Dar el Mouhit Salé

The Capitol of Morocco bounced between Rabat, Fez, Marrakesh and Meknes over the centuries, each new Sultan making his selection as best suited his defensive strategy, political organization and entertainment agenda.

Rabat was Morocco's capitol in the 16th century, but was destroyed by the Portuguese for bad manners. It was selected again as the capitol city by Yaqub al-Mansur, the Andalusian pirate sultan, after Muslims were booted out of ...

Driving into Rabat along the coast line was one of the most beautiful sites I have ever seen. Giant swells crashing against the cliff sides reminded me of what people imagined hundreds of years ago as the end of the earth. 20 km's of mind blowing grandeur lined the road to our campsite. One would assume such a site would be followed by a nice little camp site with showers and good toilets. Ha, there is no such thing in Africa. As Summer put it "this is ...

... that he had been called). I creepishly asked some people if he had been on the camel trip like he was supposed to be. He had. Then later we saw him on exiting the grocery store. I was just afraid I had spread the black plague and he was in his room wasting away. Nope.

So anyway, no one told me that Hafeetha wasn’t coming so I sat in class and waited. She had told me that when it rains there can be a ton of accidents and it can be hard to make it on ...

That's hello in Arabic ... yes we sitting in Rabat in Morocco and both loving being here.

On our first morning we went down the souk (market area), drank mint tea made with fabulous fragrant fresh mint (not a beer in sight - but other things to compensate), and sat mouth-open watching the world go by. Then in the late afternoon some Swiss friends arrived and we went back to the souk and ate snails from a stall in ...

Ramadan ends this weekend. It is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally the month in 610 AD when Allah revealed the Qur'an to a caravan trader named Muhammad who took to wandering the desert near Mecca while thinking about his faith.

Ramadan is a "month of blessing" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity. Morocco being 98.7% Muslim, this event dominates the scene. All able Muslims over the age of 12 must not eat or drink ...

We decided to take a day off in the hostel in an attempt to get our heads together. So we had a lie in, played some pro evo on this guys laptop, and got to pick up a tortoise which we found just outside the hostel.

Cars dont stop at zebra crossings here and to cross a road you basically have to run out and let the cars swerve round you. sounds crazy but it works. Then ...

So although i spent the most of the night awke i was finally woken up to the sound of a donkey making a wierd noise (which sounds EXACTLY like the sand people from star wars). Then looking around you can just see miles of dust and mounds lit up by an awesome sun rise. It was exactly like tatooine. In fact I think morocco might be a key influence in the making of Star Wars.

We then had pretty much plain fish and bread for lunch and we couldnt find anywhere to eat that ...

... like Moroccan pot roast), or cous cous (with seven vegetables) on Friday. There is also a kitty at school, named Mish-Mish (which means "apricot"), and she doesn't think she is a kitty. She thinks she is a puppy. She's really sweet, and of course, I like to love on her! After school, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, they have excursions to different places within the city. Last Tuesday, we were planning ...

... train as we went by. I saw a few women working outside, doing laundry, etc. Men were working in the fields. There were also quite a few sightings of men/boys riding mules alongside the road, either for transportation, to haul materials, or both. The landscape shifted between dry and dusty to green and lush. The Atlas Mountains were visible in the distance as we were traveling through the Middle Atlas portion of the country ...

... block getting volunteers iniated into the hospital. :-) I asked him to pronounce his name for me, and he asked the same of me. Then, he taught me how to count to five in French. "Schnu smitek?" "Smiti Patty". I said that over and over today. Schnu smitek means 'what is your name' in Arabic, and smiti means 'my name is'. We also employed some other key Arabic words to praise the kids. One time, a kid got a little out of hand and my partner called ...