Casablanca/Rabat, Morocco September 22nd, 23rd, 24th 2010 I once watched the movie ‘Casablanca’ and still recall a shot from the movie, a picture of a river beside an old looking town. I did not see that in Casablanca. It’s all modern now. My days were spent getting lost once in the medina alleyways (and not…
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Marrakesh, Morocco
Marrakesh, Morocco September 20th, 21st 2010 Why do I do this to myself? It was extremely cramped. There was no air circulation. The A/C, when working, blew out lukewarm to warm air. It smelled very funky. There were hardly any toilet breaks. (Toward the end, I was holding my pee in so long it hurt…
Fes, Morocco
Fes, Morocco September 18th, 19th 2010 After exchanging emails and saying goodbye to Yumi, I left to catch my 10 am bus to Fes. Instead of allowing us to load our bags directly into the baggage compartment of the bus, they made us pay 5 dH (dirhams, USD$1 = 8.5 dH) to check our bags…
Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco September 17th 2010 On the bus to Algeciras, the port city where I would take a ferry to Tangier, I sat beside a Japanese girl named Yumi. Before anyone says anything, she wasn’t my type. She has been traveling around the world for 6 months so we had that in common (4 months…
Dahab, Egypt
Dahab, Egypt August 6th, 7th, 8th 2010 Took a 3-hour train back from Aswan to Luxor and stayed a night because I couldn’t possibly catch the next bus to Dahab. However, I found out that the Luxor-Dahab bus was sold out and my other alternative was to take the bus to Suez and then buy…
Aswan/Abu Simbel, Egypt
Aswan, Egypt August 3rd 2010 Took the morning train from Luxor to Aswan. Journey was about 3 hours, after a train delay. Travelled with Shannon, an American girl I met from the West Bank tour in Luxor. Seemed like a pretty cool person. Did not have accomodation and was hoping to get a room upon…
Luxor, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt August 1st, 2nd 2010 Took the overnight train from Cairo. Bought a 1st class seat but it’s just a cabin with 6 seats (3 facing 3) and was crammed in there with 5 other tourists. Was very cold on board as well as uncomfortable, as the seats had no head support to lean…
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt July 28th, 29th, 30th 2010 August 9th 2010 Cairo definitely gave me a culture shock. After being in Europe for a while, upon exiting the airport, I was immediately swarmed with taxi drivers offering their services. I took a shuttle bus to the bus station and was greeted with a fleet of old,…