Morocco Adventures

Well, its not quite the end as my title suggests, but it has come to that point where all of my American friends I made on the trip are leaving to go home and get their summer jobs. In fact, my closest friend Mac is probably boarding his plane in Casablanca as I type. But, this post isn’t about them leaving so much as about this last week I spent traveling with Mac through the north of Morocco. We did 5 cities in 4 days. It was a bit fast but a good sampling, and I think I’ve learned that in a lot of ways I prefer the north of Morocco to the south. Continue Reading »

Last weekend I took off to a little coastal city in the south of Morocco for the largest Gnawa music festival of the year. Although I had never heard of Gnawa before coming here (it is apparently a very popular form of African music) who can resist the a music festival where about half a million people pile into a quiet surfing town? Continue Reading »

Sorry everyone for the delay in writing about the weekend, Ive been swamped with activities and school… Anyway, I had an absolutely fabulous time last weekend. The whole thing started thursday night when I was hanging out with Ali and mentioned that I was heading to Chefchaouen. His friend Marxtol had a connection in the city and scored me a deal for about 30 percent off the room (verified against Lonely Planet). Continue Reading »

Humphrey Bogart (Rick): I’m saying it because it’s true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You’re part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

Humphrey Bogart (Rick): Here’s looking at you, kid. Continue Reading »

Hey guys, attention – new hard link on the top of the site will show you the photo stream using the flickr widget. Snapfishes limitations are annoying and so ill be moving to flickr from here on out. Be sure to check the photos often incase I make updates.

I was shopping for a backpack today (a smaller one for school) and ran into a guy named Ali who had just gotten back last week from spending a year in Upstate New York learning English through the Fullbright exchange. Continue Reading »