Snake charmer

April 1, 2012
Couldn't possibly leave Marrakech without seeing a snake charmer.Not much in the souk has changed over the centuries, it seems.Just the amount of coin that changes...
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Laundry day in the Sahara

March 31, 2012
As a kid,  glossy, colorful National Geographic magazine was my only window to the world that lay beyond our country. Drawn in by the images of exotic places inhabited...
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Camel Corner

March 30, 2012
London has Speakers' Corner. Marrakech has Camels' Corner. Ok, so it's not the official name. But that's what I called it. They gather with a tender and offer...
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Do birds sing the song of their ancestors?

March 30, 2012
I'm home, but will continue to share the sights and sounds of Morocco for a while.Behind the cool walls of a shady, 12th century Moroccan garden stand lemon trees,...
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But they flew coach!

March 29, 2012
(still en route, and now our plane is late out of Paris)About assumptions:Last year we needed airport transportation from San Jose to SFO. We were leaving way before...
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Farewell to Morocco

March 28, 2012
I'm a little sad today; it's hard to say goodbye to this beautiful and exotic land.Our only consolation is that we bring home with us so many fantastic memories. One...
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Yawmy doesn’t mean yummy

March 27, 2012
It means "my day." Even though it may be yummy. And I may have eaten it, as yogurt's a big offering on breakfast buffets in Morocco. A Dannon product. Plain yogurt's...
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Shopping in the Sahara

March 27, 2012
The children of the desert--kids who belong to nomadic Berber family--fascinated me. Here we were in the middle of nowhere (or so it seemed to us) and these kids would...
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Aladdin’s cave: magic carpet theatre

March 26, 2012
Everything they say about rug dealers is true. But at Maison Berbere, it was so much more than just a rug store: it was carpet theatre. Our host was a real character....
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Definition of the intrusion of technology

March 26, 2012
Think you can get a break from technology by hiding out in the Sahara? Think again. This Berber camel tender is TEXTING. In the middle of the Sahara. And see that thin...
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