Casablanca & Rabat 卡萨布兰卡与拉巴茨

At Rabat 在拉巴

Morocco gained Independence from Spain and France in 1956. It is larger than Malaysia in terms of area with population of 35 millions, in which majority are Arab-descent Berber.

The language spoken are Moroccan Arabic and Berber. Most of the population also speaks French and Spanish.

We have a comfortable stay in Abdel's house and treated warmly by his parents. His mother ensured we have enough of food throughout the day.

She prepared breakfast for us in the morning, tea in the late afternoon and a scrumptious Moroccan dinner in the evening.

Mint tea (tea with fresh mint and sugar) is the most common and regularly drink at home or cafe. Moroccans have a sweet tooth, all beverages and drinks are sugar added.

On 5/9, Abdel's aunty (mom's younger sister) who was staying about 20 kms away, invited us over for lunch.

Her specialty is FISH !

We were feted to a delicious all-fish meal ... a Moroccan fish banquet of our life time, delightful to eyes, delicious beyond words to taste !(see pictures)

After lunch, we invited her to join us for an short outing to Casablanca.

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco. It is a seaport and commercial center of the country.

We visited the famous Hassan II mosque and its nearby beach front.

It was just a "touch and go" visit to the city ...

On our way home, we stopped by a community culture event of Fantasia, an event of horse-riding and riffles firing.

We also visited Rabat, capital and second largest city of Morocco.

(See Casablanca and Rabat pictures in Facebook)

(short video of Fantasia)

Casablanca 卡萨布兰卡

摩洛哥在1956年，从法国及西班牙手中取得独立。它的面积比马来西亚大，人口大约是三千五百万，大部分都是阿拉伯贝贝族。

他们说的是摩洛哥阿拉伯语及贝贝语。大部分人口也会说一些法语及西班牙语。

Abdel 的家非常的舒适，父母也很热情的接待我们。他的妈妈更是照顾我们的饮食无微不至，把我们喂的饱饱的。

她准备我们的早餐，下午茶，还有美味的摩洛哥晚餐。

这里最普遍的就是喝薄荷茶 -中国茶叶，放进新鲜的薄荷叶，加糖。摩洛哥人民的品味偏向甜，所以茶及其他饮料都加糖。

5/9, Abdel 的阿姨（母亲的妹妹）邀请我们共进午餐。她的家大约在20公里外的一个市镇。

阿姨的最拿手菜是鱼。她为我们准备了一顿丰富的鱼宴。好多种的鱼，加上特有的配料，让我们大快朵颐，美味到难以形容。

这是我们有生以来，最特出、绝无仅有、最美味及享受的一顿全鱼餐。

午餐后，我们一起到大约五十公里外的卡萨布兰卡一游。

卡萨布兰卡是摩洛哥最大的城市、商业中心，也是海滩游玩胜地，所以非常的热闹。

我们参观了摩洛哥及非洲最大的回教堂，建立在海边。它也是排名全世界第七大的回教堂。

傍晚，我们有机会观看到摩洛哥民间热闹的骑马射枪竞赛。

隔天我们也到摩洛哥首都拉巴一游。

拉巴茨（Rabat）是排在卡萨布兰卡之后，成为摩洛哥第二大城市。它是国家行政中心。

(照片Facebook)

(小段视频Fantasia）