"Wayn"; not when but where. Weather due to be 32°C, sunny and hot. A misty start today; it will be very hot when it burns off. Music: Tanita Tikaram, Tan Dun. Photos here on FB. Today the Grand Mosque. Tip: still no.
Oh dear, not a good start. The walk-in shower decides to run hot and cold (is a shower female?), not what you'd expect for 5 stars, and I then trawl the end of the rather large towel on the wet floor. Never mind, there's a second towel.
I forgot to mention that yesterday, while at the beach, I wore, being English, a white shirt, long shorts, sandals, factor 30 sun cream and my folding Panama hat.
I breakfast at 7.00am and today spot the bottle of Maple Syrup for use by the Americans. Yuk! I also realise why everyone says hello and not mahaba and why all the signs are in Arabic and English. It’s because most of the people in the service industry don’t speck Arabic. They are not Arabs but one of the over 200 nationalities working here.
On the way to the office spot once more my favourite of all the fabulous cars I have seen here; a white Porsche Panamera 4s saloon, picture on FB soon.
Arrive at 7.55am, no delegates yet. By 8.30 we have 5 of the 6, no Hamda, so I make a start. Today, mobile phones are even more in evidence than yesterday, some even in use while I’m trying to explain a difficult topic that would go straight over their heads even if they were paying attention. Not happy; I hope I get to “offsted” them but I doubt it.
As we break for breakfast at 10.00am, Hamda breezes in but no apology. Later on I lose them completely as we are now on to the hard core, really difficult topics and they struggled with the easy ones. At this point Reem leaves for the day to attend hospital. At 11.55am have a 5 minute break but no one returns before their next break at 12.30pm for prayers. I don’t suppose I’ll see them again before 1.00pm; yes here they come, and we finish for lunch at 2.00pm! I’ve realised that they have lunch at the end of the day because if they had it midway through the day, no one would return for the afternoon. Still, now only an hour to go. I’ve made up more exercises to keep them busy till then.
Lunch with two of the guys, "King" fish, I think it's shark, and back to the hotel via the ATM. This stubbornly refuses to dispense any cash so I have to use reception instead. Check the cheapest room price for the basic room with no breakfast, on offer at 574 dh, that's £95. Find a superior double room on booking.com for only £99.
Tea now, then skype and sleep before the visit to the Mosque.
Oh dear, not a good start. The walk-in shower decides to run hot and cold (is a shower female?), not what you'd expect for 5 stars, and I then trawl the end of the rather large towel on the wet floor. Never mind, there's a second towel.
I forgot to mention that yesterday, while at the beach, I wore, being English, a white shirt, long shorts, sandals, factor 30 sun cream and my folding Panama hat.
I breakfast at 7.00am and today spot the bottle of Maple Syrup for use by the Americans. Yuk! I also realise why everyone says hello and not mahaba and why all the signs are in Arabic and English. It’s because most of the people in the service industry don’t speck Arabic. They are not Arabs but one of the over 200 nationalities working here.
On the way to the office spot once more my favourite of all the fabulous cars I have seen here; a white Porsche Panamera 4s saloon, picture on FB soon.
Arrive at 7.55am, no delegates yet. By 8.30 we have 5 of the 6, no Hamda, so I make a start. Today, mobile phones are even more in evidence than yesterday, some even in use while I’m trying to explain a difficult topic that would go straight over their heads even if they were paying attention. Not happy; I hope I get to “offsted” them but I doubt it.
As we break for breakfast at 10.00am, Hamda breezes in but no apology. Later on I lose them completely as we are now on to the hard core, really difficult topics and they struggled with the easy ones. At this point Reem leaves for the day to attend hospital. At 11.55am have a 5 minute break but no one returns before their next break at 12.30pm for prayers. I don’t suppose I’ll see them again before 1.00pm; yes here they come, and we finish for lunch at 2.00pm! I’ve realised that they have lunch at the end of the day because if they had it midway through the day, no one would return for the afternoon. Still, now only an hour to go. I’ve made up more exercises to keep them busy till then.
Lunch with two of the guys, "King" fish, I think it's shark, and back to the hotel via the ATM. This stubbornly refuses to dispense any cash so I have to use reception instead. Check the cheapest room price for the basic room with no breakfast, on offer at 574 dh, that's £95. Find a superior double room on booking.com for only £99.
Tea now, then skype and sleep before the visit to the Mosque.
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