Arabian nights....

Whilst in Fes we got the opportunity to go to a 'dinner and a show' which promised belly dancing - so naturally we went.

The belly dancing was as advertised - turning slightly seedy when some Israelis turned up to stuff $ bills down her costume! However we were treated to more than just this, with dancers, musicians and singers showing traditional music from all over Morocco.

The dinner was good too - lovely mezze and pastilla followed by tagine / couscous.

This was then followed by a traditional wedding (not!)

Casablanca

So I finally arrived in Casablanca a day late - but not too late to join the tour - phew!

I was feeling very proud of getting myself from the airport to the hotel with minimum fuss - train to Casa Port and then a 5 minute walk (kindly advised by a petit taxi driver as I had no clue how far it was!)

Then the lack of sleep from the night before caught up with me, so a shower and a delicious lunch later (see the pictures of the yummy mezze and pastilla) had a quick snooze before meeting up with the tour group.

The decoration in the hotel was quite something to behold!

After the briefing from our guide Mohamed we headed out for dinner locally - we had to try the local beer of course, but not too much - up first thing for Meknes tomorrow!

Jordanian food (or what Katie ate!)

We managed to try the national dishes of Jordan - and a few more!

Hummus and falafel of course! on the first night at the Amman institution that is Hasheems

Mansaf, chicken on rice with almonds and a goat yoghurt sauce (not so sure about this one!) in Amman

Kofta with tomato sauce and stuffed eggplants and courgettes in Petra with the Valley Star owner Ibrahim

Maglob or upside down dish - similar to a biriyani with fried chicken and vegetables with the rice piled on top for cooking and then turned over to serve - just what we needed in the desert camp in Wadi Rum

Sayadeh which is fish served with very tasty rice and a tomato sauce - we enjoyed this one in Aqaba.