Rif, Kif and Fez, September 2009

For my final travelogue in Morocco I think I have saved the best till last. From Tangier I headed to the Rif mountains to the village of Chefchaouen.  This town must be on your list of 101 places to see …

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Moroccan Mediterranean Breezes, September 2009

And so I have traded in my Kasbah on the edge of the Sahara desert for a Portuguese-style villa overlooking the Mediterranean sea in Tangier.  The palm groves of the desert gateway steadily gave way to the olive groves and …

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To the Edge of the Sahara and Back, September 2009

Salaam! I am writing to you from a little Kasbah in Merzouga, southern Morocco on the edge of the Sahara desert.  I left the rose pink walls of the medina in Marrakesh and it has been an amazing road trip …

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Marrakesh Magic, Morocco September 2009

I am never quite sure how to describe the feeling when I am finally standing alone with just a backpack in the arrivals hall of another foreign airport – whether it’s fear or exhilaration for a moment! Es salaam alaykum! …

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