Monday 7th July ( cont) - On the same site as the unfinished mosque is the Mausoleum of Mohammed v. A relatively new construction - quite beautiful - guarded by horsemen at both wall entrances - and traditionally uniformed guards at doors. It looks on to the unfinished mosque - Old and new. Next we walked through the Medina - all painted in the blue and white of the Mediterranean- and viewed the Bou Regreg River flowing in to the Atlantic- with thousands swimmin...

Monday 7th July Last night after group gathering with tour guide Rasheed - we had dinner on 16th floor - which gave us great view over roof tops to Atlantic. Today our first stop was Mosque of Hassan ll - completed 1993 after 6 years of 24/7 work costing in excess of 800 million- quite beautiful. All materials from Morocco except Italian chandeliers and small section of carrera marble. Cedar ceilings carved, exquisite tiling etc etc - a work of art. 2nd bigges...