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Tusnoozia

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Tunisia… what a bore.  Some of it has to do with just leaving exciting Morocco and some of it is due to Ramadan.  Tunisia seems fairly well-to-do with many beautiful, well-kept homes and neighborhoods.  I have never seen so many empty and quiet streets including those in the capital, Tunis.  Carthage is borderline bore although the history is so great that one cannot help but get caught up in imagining how it used to be.  Most of Carthage as built by the pre-Roman Punics and Carthaginians was destroyed or overbuilt by the Romans.  After the Romans, parts of Carthage were carted off to be used in homes, mosques and other buildings until most of it was no longer there.  I imagined the caravans of marble columns moving out of Carthage to these other destinations.  Greatest fire sale ever? 

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Rest of Morocco

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Beyond Fez and Marrakech I was able to visit Ifrane in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Ziz Valley, the Sahara Desert, Dades Gorge, a village in the High Atlas Mountains and Essaouira on the Atlantic Coast. Ifrane is a small city that is very modern and European. It is located 1600 meters above sea level which provides a great respite from the heat of Fez. There is a lot of building going on in Ifrane and I understand it is becoming a vacation place for the elite of the United Emirates. We only used to Ifrane as a place to buy beer, wine and other goodies before heading on. Nearby we stopped at a village of maybe 100 nomadic residents that have settled at an old dump site.

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Fezelas

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

By the end of the trip, I am sure the Brazil to Morocco move will be one of the strangest taken.  My head spun for a week afterward wanting to be on a beach in Brazil and having difficulty ... [Continue reading this entry]

Morocco Photos

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Wi-Fi working again.  I'll do Brazil in future.  Enjoy... http://www.flickr.com/photos/7411983@N06/sets/72157602018959073/

Day 1

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Of Ramadan, that is. I woke up starving because I could not eat last night. The group tour returned to Marrakech and everyone was going out for lunch before heading on to Casablanca. I opted out because ... [Continue reading this entry]

Like a Rolling Stone

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Today was one of those never-to-forget days. As reported earlier, I started with the Cyber Park which was quite pleasant especially in the back where the plantings are near the ancient ochre-colored fortification walls that basically surround the medina. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cyber Park

Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Standing in a new city park using an internet kiosk all funded by suppliers to Maroc Telecom including my two least favorite companies Motorola and Nokia.  I wonder if they shut down work sites in Sonoma County to pay for ... [Continue reading this entry]

Capitalism – Alive and Well in Islamic World

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

I just read that Osama is telling us to give up capitalism. This is quite humorous to me since it appears to be working quite well in Morocco, I saw it in action in East Africa last year and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Morocco – Less Mushy

Saturday, September 8th, 2007
It has been a whirlwind week in Morocco. I am on a group tour and it has been just too crazy with very long drives almost every day seeing more of Morocco at 80 kph than just walking. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Morocco Mush

Monday, September 3rd, 2007
OK, I am going to try and pull off a miracle and be in Morocco and tell you about Brazil which is fading quickly in my mind.  See, Morocco is intense and the culture shock is even more than I ... [Continue reading this entry]