3/2/09 Now I get to learn about the complexities of intenational marriage and of course I fell in love with a woman who lives in one of the most bureaucratic but least efficient counties in the world. You should see the list of documents we have to provide and it involves multiple trips all over [...]
On Falling in Love in Morocco
First of all, let me say thank you for all the congratulations, warm wishes, warnings, and announcements that I am out of my mind. Of course I’m out of my mind. What kind of a person gives up his stock options to move into a VW bus and discover what it’s like to be homeless [...]
Vago and Hanane
Of course I’m out of my mind. What kind of a person gives up his stock options to move into a VW bus and discover what it’s like to be homeless in the middle of a Northwest Winter? What kind of anarchist joins the Marine Corps? What kind of person moves to Hawaii with $100 [...]
Jmaa el Fna in Marrakech
This morning after a sleep beset by a wailing baby and a blaring television, I set off to find a good hostel. I had found one that looked fantastic, the Equity Point Hostel (aka Riad Amazigh) I arranged to check in at 11 and returned to the Hotel al Jazeera to get my bags. One [...]
Travels in Morocco
I know this may seem odd, but I am on the road again. Don’t worry though, I haven’t abandoned new found love. Instead, this is a practicality. Admittedly, I have wanderlust and Hanane understands this, so while she arranges her passport and completes some English teacher trainings, I am hitting the road. Today I took [...]
Vagobond in Marrakesh
2/19/09 The train ride from Casa Blanca to here was stunning.155 dirham: Orange fields of what I think were poppies, yellow fields of something else, purple fields of something else, green, hills, red rocks, and lots of beauty. I took no pictures. Arrived here and an unfriendly cab driver tried to overcharge me and then [...]
