Rock The Kasbah

In the morning we headed in to the Kasbah.
On the way we passed (I think) 3 royal palaces, hundreds of police and Lord only knows how many street sweepers.
It is a very clean place (apart from some of the places where they can't keep up with the tourists!

The Kasbah of the Udayas is a walled/fortified village dating back to the 10th century. It was later strengthened and 'improved' and along with its counterpart across the river in Sale was a cultural as well as pirate state centre. 
It is a super place to explore with great views over the river mouth and the Atlantic.
It also has a cafe that sells the most wonderful mint tea (hotter than lava) and fabulous sweet cakes.
There is also a lot of very large doors (SWMBO could even reach the bolt on a couple of them) and some nice gardens in there as well.
The street vendors that are in there do not hassle or hound you -- the King has decreed that this will not happen in Rabat .... and it doesn't which, makes the place feel very safe and not in the slightest bit intimidating.

Across the street from the Kasbah is a cemetery - a huge cemetery.......
The cemeteries are outside the city walls - probably due to space constraints - and are still used and visited. Some of the headstones stand out like a sore thumb as they have been painted in very bright, garish colour .... like pink ... which really stand out and make them easy to spot.
Another stop before heading off was at an artists' co-operative that the the BIL could make sure that a couple of paintings he had commissioned would be ready before he returns as a resident to the UK next month. They would be ready the next day.

Sitting by the pool in the afternoon we were again joined by a couple of orange dragonflies. Pictures with be sent to No1 as a challenge for identification.

There are about 20 shots over here, including one of the Hassan Tower which was intended to be the biggest and tallest mosque in the world - but work stopped when the Caliph who commissioned it died in 1199 so the tower stands at a mere 44m high ... much, much smaller than the new hotel and office tower that is currently being fitted out (there is also a picture of that).