Morocco is like that :) I lived there for 5 months last year studying, and am going back to teach English for 2 or so more years starting in the fall. I hope you go back. Morocco is a place where, people often put up a certain face in public, or to foreigners, and you are right, this is not always genuine. I think you understood much more about how they feel than you think. It takes time to gain trust of Moroccans, and to know your way around, but I only left a few months ago and I already want to go back. After travelling in many places, there is one thing that is exceptional about Morocco- their culture is SO very strong, that I think the very fundamentals will never 'disappear' to tourism. Because what is most precious to them is sheltered from tourists, because they are most kind and generous in private with those close to them, it can be hard for many to see this as brief visitors. If you want to understand, I really encourage you to go back. I was only beginning to comprehend so many things when I left. I think you're right- when you travel, sometimes you feel so out of place. Maybe the cure for this is, after this semester, you can go live somewhere, really integrate yourself in a place. In any case, keep up your courage, it seems like you have a long way to go (all the way around the world?!). :)
I love you Dude I had the exact same thoughts about the inadequacy of words in describing a situation. I feel they are similar to photographs in that they can only capture maybe one or two of the senses, giving a glimpse of the experience. But at the same time I feel they can also serve as a way to open that doorway to the feelings. Words, when presented properly (profoundly), serve as the spark that ignites that wick of the memory until finally your mind explodes, flooding every part of your soul with the same thing the author (in this case the one and only dave korn) was feeling as the ink stained the pages. The way you spun the words made me able to connect, in exactly the way words should. They didn't give me your exact experience instead they spark the memories of a similar mental state I feel every time I'm in Bonaire. It's an indescribable feeling.......To sum everything up I have but one thing to say........Preach brother......preach
Is every entry you write going to be this epic and philosophical and sound like it could be in a novel?
Either way, I look forward to updates yet to come. :)
Complete insanity, Dave Korn.
Kelly
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Morocco is like that :)
I lived there for 5 months last year studying, and am going back to teach English for 2 or so more years starting in the fall. I hope you go back. Morocco is a place where, people often put up a certain face in public, or to foreigners, and you are right, this is not always genuine. I think you understood much more about how they feel than you think. It takes time to gain trust of Moroccans, and to know your way around, but I only left a few months ago and I already want to go back. After travelling in many places, there is one thing that is exceptional about Morocco- their culture is SO very strong, that I think the very fundamentals will never 'disappear' to tourism. Because what is most precious to them is sheltered from tourists, because they are most kind and generous in private with those close to them, it can be hard for many to see this as brief visitors. If you want to understand, I really encourage you to go back. I was only beginning to comprehend so many things when I left. I think you're right- when you travel, sometimes you feel so out of place. Maybe the cure for this is, after this semester, you can go live somewhere, really integrate yourself in a place. In any case, keep up your courage, it seems like you have a long way to go (all the way around the world?!). :)