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After a sleep that will go down in history and a good breakfast we went for a walk up towards the coast. Like I said the sea keeps Casablanca cool so walking around is very pleasant. The walk up was about 20 mins or so.

The waters edge has been done up with walkways, cycle ways, and parks. To the left was the El-Hank lighthouse and to the right was the Hassan II mosque. The mosque was built in the 1990s and is huge, it is the 14th largest mosque in the world. Its location is very impressive as well built partly into the ocean. We will be back here tomorrow with the tour so more photos to come.

We took some photos and walked around a bit more looking at the sights. Most buildings in this part of town are about 7 or 8 stories high with narrow driveways leading to the car parks in the basements. You really need to be careful walking around as the footpaths are pretty rough.

There are a lot of stray cats around, none are as tubby as a certain ginger one we all know. People leave food out so they survive OK.

We had a bit of a siesta before heading out to find lunch. Morocco was a French colony before gaining independence in the 1950s so the French influence is everywhere including their pastries!!

We found a good pastry shop and bought a baguette plus some extras for lunch all for about $14. We then walked up to a park around the corner where we ate lunch and chilled out for a bit.

We met our tour group in the bar in the afternoon, needless to say we are at the younger end of the spectrum. Our tour starts tomorrow and I am really looking forward to it.

It was a quiet dinner as we are all still tired from the flight.Read more