dan kedai baru nak buka.
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| teruja betul bila nampak figs.... semua nak beli. bersama Ahmed yang menjadi pemandu sepanjang pengembaraan ini. |
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| Ladies Cooperatives where they process and sell Argan products to tourist. |
Selain figs, argan juga buat semua orang teruja. Ahmed memberhentikan bas di Ladies Cooperative untuk kita meninjau product2 dari argan.
Sampai di Essaouria sudah hampir magrib. sempat la kami bersiar-siar di Essaouria beach sambil menikmati sunset. Riad Zahra yang kami inapi terletak tidak jauh dan berjalan kaki sahaja.
Day 3 : 8 September 2018 Saturday
Selepas rehat, tidur dengan selesa dan ada yang sempat juga berenang di swimming pool, kami check out dan membuat lawatan bebas ke tempat tempat menarik di sekitar Essaouria.
Essaouria Port
It is the coastal wind – the beautifully named alizee, or taros in Berber – that has allowed Essaouira (essa-weera, or es-sweera in Arabic) to retain its traditional culture and character. For most of the year, the wind blows so hard here that relaxing on the beach is impossible, meaning that the town is bypassed by the hordes of beach tourists who descend on other Atlantic Coast destinations in summer. Known as the ‘Wind City of Africa’, it attracts plenty of windsurfers between April and November, but the majority of visitors come here in spring and autumn to wander through the spice-scented lanes and palm-lined avenues of the fortified medina, browse the many art galleries and boutiques, relax in some of the country's best hotels and watch fishing nets being mended and traditional boats being constructed in the hugely atmospheric port.
Essaouria Medina
Essaouira’s walled medina dates from the late 18th century and was added to Unesco’s World Heritage list in 2001. It is an outstanding and well-preserved example of European military architecture in North Africa. For the visitor, the narrow streets, souqs, street vendors, leafy plazas and whitewashed houses with ornate wooden doors make it a wonderful place to stroll. Dramatic, wave-lashed ramparts surround the medina and were famously used in the opening scene of Orson Welles’ 1951 film Othello.
Essaouria Castle
Skala du Port
Down by the harbour, this bastion offers picturesque views over the fishing port and the Île de Mogador. Looking back at the walled medina from here, through a curtain of swirling seagulls, you’ll get the same evocative picture that is used on nearly all official literature.
Day 4 : 9 September 2018 Sunday - Essaouria to Marrakech
Memang cantik pemandangan di sekitar Essaouria. Barang2 di medina nya juga agak murah. Kami melanjutkan perjalanan dari Essaouria ke Marrakech, ikut highway semalam.
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| beautiful sunset in Essaouria beach |
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| Riad Zahra Essaouria |
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| sarapan pagi di Riad Zahra |
Selepas rehat, tidur dengan selesa dan ada yang sempat juga berenang di swimming pool, kami check out dan membuat lawatan bebas ke tempat tempat menarik di sekitar Essaouria.
Essaouria Port
It is the coastal wind – the beautifully named alizee, or taros in Berber – that has allowed Essaouira (essa-weera, or es-sweera in Arabic) to retain its traditional culture and character. For most of the year, the wind blows so hard here that relaxing on the beach is impossible, meaning that the town is bypassed by the hordes of beach tourists who descend on other Atlantic Coast destinations in summer. Known as the ‘Wind City of Africa’, it attracts plenty of windsurfers between April and November, but the majority of visitors come here in spring and autumn to wander through the spice-scented lanes and palm-lined avenues of the fortified medina, browse the many art galleries and boutiques, relax in some of the country's best hotels and watch fishing nets being mended and traditional boats being constructed in the hugely atmospheric port.
Essaouria Medina
Essaouira’s walled medina dates from the late 18th century and was added to Unesco’s World Heritage list in 2001. It is an outstanding and well-preserved example of European military architecture in North Africa. For the visitor, the narrow streets, souqs, street vendors, leafy plazas and whitewashed houses with ornate wooden doors make it a wonderful place to stroll. Dramatic, wave-lashed ramparts surround the medina and were famously used in the opening scene of Orson Welles’ 1951 film Othello.
Essaouria Castle
Skala du Port
Down by the harbour, this bastion offers picturesque views over the fishing port and the Île de Mogador. Looking back at the walled medina from here, through a curtain of swirling seagulls, you’ll get the same evocative picture that is used on nearly all official literature.
Day 4 : 9 September 2018 Sunday - Essaouria to Marrakech
Memang cantik pemandangan di sekitar Essaouria. Barang2 di medina nya juga agak murah. Kami melanjutkan perjalanan dari Essaouria ke Marrakech, ikut highway semalam.
Kawasan Essaouria dan Agadir, iaitu selatan Morocco dan berhampiran dengan laut banyak terdapat pohon argan. Secara tradisi memang kambing-kambing suka panjat (pohon nya rendah dan banyak dahan) dan memakan daun argan.
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banyak kambing di atas pokok ini tipu sahaja. sesiapa ambik gambar di kenakan bayaran. ada juga kambing sebenar tapi di ikat.                                           |
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