It has been so long since my last post and so many things have happened that I don't know where to start except to talk about my one week trip to Morocco that I went on a month ago. I was last in Morocco at the end of 2005 and I have to say that the country has changed a lot since I was there. During my trip in 2005 I felt suffocated as a tourist, harassed many times and not at all comfortable. I remembering it being an interest trip, but not a relaxing one by any means. Apparently in 06 the government invested 1 billion dollars in tourism and cracked down on illegal guides and invested money in some different infrastructure project. Any who, the this trip was a refreshing change from last time and at the end of the week I was left with a desire to plunge deeper into Morocco and spend more time there. Enjoy the pictures!
Me over looking an oasis from on one of the stops we made during our 3 day package trip we took to the desert.
An old alleyway in a small Moroccan town.
The three of us (Eleanor, Leif and Layla) did this trip together. Here is a picture of us eating at one of many cheap and delicious restaurants. If olives, lamb and great bread is your bag, then Morocco is the place for you. I couldn't eat enough food and did not even get diarrhea. Yahoo for me!
One of many amazing villages we saw. See the donkeys below? They are to take people across. Did I get my feet wet and fall in the water trying to get a piggyback ride across the river from Layla? Yes, yes I did. Lets just say the locals had a good laugh at my expense and I saved a good 1 dollar.
I live in the "Costa del Sol" or Sun Coast, but 2 hours from my house there is Europe's most southern ski resort. A few months ago I got the chance to make my way up to the Sierra Nevada and finally try skiing. I have snowboarded all my life, but I have always had a desire to try skiing and to see what it is like. After a few hard tumbles I picked this new sport up without too much trouble and without expensive lessons. Believe it or not, I think knowing how to ice-skate helped me how to ski more than knowing how to snowboard, they both have very similar stopping movements.
