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June 20, 2018 •
Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
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By Daud Shad One of the weirdest parts of traveling is the walk across the jetway. It signals the end or beginning of a journey and the arrival to or depart from familiarity. Returning to JFK from Casablanca was no exception. Just moments...
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June 20, 2018 •
Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
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By Jane Buckley never saw myself as a door enthusiast before traveling to Morocco. I don’t see myself as a door enthusiast after traveling to Morocco. But I think that’s just because back at home I don’t find many doors...
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June 5, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
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Photo by Gabe Roy By Shreeya Singh eetering on a ledge, I spared a long look into the swirling brown below me, took a deep breath, and jumped into the heat. As a Floridian, the feel of beach sand against my bare feet shouldn’t have...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 113
By Diana Sharkey eeper up into the cobbled town we followed and were followed by the little boy in orange. He looked back at Gabe and I with big round eyes supported by even bigger and rounder cheeks, huffing and stomping all the way like...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 179
By Allison Chen Yeasty, warm air wafted toward our groggy faces, as my roommate and I walked toward the dining table. We caught the faces of our equally jet-lagged travel companions, already seated with hands outstretched toward the food....
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 105
By Gabe Roy Lonely Planet told me this about Morocco: I’d be overwhelmed by ornate zellige tiles, enchanted by ancient ruins, and forced, perhaps uncomfortably, to adapt my behavior to that befitting a Muslim-majority country. It...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 176
By Alex Reedy On several nights after midnight in Marrakech, I crept up to the rooftop of the Hotel Cecil and sat down on a cushioned seat behind protective curtains, with a view of the Jemaa el-Fnaa in the distance. Using an empty black...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 82
By Henry Robinson he cats near our hostel in Rabat congregate at night. Returning from dinner, we pass a group of them sitting serenely in the yellow light of a streetlamp, as though engaged in some silent communion. They watch us going...
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June 2, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 163
By Meghana Mysore The Jemma el-Fnaa square of Marrakech outside Hotel Cecil is alive with the sights of tourists and monkeys, the smells of orange juice, meat skewers, and leather shoes, and the sounds of horses trotting and teapots...
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June 2, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 114
By Claire Kalikman When asking people for recommendations about what to do in Morocco, most people suggested trying “hammam.” I had a little idea of what it was: some sort of shared bath and a scrub. I heard that it was really painful,...
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