Morocco!

Here is a slideshow and videos!





Below is a taste of some of our experiences in Morocco. The call to prayer, which occurs 5 times a day wherever you are in the country, had a particularly striking and eerie sound in Marrakesh, where the high density of mosques creates an echoing and reverberating sound as the mosques were not in synch. That video is taken from our riad (guesthouse) rooftop.

We were lucky enough to get to travel from the coast through the mountains to the desert and then back to the ocean again, seeing a wide range of Moroccan landscape and cultural diversity. As non-French or Arabic speakers, the language barrier was difficult and the tourist-local dynamic challenging for us, as we wanted to interact with people but did not necessarily want to spend money! To this end, as nothing had a price, the haggling for *everything* was exciting (except for when it was draining ;)i can attest to the serantonin dump that comes from shopping :) and we were constantly amazed by the craft, skill, and attention to detail of the beautiful textiles we were constantly witnessing.

The highlight for us was sleeping in the Sahran desert dunes, which you can see below, singing and playing drums with light-hearted and gregarious locals, while a lightening storm illuminated the sky over the mountains under a cresent moon. Finding nomad tents deep in the desert, sharing mint tea, and learning about Moroccan medicinals were also highlights. We hope to take a trip to southern Spain and return to the Moroccan desert, as a side trip, in the future.