Vagobond

3/31/09

First of all let me say that Hanane is okay and thanks to all of you who sent your prayers and well wishes. We are back in Sefrou where she has a doctor who sounds like she actually practices good Western medicine, rather than trusting to some guy who might try to bleed her with [...]

3/24/09
I’ve been feeling a little like a prisoner lately here in Sefrou, but as a prison, it’s a pretty nice place to be. Here is the view from our bedroom window. Errr…the view of the bedroom window.

Hanane and I have been running a bit with our friend Yassine, together, and alone. so more excercise is [...]

3/20/09
I asked this question a few months ago and now I have my answer. I am the kind of traveller that is tired of travelling alone. I am the kind of traveller that likes to really dig into a place and experience life there. I am the kind of traveller that wants to understand the [...]

3/19/09
I love the Moors…They seem to carry all the mystery and dignity of Africa and foreign conquests about them and they are wonderfully made and fine looking and self respecting. The color is very beautiful but the foreign element spoils it at every turn.

This morning Hanane’s mom and I went to the weekly souk [...]

3/18/09

Recently The Rev left my favorite comment of all time. Something like ‘When the going gets weird, the weird go to Morocco and get married’. I’m too lazy to go find it since I am already dealing with typing on a french keyboard set up for Arabs in an internet cafe where the connection [...]

3/15/09
Yesterday was a short day trip to Fez for Hanane and me. It was a really enjoyable day. First of all we went to a giant tent city of used book sellers. this was like a treasure trove for both of us and we ended up spending about two hours and twenty five [...]

3/15/09 Yesterday was a short day trip to Fez for Hanane and me. It was a really enjoyable day. First of all we went to a giant tent city of used book sellers. this was like a treasure trove for both of us and we ended up spending about two hours and twenty [...]

3/11/2009

Yesterday was a holiday here in Morocco. Birth of the Prophet, so we ate a big breakfast of cookies and cake and then killed a sheep.

Here are a few pictures. Later we ate the intestines, stomach, heart (stuffed with garlic), forelegs, and other tasty bits. To be honest, while I enjoy eating lamb, mutton is [...]

3/10/09
I feel like I have traveled around enough in Morocco at this point to write a small piece on how transport works here. In a nutshell, it works, but only in the most loosely defined sense of the word.

In my initial travelling around Morocco, I thought that maybe as a foreigner I just wasn’t getting [...]

3/10/09

On Sunday, Hanane and I set out from Sefrou to take a small daytrip to a couple of nice little towns that aren’t too far away. The total for the day with breakfast, lunch, dinner, ice cream, transport, and small gifts for the family was about 287 dirhams, or a little more than $30, about [...]