The Mausoleum was another beautiful structure of craved wood and fountains and multicoloured marble and intricate tile work.
We have seen a lot of cats around in Morocco. The tour leader explained to us that the cat is seen as a clean animal and has religious significance.
Now the Mausoleum is adjacent to a half complete mosque structure that was constructed in the 12th century. This has a partially crumbling wall around it that has holes in it I assume for old school ventilation. These holes are perfectly sized for pigeon nests.
As we were wandering about the area in front of the Mausoleum, we saw a cat had some how scaled a wall fragment about 3m up and was trying to stalk some pigeons. I have no idea how it got up or how it will get down. I assume the part of the cat doing through thinking is it's belly and when it's hungry for something on the ground it's belly will tell the cat's feet how to defy gravity and it will slither down like a lizard.
We then left Rabat and got on the road to eventually land up in Fez tonight. (we'll be stopping off along the way)We took the motorway for a bit and have now taken an alternate route through some rural part of Morocco to see more of the locals in passing.
It is weird because the structures and the scenery looks a lot like rural South Africa except the woman in the houses and hanging up strings of washing and the men walking down the road are all Arab... It's a little odd for me because I never see Arab looking people in rural areas in South Africa... And I then had a special moment feeling realising I am in a foreign country. This is far away from my home. Way Cool!!!
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