Meknes

After breakfast we walked to the bus station. The best thing about
touts is they make it easy to find the right bus. Have not needed
going to the ticket counter for tickets.

While waiting for departure we are entertained by a constant stream of
humanity. Boys selling food, men selling herbal medicines, religious
materials, and even the maimed displaying their imperfections for
donations.

Saw a rare outbreak of anger. A tout shoved a women and instantly
others got involved. Several women surrounded the man and shoved him
while talking in a very animated level.

Upon arrival in Meknes, we guessed right and got off the bus near the
hotel we wanted. This saved us a taxis fare. Hotel Magestic is grand
1930s era, Art Deco. Even the main desk manager seems to have come
from that era.

After checking in, the front desk arranged for us a taxis to take us
to Volubilis (a Roman provincial capital), and Moulay Idriss
(country's first Arabic dynasty). Volubilis is perhaps the southern
most capital of Roman influence. The movie The Last Temptation of
Christ was filmed here. The people of Moulay Idriss are all direct
descendents of Mohammed. The town has just recently been opened to
foriegners. There is a wooden bar across the temple entrance to keep
non Muslims out.

Being sick of Moroccan food forced us into a dingy place for pizza. Took forever for the pizza to arrive, but it gave us plenty of time to watch small cockroaches
running about on the bread at our table.