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Parting Thoughts on Morocco

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

I like Morocco. A lot. I’ve had several friends that have been there, and everyone speaks favorably of it, and now I understand why. The Moroccan people are some of the best-hearted people I’ve met in a while. Seemingly always willing to help and be hospitable, whether it’s each other, visitors, children, poor… ask, and if they can, they will. While trying to find my hotel, Zak employed the help of many on the street to ask if they knew it, and many would walk with us for a bit in attempts to find it. If somebody needed help loading luggage on a bus, someone would always jump to help. I saw Mohamed several times give some change, which he did not have much of himself, to a poor child. Tea was always offered when meeting with someone… a shop owner even made us tea for coming back the next day. The sense of community was much stronger than many other places. [read on]

Essaouira

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

The next day, I was going to go to the beach town of Essaouira. Mohamed offered to come with, as he knew the town. Zak had other things he needed to take care of that day. We met at 7.30 and got a cab to the bus station. 65DH each way, 2 hour bus ride, with a 10 minute stop halfway to use the facilities and have a tea. At the bus station, we saw another friend… another Mohamed, also going to Essaouira. On the bus, they began talking to another French family of three. When we arrived, we all stayed together, so they must have made some arrangement to show them around, too. The mother and father didn’t speak English, but their daughter did pretty well, and helped to translate at times. I, on the other hand, have also by now learned a few key French phrases! [read on]

Another day in the sun…

Sunday, March 18th, 2007
In the riad in the morning, I met a couple Americans, Alex and Trevor, that were teaching in France. They were going to be going by some of the mosques, so I went with. While ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ourika Valley

Sunday, March 18th, 2007
10.00 we met the Spanish group at the café and headed to the taxi stand. We were 8 people, so we had to get two taxis. They agreed to 500DH a piece, round trip, including ... [Continue reading this entry]

Arriving in Morocco

Sunday, March 18th, 2007
And once again, flight has been delayed. Only a half hour this time, but then I spent nearly an hour to get through customs. Not any problems, they just take long with each person, and ... [Continue reading this entry]