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Hate Mail From Morocco
Hate Mail From MoroccoAndy the Hobo Traveler.com and I have an ongoing joke about all of the hate mail that he receives. We rather satiricly equate the volume of hate mail with the level of success that an internet writer achieves.Andy receives tons ...
Salah- The Muslim Prayer
Salah-The Muslim PrayerSalah, the Muslim process of formal prayer, is a time-honed practice that is meant to interweave Islamic religious belief within the very fabric of the practioner's life. Five times a day the prayer is performed in a specific w...
Letter from Burkina Faso
Letter from Burkina FasoI sometimes open my inbox to find unexpected emails from people who have found me through the Song of the Open Road Travel Blog. The one that I printed below is from a "banking official" from Burkina Faso who wishes to engage ...
Back in Casablanca
Back in CasablancaI am now writing from the very place that I began the Moroccan portion of my journey almost exactly four months ago: the Foucauld Hotel in Casablanca. Four months of traveling, four countries. I sit here thinking about these travels...
Impressions of Marrakech
Impressions of MarrakechI am very surprised by Marrakech. I can breathe peacefully here. I walk down the streets without being hustled or hassled. There seems to be less drug dealers and hotel runners here per capita than in most places in Morocco. I...
A Walk Through Marrakech Video
A Walk Through Marrakech VideoThe below video is of a walk through the back streets of Marrakech, Morocco. Eight years of round the world vagabond travel. Wade from Vagabond Journey.com ...
On Leaving France
On Leaving FranceMy exit from France last Wednesday began with a big rush to the train station in Ales. I thought I forgot my camera at my friend’s home when we were half way there. I did the math and determined that it would be cheaper and less of...
Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt: The Personification of Romance “Africa ingests and assimilates everything that is hostile to it. Perhaps it is the Predestined Land from which the light that will regenerate the world will one day emerge!”-Isabelle Eberhardt...
Isabelle Eberhardt: An Interview with the Kathleen Modrowski
Isabelle Eberhardt: An Interview with the anthropologist, Kathleen ModrowskiThe following is an interview with the anthropologist, Kathleen Modrowski about the life, times, writings, and character of Isabelle Eberhardt. Kathleen conducted the bulk of...
Moroccan Food Strategy
Moroccan Food StrategyI must say that I am not much of a connoisseur of any particular substance, especially food. I eat for two reasons: 1. to fill my stomach; 2. for nutrition; and I try to do this in the absolute cheapest manner possible. I am rat...
The Ferry from Tangier to Algeciras
The Ferry from Tangier to AlgecirasOeiras, PortugalOctober 20, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comOn the night of the October15th, Mira and I were sitting around our little pink room in the Hotel Marraketch in Rabat joking and sc...
The End of Ramadan
The End of RamadanRabat, MoroccoOctober 13, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comThe winding alleys of Sale.The coast of Rabat.The sweets of Ramadan.The streets are full of people and the people are full of food; for it is the end...
The End of the Road: Figuig
The End of the Road: FiguigRabat, MoroccoOctober 11, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comThe end of the road is where a traveller’s dream begins. All travelers have a special affection for the places where long roads meet their...
Warnings from Casablanca
Warnings From CasablancaRabat, MoroccoOctober 11, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comI swung through Casablanca and scooped up Mira at the airport yesterday. She came in right on time, and I was hiding behind a post as she was sq...
As My Youth Prepares to Set Sail, I Mistake North for South
As My Youth Prepares to Set Sail, I Mistake North for SouthMeknes, MoroccoOctober 8, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com“A traveler changes routes, itineraries, schedules and wanders the planet.” -Andy from Hobotraveler.com,...
On Moroccan Touts
On Moroccan ToutsMeknes, MoroccoOctober 8, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comThe following is a comment that Ubertramp www.ubertramp.com left on my post Travel Tip #5- Not Your Friend:”http://canciondelvagabundo.blogspot.com/...
In Meknes, Morocco
In Meknes, MoroccoMeknes, MoroccoOctober 6, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comOpen park area that serves as the city's meeting place, in Meknes, Morocco.In Meknes, Morocco the men in the streets perpetually engage each other in...
Unexpected Moroccan Discoveries or: Girl Talk is Boring and Peepholes are Scary
Unexpected Moroccan Discoveries or: Girl Talk is Boring and Peepholes are ScaryMeknes, MoroccoOctober 6, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comThe rooms at the Maroc Hotel are arranged in a circle around a central courtyard full of...
The Breaking of the Fast: A View of Ramadan from the Inside
The Breaking of the Fast: A View of Ramadan from the InsideMeknes, MoroccoOctober 3, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com“Mr. Wade, would you like to wash your feet?” Abdel asked me with a smile from ear to ear, as I was sitti...
I Commence My Dance with the Language of Love
I Commence My Dance with the Language of LoveMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 29, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/North Africa page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafrica Me and my French Tutor.I began my perilous jo...
The End of the Fruit Man and the Challenge of Obtaining Produce
The End of the Fruit Man and the Challenge of Obtaining ProduceMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 29, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comNorth Africa page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaMy fruit man tried to hustle...
Renewed Spirits in Meknes
Renewed Spirits in MeknesMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 27,2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/North Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafrica View from rooftop.“Travelling and dreaming are part of the same...
The Breaking of the Fast: A View of Ramadan from the Outside
The Breaking of the Fast: A View of Ramadan from the OutsideMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 26, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comNorth Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaA large and simmering clay tagin...
These Days in Meknes
These Days in MeknesMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 24, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/North Africa page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaThese Meknes days have been relaxing to say the least:I wake up casuall...
Moroccan Women's Clothing, Photos and Video
Moroccan Women's Clothing, Photos and VideoSeptember 22, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comNorth Africa page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaAn anonymous reader posted a comment on my "I Sidestep a Lunatic...
Comfortable in Meknes
Comfortable in MeknesMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 21, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabudo.googlepages.comNorth Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafrica The sole ripe orange that hangs outside of my window just beyond my rea...
Room #16, Maroc Hotel, Meknes, Morocco
Room #16, Maroc Hotel, Meknes, MoroccoMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 20, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/North Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaI find myself alone, comfortable, in a perfectly rect...
Meknes vs. Fes
Meknes vs. FesMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 19, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comNorth Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafricaI moved on from Fes a happy man. I just simply could not etch out a living in...
Four Sinners Search for a Birthday Beer
Four Sinners Search for a Birthday BeerMeknes, MoroccoSeptember 18, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/North Africa Page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafrica“In WATERMELON SUGAR the deeds were done and done...
I Find Contentment in Friends of the Road (and laughter in bad jokes)
I Find Contentment in Friends of the Road (and laughter in bad jokes)Meknes, MoroccoSeptember 18, 2007Homepage: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.comNorth Africa page: http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/northafrica The GAME- A horrible,...
