I spent more than two hours writing a blog post to accompany these photos, and when I hit “save” WordPress kindly gave me a blank form and has no record of my work. I am at my wit’s end with WordPress—and will likely be switching platforms when I launch Camels & Chocolate 3.0 this winter [...]
Photo Friday: Casablanca, Morocco
September 9, 2011 By 42 Comments
When we arrived in Morocco last Saturday, it wasn’t exactly the sexy image you might expect to see: But I’d venture to say that all 900 of us aboard the M/V Explorer were so happy to see land after an eight-day Atlantic crossing that any sign of stationary life was a happy sight. The nice [...]
Photo Friday: Marrakech, Morocco
February 11, 2011 By 34 Comments
In 2005, the year I met SVV, my friend Megan and I were studying in Holland. Megan, daughter of an Air Force officer, had lived all over Europe growing up, and I had previously lived in Scotland and traveled much of Western Europe, so when our fall break rolled around, we wanted to do something [...]
Photo Friday: The Sahara Desert, Morocco
April 9, 2009 By 27 Comments
Three-and-a-half years ago, my friend Megan and I took the liberty of jetting off on a very extended break from our rigorous (HA) classes in Utrecht, Netherlands to go to…Morocco! After more than a week in Marrakesh and Essaouira, we booked ourselves on a four-day tour to the Sahara. I cannot imagine anywhere more majestic. [...]
