My venture

So.....another bike trip...and this time...we would start our trip in CT and drive all the way up to JHB...of course not the straight route up...but rather a scenic route including the Garden Route...but ill explain....this time we had my dad as well as friends, a couple from Germany, with us...so 5 of us road-tripping...our journey started Friday the 14th Feb, yes, Valentine's day, in CT, Kim and i had just flown in while the rest of them had already spent 2 days in CT. Today the plan was to drive via Stellenbosh to Franshhoek....it was a beautiful day in CT....no clouds over tablemountain...and for anyone that knows a little but about CT that is quite an achievement....i didnt get the best pics....but maybe still worthwhile to share one.... Taking a pic of Tablemountain while driving the Harley i wanted to make a stop at my favourite coffee place in Stellenbosh...De Companje located in die oude bank....a beautiful bakery in the middle of Stellenbosh...i just love the whole deco...

So...let me tell you a little bit about Casablanca....it is the largest city in Morocco and the 2nd largest city in Africa after Cairo. Casablanca has 7.5 million inhabitans while Morocco has 33 million. Morocco is one of three countries which has both the Atlantic as well as the Meditteranean sea (Spain and France are the other two). In all honesty...Casablanca is quite a dirty city...not a city i would visit again....but of course there are two musts when there (well, for me at least)....the Hassan II mosque and Rick's cafe.... Let me start with the Hassan II mosque....it took them 7 years to build this mosque (from 1986 to 1993) and it is the third largest mosque in the world after the mosque in Mecca and Medina. The Hassan II mosque is the biggest mosque a non-Muslim can visit and it has the tallest minarette...200m. The architecture of a mosque always has certain elements....a green roof (outside), a wooden roof stucture inside (beautifully carved), plaster (mixture of egg wh...