Day 14 - Rabat and Goodbye

19 July

We started the day with a city tour of Rabat visiting the Mausoleum of Mohamed V, the medina and the Kasbah des Oudayas which contains a ’Asilah-like’ section of blue and white houses overlooking the river: Oued Bouregreg.

Guard outside the Mausoleum of Mohamed V

Remnant of the old wall inside the Mausoleum grounds

Water seller

By 10.30am we stood on the edge of the medina and waved goodbye to our trip-mates as they drove off back to Casablanca and by 10.40am we were sipping mint tea on the patio of Riad Kalaa - a daily routine for us in the week to come and something I’m doing right now as I type.