Meknes: Taxis, Turtles & Hammams

In the morning, after another chaotic trip through the train station, we took the two hour ride to the city of Meknes.

My sister Clara’s friend Jamila has an uncle from this town who will be serving as our guide.  He is a charming gentleman who goes by the name “Rani” and met us as the train station.  We found a large taxi that transported all of us to the Riad including the mountain of luggage.

Morocco generally has two types of taxis.  The petit-taxis, are little blue cars that transport a maximum of three passengers.  The grande-taxis, Mercedes that are 25 years old or more, transport as many and as much as it can possibly fit.  Grande-taxis are also licensed to take you to other cities while the smaller ones are not.  We hired a grande-taxi to transport Rani, Adam, Mom and Dad and myself with all of the luggage (bungee-strapped into the overfilled trunk) to go to the Riad Fellousia.