Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

December 3, 2006 | In: Africa, Travel

Morocco again

My usual hotel was booked full, so I booked a room in what turned out to be the filthiest hotel I've ever stayed in. The building itself was falling apart, the lobby is a mess, the elevator stank of a stench suggesting that it was also used as a...

Tripoli, Libya May 2006

October 1, 2005 | In: Africa, Travel

Casablanca

My second time in Casablanca. I take the train from the airport to downtown, then a taxi to my hotel. Taxi driver: "I'll take you to better hotel, oui?" (speaking in a mix of Moroccan Arabic and French) Me: "No thank you, I already have a...

September 24, 2005 | In: Africa, Travel

Morocco: Tangier

I can't believe I just spent 5 and a half hours to board a 30 minute flight! The small aircraft I boarded from Casablanca to Tangier vibrated so hard you'd think the damn thing was falling apart, which made it none too comfortable being seated less than 5...

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