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Interview with a Rabbi

Kevin Mann — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:00:21 +0000

We had heard of a very old Rabbi who could be found at the foot of the Atlas mountains.

According to the legend all other Jews in his village had moved to Israel some decades ago. He alone had remained and was now quite ancient, probably a centenarian. But he was still very sociable and welcomed [...]

Atlas mountains

Kevin Mann — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:15:49 +0000

Escaped to the sanctuary of Atlas mountains today, leaving Casablanca in pouring rain and floods.

After several hours of avoiding the usual assortment of donkey carts, pedestrians and on-coming traffic we chanced on a 4* hotel at the foot of the mountains.

That’ll do nicely for tonight!

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Moroccan runaround

Kevin Mann — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:55:42 +0000

I believe we may have blindly stumbled into a little game that the locals like to play on the unsuspecting.

We rushed to Casablanca on the promise of an early boat – and missed a long promissed visit to Andy in Spain – only to discover that first it was a bank holiday in Morocco, [...]

Welcome to Morocco

Kevin Mann — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:40:26 +0000

A choppy crossing by sea cat to Tangiers is quickly followed by a turbulent entry into Morocco.

Customs on this continent is an interesting affair! You are not quite sure who is an official and who is just after your cash. After an hour of trying to ignore the overly helpful ones, debating ownership of the [...]