Casablanca, Morocco and Tenerife, Canary Is.

Casablanca,Morocco and Tenerife,Canary Islands: Between days at sea, we had 2 days on land; Casablanca: meaning White house. Well maybe we didn’t get to see the best of Morocco, but Casablanca was a bit of an interesting place. The main streets near the port were nice, but it fell away into filth not far from the main streets. We wandered the maize that is the old Medina, it was an eye opener, it was a good representation of the lifestyle of the population. This led us to the new Mosque Hassan II. They spent 2 billion Euro on this place, (and people go on about churches). It is an imposing structure, and beautiful, but its amazing how they don’t maintain anything in these countries, you can see how it is already starting to age, and needs a lot of minor repair already. Tenerife: A nice surprise this place. We did a tour, which was a good thing, it took us up high in the mountains to La Laguna, the old capital, this is a very beautiful and historic place, in- fact it is a UNESCO world heritage site. Places like Porto Rico / St John’s are heavily influenced by the architecture here. Then off around the spine of the volcanic ridges that make this island what it is, lush and dramatic. The beaches have sand imported from the Sarah desert, so they look nice and golden. Santa Cruz the main city, is massive, over 1 million people. A great day out and about!