“Don’t judge a book by its cover” – a phrase to live by, even when travelling around the world. Africa, for me, was the undiscovered continent, somewhere that had never been on my radar due to my annual travels around Europe. Turning thirty this year, I was determined to change this and decided to book a trip with G Adventures to Morocco. Why Morocco? Last year’s adventures took me to Turkey, a hybrid European-Asian country, steeped in Islamic traditions, so I thought Morocco was a good foray into Africa, a hybrid European-African country again steeped in similar traditions. After a trans-Atlantic flight from Montreal, I arrived in Casablanca, the romantic, “here’s looking at you kid” city. Of course I didn’t expect it to be in black and white with Humphrey Bogart waiting with a sign as
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