Category: Morocco
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Laura wants to share lots of random photos with you
Currently Chris and I are in a hotel room in Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey. I thought I could post a bunch of random photos for you guys to enjoy. They cover all sorts of different things and times during our trip, including our Sahara trek, Italy, Morocco and Turkey. We plan on heading into Iran in…
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Moroccan ceramics, food, fashion, religion and most important, tips on how to use a squat toilet
During our 3-week adventure in Morocco, I noticed some interesting things that I thought I could share with you. Currently we are in Bucharest, Romania. We just arrived here yesterday after a one day layover in Milano, Italy and before that we spent a quick two days in Madrid. I will get some photos up…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 6: The Lows and the Highs
May 16, 2010 – 7:30 pm Forget everything I said before. This place is not romantic. It’s deadly, unforgiving, and miserable. Full of pain and agony. Okay, maybe not that bad, but right now Laura and I are in low spirits. We’re tired. We ran out of mineral water, and can’t help but remember how…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 5: Night of the Thousand Stars, Snakes, and other Deadly Encounters
May 16, 2010 – Midday The nights out here have been wonderful. Not only do we get to rest while things cool off considerably and Rashid sets to work on the evening meal, but we also get to enjoy the type of clear, starry sky you can only find in a dry environment far from…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 4: Rashid, Pain, and More Pain
May 16, 2010 – Midday No entry for yesterday. Just too damned hot. Figured I’d make the effort today, despite my fatigue, before time and distance dissipate my memories like a camel fart in the desert. I’m not a religious man, but “prayer” is the closest thing to what was going through my mind as…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 3: Camel Trekking and Arabic Lessons
May 14, 2010 There is only an hour or two between the previous entry and this one. Since I wrote the last bit, we have eaten the day’s lunch. Rashid prepared and served us what he called “Berber Omelette,” an egg and tomato dish with peppers, onions and the usual spices that was remarkably like…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 2: Berber Food and Folk Music
May 14, 2010 The dusty streets of Zagora feel very far away and very long ago. It’s hard to believe it was only yesterday. The contrast between the desert and even a small town like Zagora couldn’t be more pronounced. When the wind dies down out here, it is perfectly still. Perfectly quiet. We are…
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Sahara Diaries, Part 1: Marrakesh to Zagora
This is the first part of a six-part series on our camel trek in the Moroccan Sahara. The additional entries will be posted each day over the next week. After that, you can see all six here. May 13, 2010 As I write this we’re only about two hours into our great Sahara adventure and…
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Observations of Morocco: El-Jadida, Essaouria and Marrakech
Editor’s Note: The photos on this blog are the work of each post other, unless noted otherwise. My lovely wife Laura shot all these ones. She deserves the mad props. Our introduction to Morocco went rather smooth considering we had spent the previous night lounging around the Milano airport unable to sleep. Stumbling up to…
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Sahara Teaser
We made this video in Zagora, the night we got out of the desert in order to tease our blog readers with the upcoming content and to let everyone know we were safe and sound.
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Alive and well.
Hey all y’all. We’re still alive, despite 5 days in the oppressive heat of the Sahara desert. We even made a video update to hold you over, but the Internet connections in Zagora are shite. It is a pretty cool video though. We put together a cast of thousands and created some new CGI effects.…