Fez

Today we stepped back into history walking through the ancient Medina of Fez.

The place is over 1200 years old and still operating as a commercial and residential hub of the city.

All the store fronts are about 3 metre wide and the alleyways range from about a metre to about 5 metre maximum.

All goods are transported by hand, handcart, donkey or mule and you can get whatever you want from a $40000 wedding belt to a goat's head for dinner.

In the afternoon we visited Balil, a small Berber village some way out of Fez. Here we visited a number of traditional houses that were caves cut into the limestone hillside and then faced with entry doors. The cave meant they had no heating or cooling problems and one fellow we visited was the 16th generation in that house. They were small but had all the facilities they needed for a comfortable existence.