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Travel Blogs from Rabat
Stuck in Rabat
... to do whatever I want without consulting my co-traveller is pretty nice actually. And the next day I meet these three Moroccan rockers who are really nice, so I spend the evening with them, not being alone doesn't seem to really be a problem at the moment.
Last time I wrote I was still in Chefchaouen with Diederik. We decided to stay a few more days, which was a good thing because I got a nice case of travellers sickness. The sickness ...
11-14-12
... yearning for independence, America too was a colony of Britain at one time. I explained the Revolutionary War, the values on which our country was founded and then asked them to explain, as best they could, what the Moroccan struggle for independence was like.
I'm discovering that the best way to gain respect and understanding from students, who are mostly my age and some very much older, is to convey that you too are learning new things. Yesterday, we had a lesson on ...
Mabel and the Masters of Mud mob Marjane
... and less likely to follow us around the store as if we were going to pinch something. Bloody good job really as we were all spending loads of cash there each day as we worked out what little luxuries were required to make our lives more comfortable. And we were getting scruffier by the day as our hair and clothes gathered more and more layers of grime.
Passports in hand at 3 pm we headed towards Fez to find a bush camp.This was easier said than done as ...
And Bring On the Culture Shock
... all the shouting, I almost stepped in a crate full of turtles, and it was just a stressful thing to experience after only being in Morocco for a day. (I really wanted to buy some turtles and bring them home to Beloit College!) I did have some luck later on in my in Rabat when I was away from that part of the Medina with baragianing. We had a debriefing afterwards about ...
Morocco 4- Rabat, then on to Tangier and Spain
... people to
make up a full load, so we and a few others were moved on to an identical trip
with “Luxotour” Morocco tours, and we felt that their guiding was just not of
the same standard- for example, left in 35c sun on Tangier docks for an hour
while the guide tried to sort ...