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…