Tetouan

Roger and I with our guide

WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 2008

We organized a taxi at the Marina for 300 Dirhams (about £20) to take us to Tetouan for the day  with Barbara and Tudor. The route to Tetouan took us quite a way along the coast where the new apartments and hotels are being built. There is also a large water park near Smir.

A guide met us there and took us around the Medina where we were taken to the inevitable carpet shop and Barbara and Tudor bought 3 items! We also persuaded Tudor that he needed a Jellaba. The Tannery is much smaller in Tetouan than the one in Fes, but just as smelly, and we were able to walk around it.

The Moroccans certainly seem to work fast. Men had been digging holes for palm trees near Smir along the new dual carriageway and by the time we came back they were all planted. There is a lot of activity at the moment, partly because the King is coming to stay in his palace here in July.