Maroc

I don't even know where to begin. Four days in a different country you see a lot of things especially when that country is in Africa and is extremely different culturally, economically, and politically! The food was amazing, the people a little strange and creepy, the shopping cheap, and the countryside beautiful. I had amazing couscous, was followed by strange men asking "how many camels for you?"(among other things), had a great time perusing the millions of shops, and saw some amazing views. All in all we went to three Moroccan cities, Fez, Chef Chaouen, and Tetuan. Fez is the largest Moroccan city but my favorite by far was Chef Chaouen. It is a really beautiful town that looks like it came straight out of the Greek Isles. Everything is painted blue and white and the city is surrounded by some amazing mountains. It is beautiful! I also had a great time getting to know all of our different tour guides. Our main guide, Mohammad, was a very interesting man who liked to tell us all about the Moroccan culture. For example, one of the first things he told us on one of our many bus rides(about 17 hours in total) was how Moroccan men like their women strong and fat. This way their bones don't poke them when they are laying on the ground, they provide good warmth in the winter and good shade in the summer, and they don't have to buy a washing machine because the strong ones are good with a washing board! It's funny how open and straightfoward they are with women considering they don't let them out of the house with being completely covered and having asked permission first. One of our other tour guides was introduced to us by Mohammad as having two wives and always looking for a third and that "maybe after today he will have four." Ya, he had one arm and was missing a few teeth so I don't think any of us were going after that. Such characters those Moroccans! Very nice people though, I really enjoyed their humor although I'm pretty sure they were not joking most of the time. Here are some pics from my cultural experience.