Sale and Rabat

The Roman ruins at Volubilis were nice, but not extraordinary. I'll post pictures when I can.

We've spent the last few days in Sale, outside of Morocco's capital of Rabat. It is not the most exciting of places and it is mostly an industrial city, but we needed to spend a few days here securing our visas for Mali and Ghana. The only real point of interest to me is that Sale was once the home of the Barbary pirates, a fact that is transparent in the city today. Rabat boasts a nice old tower (the Hassan Tower) and two mausoleums that are located near what may be one of the largest ongoing city redevlopments in the city's history. The waterfront is being completely overhauled, so much so that it is impossible to see the waterfront due to all of the construction equipment.

Another interesting thing about Sale is that during the morning call to prayer at 5 am every morning it seems as if two mosques are competing in a little who has the the loudest speaker competition. Instead of turning the microphone off after the initial call to prayer, these mosques leave the mic on for all of the ensuing wailing and praying. No better way to start the day...