Gidday all,

From Marrakech through Casablanca and on to Fez. As we approached Fez station a man came and sat next to Din, he spoke English and they started talking, he invited us to visit the tannery in the madina. He was the head of the set up so he said, cut a long story short, he said to write our names on a piece of paper and he would send someone to pick us up in the morning to take us there, no cost and no obligation to pay anything. With our suspicions we obliged.

Next day we were picked up and taken to the marina as promised, another trip of sensory overload. What an amazing day, another if not better classic Moroccan experience. Spices, brass, clay, wood carvings, leatherwork, rugs. We wandered about with our guide and after a bit of haggling ended up buying some leatherwork, must give it to him for his business head and salesmanship cause he got some dollars out of us, which was his plan all along, but not complaining, well worth it.

Oh and also bought a rug, silk and wool weave. Now we just have to find a bigger suitcase to fit it all in.  

                                                  some of the wares of the Fez madina

                                                     more goodies everywhere you look

                                                     one of the entrances to the marina

                                                         view from the roof of the tannery

                                             century old vats where they process the hides

                                                             donkey load of hides

                                                                        more vats

                                                       ornately decorated buildings

                                                          rugs in the carpet house

                                                                          century old building