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The flight from Casablanca to Cairo was my worst ever. Four hours before heading to the airport, I felt a slight pain in my stomache, which quickly developed to excruciating pain. The culprit: A couple of shawerma sandwitches I had for lunch earlier...

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...

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...

Bahrain was the end of the first leg of this year's round of Middle East student recruiting. The tour was good. It was great meeting up with tour mates from last spring, specially Mike Wigal and Jason Combs. We didn't get to do that dive in Bahrain as...

On the flight from Bahrain to Hong Kong, a 4-year old kid in the seat behind me didn't stop crying despite all failed attempts by his mother and the flight attendants to calm him down. It was amazing how this kid could keep crying that long! I mean, I...

Back from a 20-day soujourn in Europe. Started off in Rome, then headed to Paris, followed by Switzerland, then on to Greifswald in northern Germany to participate in GriStuF 2005 (which was awesome, by the way), then finally a couple of days checking out...

Standing right at the foot of the Atlantic, with its 210 meter minaret towering over Casablanca, this behemoth of a Mosque is an amazing feat of oriental architecture. The green part on top is a sliding roof. Here is another shot so you can get a...

My third day in Morocco and I haven't done anything I've planned to do. Just wandered aimlessly around Casablanca (best way to see any city), and went to Rabat (not too exciting). The strange thing is, while I don't think I "look" like a tourist in...

So I am flying to Casablanca in 8 hours time. That will be my first visit to a North African country (other than Egypt, of course). Heard surfing is great over there, and definately looking forward to try it out (if I can somehow rent or borrow a...

So I am invited to GriStuF 2005, and definately going! GriStuF 2002 was the first event of its kind to take place in the german university town of Greifswald (pop. 55,000). Greifswald, a small Hanseatic town on south end of the Baltic Sea is home to...