Armitage Shah Family Travels

Me standing in a hollow rock. light house overlooking where the Mediterranen and Atlantic meet.  Cutout in the Hercules caves in Tanger. Beautiful mural in the town of Asilah  near Tanger. Skyline of old  Tanger.  Massive fruit dish I got for dessert.  

  On February 16 we went to Chefchaouen for the day. We left Tangier at 10 am and took a taxi to Chefchaouen. The drive was 2h20min but we stopped to take some pictures of mountains. There are always people selling things on the side of the highway. Where we stopped there was a guy selling peanuts. We got a large bag for $2 usd, they tasted smokey like they just came off a fire. There was a kid selling olive leaves and since we had so many peanuts we gave him a handful.  When we arrived we got some lunch then explored the city. In the medina all of the buildings are painted blue because it represents the color of the mediterranean sea that is only an hour away. The square was interesting because there were lots of women at small stalls selling the same large Moroccan bread. Others were selling many different cables, remotes and phone cases. I think Morocco must be the place where all of our random cables and t.v. remotes end up.  While wandering around we stumbled across ...

                   Agadir                                              Marrakesh                          As we travel through Morocco we have noticed how each city is different from one another. The first city we went to was Marrakesh. Marrakesh is very dry with a lot of dessert and not a lot of vegetation. The second city  we went to was Agadir.  Agadir has a very different landscape than Marrakesh with the Atlas mountains to the north and the desert to the south. Agadir is on the coast in the middle of Morocco. Tangier is different from Agadir and Marrakech. The city is in the north across the mediterranean sea from Spain where there is a lot more vegetation. Tangier also is more of an economic city being very close to Europe. It has a large port t...

  This was the first travel blog ever made. Its in the Kasbah museum    in Tangier. His travels were over before he was able to carve a   second one.  This blog was made by  جونسون in 1458. Blogging never took off again until the invention of the internet. 

      On Sunday it was my birthday and I got to go to the crocodile park just outside of Agadir. When we arrived we couldn't believe how many crocodiles they had.  While we were at the park we learned a lot of facts about crocodiles. Did you know to find out the gender of the baby croc before it's born you need to measure the temperature of the egg. If the temperature is 32' c or higher it's a male but if it's 30’ c or lower it's a female.  Another fact is crocodiles open their mouths to regulate their body temperature. After laying in the sun all morning the crocodiles started moving around and swimming in the water.   Also in the park they had a lot of different animals like monkeys, pythons, turtles and iguanas. The monkeys and pythons were in an enclosure whereas the lizards and iguanas moved freely around the cactus garden. For the lizards/iguanas that are less than one year old they stay in a cage so they don't get eaten. Also in the garden there...

As we continue our travels in Morocco we drove from Marrakesh to Agadir. The drive was about 4 hours but we stopped half way thorough to eat lunch in a small town. We drove thorough the spectacular light brown Atlas mountains.  The landscape is immaculate because of the rich desserts sands.

                                                                                                       Here are some tasty food that we had on  from Day 2-4. My favourite meal so far has been The Caesar salad that I had on a roof top for lunch.

  Here is a photo of the busy streets in the souks market. The souks is market where people sell all sorts of things like leather bags, spices, fake branded clothes, and lots of others items. You have to be careful so you don't get run over by a donkey cart or scooters. 

There are many cats to see in  Marrakesh. The cat on the left was on the roof top of the hotel That we are. The cats on the right where in a alley near a restaurant that we had sushi at one night for dinner.

 Day 1 Marrakesh, Morocco  Everywhere in old Marrakesh there are a lot of people selling different juices. In the streets the most common juice that people are selling is pomegranate. In main square the most common juices are mixed and orange juice. 0

  Day 1 Marrakesh, Morocco We arrive in Marrakesh from a connecting flight from Casablanca. After we checked in to the hotel we walked around the busy streets, there was a barber so Kevin got a hair cut.