Some say the road is lonely, but for many (me included) the road can lead to love. Check out the latest Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Blog Carnival “Love on the Road”
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.
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.
It might sound silly, but in fact, I think it’s a good idea to think about the clothing that you will take with you when you travel. Personally, I give it a lot of thought, especially since I usually travel with just one shoulder bag to carry everything. This is whether I am going to Morocco, Turkey, Europe, Asia, or North America.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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