We arrive into Fez CTM Bus station at about 1.00pm in the afternoon. After grabbing our bags & heading outside we decided to take a seat & just wait, as our hotel told us they would be sending a taxi. We waited for about 25 minutes before figuring out they either forgot us, or had come & left before we arrived. We decided to start walking to the Medina as we were just getting harrased by an unhappy man who insisted on lecturing us why we have to go with him, because he relies on tourist to make a living (ripping them off). Everytime he got angry he would finish the sentence with "but I'm not hasseling you!".
Good start to Fez I though!
We walked for a few block before deciding to ask a local man for directions. Our luck! He spoke English & better yet he knew where our hotel was & better yet he told a taxi where to go for us & better yet he didn't want any money. See, see ... there really are nice people in Morocco.
We arrived at the city gates knowing the labyrinth of streets that awaited us as we searched for our hotel. But after following our taxi drivers French street direction we managed to find it with not much trouble.
I think I like Fes Medina the most. The people are quite friendly & only ask once or twice if you would have a look in there shop. Most of the time they can't even be bothered to get up out of there seat. Photo's & videos are quite easy here & so far I haven't been ask for a single Dirham for any photo I've taken. Tomorrow we have agreed to use a crazy local man as a 3 hour guide which I hope goes well as I may be starting to like Morocco a little once again. Here's hoping!
We tried to change our flight earlier today as we are both just a little over all things Moroccan. The price to change our flight was $200 each thought which we couldn't see the value in as we only have 3 nights left. Hopefully our decision to stay will pay off & we can leave here on a really good note.