Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Meknes - Volubilis - hotel du lac
They are 23.30 and we lying , finished ( but proud of us) on the beds of a modest hotel, the Hotel Du Lac. Near the city of Afourer. We won after 6 hours by car. The area offers nice views. At least I imagine, seeing as we traveled under cover of darkness. Locals show to have an intelligence above the average Moroccan. Even the illiterate know how to point you in the street and do not confuse the right with the left.
This morning we did a guided tour of Meknes Benedict named
The first thing that tells us is that in coming bang for the appointment is over with the acquiring land painful bruises. The engine is half destroyed. Start the tour. The sights are few, but interesting: the Royal Palace with its lake, stables for 12,000 horses, Medersa and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss. Like all guides, Ben also forces us to make stops at shops to buy something to make money a bribe.
We do not buy even a nail and he gets sad much to pity. At the end we will give you twice the agreed: dhiram 200 instead of 100. He thanked us, told us a bit 'of misfortunes of his family and his fall tells us that the engine has been ordered by Allah to punish him for a bad intention, not wanting to come to our meeting having understood that we were stingy tourists . Goofy tells him not to do more of these thoughts and that the fall was only a warning. The next time Allah will be severe. Ben you touch the balls and says hello.
At 12 o'clock the ride is nice and finished. Helium is the usual call from work, then we try to reach Volubilis, the most important archaeological site in Morocco.
The road is not well indicated. For two cigarettes a cyclist gives us the correct information. We are at Volubilis.
The heat is crazy , but Elio, who has a more humanistic culture of Goofy, piss on the ruins. At the home of Orpheus meet Miguel and his parents. Miguel wants to leave his family and tries to get away from the mother who calls him constantly to show that now this hour. We follow the tragedy that Miguel has a lot of 15-16 years and should of freedom. find him to make the man of Leonardo under the arch of triumph.
Leaving the site a 40-year old talks to Goofy. She tells him that in '86, when he was little (!?), has participated as an extra, the filming of Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth, but as he was sturdy, Zeffirelli had him do heavy work and then if he did.
Let's Moulay Idriss, a white village clinging to the mountain where he cut the throats infidels. It 'an opportunity to liven up the summer with our families that can be here in Morocco at the expense of the foreign ministry for the recognition of two remains. but instead of cutting his throat, the Muslims of Moulay Idriss prefer to sell the mint tea for 10 Dhiram
are still 16.30. The trip proves difficult. We arrived in Beni Mellah that makes us a bit 'disgusting and despite the late hour, we decided to go forward until you reach the ' hotel du lac located in a lovely place according to our guide misleading. We trust and we continue. E 'already dark, and so there are no signs smooth 3 or 4 times the crossroads.
Finally, a resident of Afourer slips into the car stirred up by his friends happy to discard it. The clandestine is illiterate, but with the help of gestures and with guttural r s uoni Iesce us to find your way. He fucks three cigarettes and we let three kilometers away from home.
For Afourer have dinner (chicken and chorba) , then call you at home to book a hotel du lac stanza.Notiamo here are all smart. The teleboutiquiere is very smart can even find the hotel phone number in the telephone book.
We are surrounded by amazingly gifted mind. For the first time since our arrival in Morocco, we feel inferior to the Moroccans. Driven by this inferiority, we can not even see the hotel while passing.
arrive So, after 50 meters down the road at the foot of a dam where two stoned recruits say they have no never heard of this hotel. Then we show two different directions, a right the other left. Both impractical part because there is only one road that goes straight. Regain confidence in our mental capacities, we are again superior to the natives and in seconds find the hotel.
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