* * * * * Flag of Morocco. Late that afternoon we arrived ahead of schedule at Mohammed V International Airport, roughly 30 kilometers southeast of Casablanca, in the Nouasseur Suburb. Hotel Casablanca. The view from my room. After a long mini-van ride to the Hotel Casablanca, I got my room, jumped into my civvies, grabbed a taxi, and zipped down to the “ Habouse.” This, in my opinion, dear reader, was the best souk in the city. It was the cleanest, and relatively free of touts and pickpockets. Unlike Saudi Arabia, North Africa was the land of ...