Hotel Bordeaux El Jadida
47 Rue Mly Ahmed Tahiri El Jadida, Morocco
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The grand finale
... some people watching, not in any rush to exhaust the offerings of El Jadida. Finishing up my breakfast and making the most of the cafe's wi-fi, I headed out to explore the city.
The central focus of tourism in El Jadida is a UNESCO restored fortified Portuguese city equipped with an in tact cistern. This would be the one and only sightseeing stop for the day so I would try to make the most of all it had to offer. The walls of the old city were ...
Back at the SOS Village...for now
So, I'm once again back at the SOS Village having a last minute meeting with the muldir (boss) and saying hello to the kids again. Traveling was, as always, tiring. Either I'm aging really fast or my back is not handling it as well as it usually does. Tomorrow I'll be heading back to my site where I'll have to stalk the ...
La Fin
... to find something open - nothing is - so I find somewhere else to sit and read/write/WIFI. I go back to my room eventually and repack my bag, shave my legs, pluck my eyebrows...yesterday I watched ants for 45 minutes, I. ****. you. not. Forty. Five. Minutes. ANTS. They're amazing creatures, really! Then I have a nap/read/write. I walk around some more and sometimes I find some place that will feed me and if not, then I just need ...
Day 3
Day 3
Hunger seems to be the last thing on my mind lately. My stomach doesn't hurt from hunger anymore.
Today is the second to last day before I am officially done with volunteering at the SOS village, for now. Spending the past three weeks working with kids with short attention spans, crying kids, and kids who just test your patience, I’ve learned that I’m so not ready to have children of my own yet. The ...
Ramadan
... time.
So, let’s begin to read about my fasting experience and pray for me that my will power is strong enough.
Pre-Ramadan
Once it hits 4 am, I am no longer allowed to eat again till 7:35 pm. It is currently 2 am and I have yet to sleep. I am exhausted.
Well, I fell asleep. It’s now 3:20 am. I am having, what feels like my last supper, two hard-boiled eggs and a glass of smoothie. I have ...


