Adieu, Morocco; Hola, Canarias!

Leaving Morocco

Wow, leaving Morocco today was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  There are several new friends and people whom I will miss very much.  Although these last few days have been difficult, I definitely enjoyed my time here, and I’ve come to love many things about this…

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Ait Ben Haddou…or Do not. Your call.

I arrived in Ouarzazate yesterday rather late in the evening, on the bus from M’Hamid via Zagora.   I was happy that I knew exactly where I was going already, since I’d called ahead and talked to the guys at Hotel Baba about getting a room again and the hotel is…

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Ramadan Moon Rising

The day after I returned from the desert, Hassan invited me to join him and his family at their house in the evening, to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan.  I hadn’t really intended to still be in Morocco when Ramadan began, as I have been hearing horror stories about everything…

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