http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:05 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:05 +0000 Without a doubt the easiest way to flatter me while traveling is to mistake me for a local and be sincere about it. I am sure many have an alterior motive anything to strike up a conversation and get me to look at their goods. But when they insist when they tell me that I look like their brother Mohammed or Hamed when they speak Arabic and get upset that I can39t answer back then it at le http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Marrakech-Tensift-El-Haouz/Marrakech/blog-787414.html On a prolonged ferry trip to a small isolated island named Pemba watching the Indian ocean unfold before you one feels compelled to stare out at the sea. 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