Ksar Char Bagh Marrakech

Confirming my ever-strong belief in fate and allworking out eventually, we ended up in Morocco right on time for the 2009 Marrakech Film Festival! As film fanatics, we hot-well, actually cold-footed it-from freezing cold Casa to Marrakech making it just in time for films galore...

Getting back to the Western world is weird after adventures in African countries like Mali and Senegal as it seems so different yet only a drive-or even briefer flight ...

... kollat in staden ordentligt och irrat runt bland alla små gator och torg där de säljer allt möjligt och omöjligt bl.a. på jakt efter fina tofflor som Astrid vill ha med sig till Sverige. Jag (Karin) har redan blivit pålurad en henna-tatuering vars pris varierade mellan gratis och 400 dirham (knappt 400 sek). Slutligen kom vi ”överens” om 50 dir (försäljerskan var inte så nöjd med detta). Här är många sköna m ...

... but if you don’t care then African Trails will do just fine. In all honesty our truck doesn’t look nearly as nice as nice as others on the road but it has so much more personality and I don’t feel deprived of anything.

The Overlanding Experience

This is not your average air-conditioned tour, this is an overlanding tour. A tour implies a guide giving you direction and informing you on the sights and sounds of the areas you ...

... hut. By the way, Pizza hut is an incredibly posh restaurant in Morocco so it seems with proper wait staff and an extensive menu. I don’t think I’ve ever had pizza hut that tasted that good!

That night it rained, and I mean RAINED. Everyone who had been out all day in the city returned to the campsite completely drenched while those of us who stayed ran around trying to make sure there were rain covers on all the tents and all the electronics were in dry areas. No ...

... host sister's name was Nassima. She's learning English from the Peace Corps volunteer Nathaniel, and she was absolutely amazing. She was 20, and after two days I felt like we were family. Our house was pretty awesome, and absolutely full of women! I connected almost instantly with Nassima's sister-in-law, Rachida. We talked all about Islam and she was impressed I knew the whole story of Abraham and Isaac, the story behind that weekend's festival, L'Eid. We also talked about marriage. She ...

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... an umbrella poised over top of it, one of the first things that happened to me – no joke – is that I felt a huge tug on my arm and looked over – and a very big MONKEY was crawling up onto my shoulder! I literally stifled a scream as I looked this monkey (who was very heavy, and had hands and feet that felt so odd on my skin) in the eyes – and then looked over at his/her owner and started saying, “No, no, no, no, no!” After what ...

... nichts tolles: Die Steinwueste, die die kleinen B**b**do**f** umgab, war mehr als oede und Hassans Sippe recht schweigsam (im Gegensatz zu ihm... dies** scheiss Quaelgeist). Abends gabs dann noch eine recht lustige Sitzung im Haus sein** Schwest**, wo wir doch noch ein bisschen Spass mit den v**schiedenen B**b**klamotten hatten. D** Abschied gest**n morgen fiel dann nicht wirklich schw**, besond**s als Lilly und ich m**kten, wie wund**bar ruhig es auf einmal im ...

... on the bus, including Tara and I, assumed there was another parent with the kids. Nope. So when the bus left the gate for the plane, the kids were essentially alone on the bus with us strangers and, big surprise, they started to wail and bang on the glass and scream in Arabic. So of course, we´re trying to reassure the kids but, according to my watch, it was a good 20 minutes before the mother returned. Can everyone say "winner?" The weather was much ...