Morocco Part 4 - Fez
Bondi Tram
Peter Colquhoun and Sandra Colquhoun
Sat 23 Oct 2010 18:08
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We made a day trip to Fez, 3 hours on the train from Rabat. This is
the main entrance to the kasbah.
 One of the main streets, packed with shops.
 Deliveries are made by donkey.
 Plenty of slippes to choose from.
 Carpets too. We liked the one on the right...1,800 dirhams,
about
$200 but we didn't buy it.
 A carpet loom. Fez was full of artisan workshops.
  Donkeys have right of way....
 ...as do leather deliverers.
 The most popular tourist attraction is the tannery. Here are the
dying vats. Hides are put in the
vats, and someone stands in the vat and tramples the hides. They get
several goes at this, depending
on the shade of colour they want.
  Using a very sharp knife, scraggly bits are trimmed off. They workers
entertain themselves by
wadding up the trimmed bits of leather and hurling them at other
workers.
 Any flat surface is taken up with drying hides.
 Naturally, shops selling leather bags, shoes and jackets are
numerous.
 On the hill above Fez are the ruins of castles and the hillside is full of
caves once used as
mausoleums.
  View over Fez, the old town down in the Wadi.
 Wool for the weavers.
  The famous (Lonely Planet recommended) Cafe Clock, where the
speciality is camel burgers (no kidding). Sandra wanted one but
chickened out at the last minute - literally, ordering a chicken stew
with couscous.
  Back to the very flash station for the trip back to Rabat.
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