SNOW IN AFRICA? (Cont'd)

The ceramics factory owner's cat enjoys being stroked and pampered by Adriana.

In a sense, ceramics (pottery) in Morocco is comparable to that made in Turkey.

Have a feel for the biggest medina in the World found in Fes. It dates back to the 9th Century and is home to the World's oldest university.It has a labyrinth of hundreds of narrow and maze-like streets through which flow wheel-barrows of goods, donkey carts, bicycles, m-cycles and people with probing hands. One can easily get lost in there and not find a way out for days.

He and his mates provide much needed transportation of goods in the medina. At other times, he may also be his owner's 'wife'. What a life!

Hwee Lin, centre, is vying for attention? Hamdi, our guide, is dressed in his best jalabah, topped with a fez, which has been banned in Turkey by Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey

A medina shoe-shop. The owner resides within.

Judging by the ornate door carvings and the beautiful wall ceramics, the owner of this house must be a rich man. Doors and windows are normally shut to keep out prying eyes and unsolicited visitors.

Peek-a-boo into a medina shop. Women will be attracted here?

As one navigates in the medina streets, traffic from the front and the back need watching out for. When "attention, attention" sounding French is heard, it's best to step aside unless one doesn't mind being trodden on by a heavily-laden donkey.

A tannery in the medina. Workers here take on the same jobs from one generation to the next so no worries about labour relations and rights?

Leather goods produced at the tannery. The quality is good and the pricing is reasonable but one gets a better buy if skilled in the intricacies of bargaining. Some of the produce here goes overseas for branding by the better known international brands.