Archive for Morocco

What Went Wrong in Morocco?

Aug 30, 2010 7 Comments by Vago

Essentially, this is the answer to the question “Why don’t you want to live in Morocco?” This is going to piss some people off. In fact, it already has.

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Ramadan in Morocco with a Shepherd’s Family

Aug 27, 2010 4 Comments by Vago

I am fasting in Morocco during Ramadan in a mudbrick house while the temperatures soar and the tempers flare as the taxi drivers and passengers become unraveled because of heat and thirst.

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Manisa, Turkey – Home of the Lunatics – Our New Home

Aug 23, 2010 3 Comments by Vago

We left Bursa the way we came but without the guy in the bad suit. Indeed, though we did see him when we were leaving. We were carrying our bags down to the bus stop and this time we saw him sitting on a concrete wall, smoking a cigarette, no shoes, and wearing some scruffy clothes. He smiled and waved and it took me a second to place him because the bad suit had been so powerful. I waved back and Hanane said “Who was that?”

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Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul

Aug 12, 2010 No Comments by Vago

Tweet Our flight from Casablanca landed about 50 km from Istanbul in the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. It’s not nearly as convenient as Ataturk Airport but it services a lot of discount airlines such as Air Arabia. While not a huge airport, it does have a lot of domestic and international flights coming in and [...]

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Mohammad V International Airport in Casablanca

Aug 11, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Hanane had only been to the Fes Sais Airport to meet me coming back from flights to Europe and the United States, so she was slightly overwhelmed by Mohammad V Airport in Casablanca. We were both nervous that something would go wrong and they wouldn’t let her board the flight since she’d never used [...]

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Budget Airlines in Turkey and Morocco – Air Arabia

Aug 10, 2010 No Comments

Tweet We are back from Turkey now and in Morocco again. It is just a few days until Ramadan begins and we are going to celebrate most of it up in Sefrou with Hanane’s family. It’s a mixture of feelings to be back- part sadness and part joy, for Hanane anyway. For me, I always [...]

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From the Gare de Fes to Mohammad V International Airport by Train

Aug 09, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet Our trip started from our apartment near the Imam Ali Mosque in Fes, Morocco. We woke up early and walked the few blocks to the new Fes Train Station in the ville nouvelle. The morning was bright and sunny and since the weather was already hot we knew it was going to be a [...]

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Ramadan For All Faiths 2010 – Free Ebook!

Aug 07, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet To download Ramadan for All Faiths 2010, just fill in your email on the bottom right side of the page. I’ve updated and added illustrations to my e-book, Ramadan for All Faiths, for the year 2010. (formerly Feeding the Spirit). To download it for free, just fill in your email on the bottom right [...]

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Travelling in Turkey – More Greek and Roman Ruins than Italy and Greece!

Jul 29, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Again, not a lot of time to write, but we are having a wonderful time in Turkey. From cruising the Bosporus to marveling at the Iskander Kebap in Bursa, this trip has been filed with adventures stretching across the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, and soon the Aegean Sea, and of course a bit [...]

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Traveling to Turkey

Jul 23, 2010 No Comments

Tweet This morning me and my wife are heading off on our first international adventure together. It’s her first time in an airplane, first time leaving Morocco, and first time going through airline security. It’s all bound to be interesting and surprising. We’re both excited and anticipating the adventures ahead of us in Cappodocia, Istanbul, [...]

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