More of the Long Trip

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More pictures from the long trip. Still waiting on the camel shots. Also, here is a poem I wrote while we were broken down on the side of the road.

Bienvenue au Maroc

En Medina le chaleur attaque,
On doit s'échapper cet enfer,
Suivez les secrets Berber,
Jusqu'au crépescule dans un lac,

Cimes qui supportent le ciel,
Bercent doucement dans les bras,
Un trésor sculpté en bois,
Qui pendant la nuit étincelle,

Ce jour passé si lentement,
Trois heures tombée en panne,
Mais nous gagnions le pain,
Par le sueur de nos fronts,

C'est la magie du terre qu'il évoque
Bienvenue au Maroc!

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Photos

Candel Light Dinner
Does it get in better? How about scrubbing oneself clean in a Haman, a traditional Moroccan bath? Or reading in an outdoor terrace wrapped in a traditional Djellaba? Or sleeping outside on the terrace under a gazebo? Or you can just wait to see pictures of the hotel in the sunlight.

Hotel 2
Although every place we stayed was very nice, Hotel 2: la Kasbah de Toubkal wins the prize.

Rachel and Me
The hat I am wearing is a very touristy Maroc hat I bought in Marrakesh. That being said I find it very endearing.

Hotel 2
Here are some pictures just to get a sense of the building.

View from the terrace
This is where I slept on Saturday night.

Visitor's Logue
Rachel and I drafted up an entry for the group to sign.

Hotel 2
A view from the bottom, before we hit the road.

Monster!
This was a huge bug I found while perusing the fauna while the bus was broken down.

Through the High Atlas
Those mountains peaks you see in the distance drop hundreds of feat to rocky ravines. Somewhere in between were the thin roads we bus crept along. I am glad I am alive.

Visiting a Local Village
A lot of people in the group had brought school supplies for this visit to a rural elementary school. It was a hike to get there.

Bahhh!
This goat made sure that everyone who passed by it knew that this was his territory. This incident led to a lot of laughs over the course of the next 20 hours we spent on the bus.

Kids at the School
The kids were very excited to see us. I let them have my camera and the went wild for a while. A lot of them have the distinct look of the beautiful Berber people.

Kids at the School
That's it for now. Enjoy!