The reception of Le Zenith push you to take a taxi when you want to go to the distant city center. For the budget traveller there are 2 other ways: bus 9E for 5 dirham from Camelia stop or the long tram (they call it METRO) for 8 dir. from Facultes Terminus. In both cases you should cross carefully the highway. Use maps.google to find details 🙂
So I took 9E bus for less than a dollar to the palm fringed boulevards of Casa an I walk 30 minutes to see the Casa’s main attraction – the Mosque of Hassan II. When I was in Casa for the first time in the 80-ties
there was olny empty place. During my second visit in 2005 the mosque was ready with its highest (210 m) minaret in the world. Today I resfesh memories, but didn’t go inside. They open mosque for visits at 9 am, 11 am and 14 pm. I was there at 12…..
I crossed old medina by foot to get to Casa Port railway station. Round trip ticket to Rabat cost me 74 dirhams – less then 10 USD. And in Rabat – the capital of Morocco I walked again sunny streets after 33 years or so. No changes are visible here – little Kasba Oudaja still has a charm and the guards on the horses still stay at the gate to Mausoleum of Mohammed V. Only on the opposite side of the river – in pirate’s Sale there is much more modern buildings…
I returned after dark. Tired but happy – this was another sunny and interesting day. It is much safer here then in Brasil and the people are very helpful, especially if you speak French – this was also good opportunity to refresh my French abilities 🙂
