Talk about EXTREME!  Morocco has definitely given me a taste for outdoor adventure, which is what led my roommate and I to visit “Les Gouffres de Friaouto”. This was a really intense experience for me at least, since we had to descend deep into the earth through very small and slippery spaces. It was...
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If wanting to visit Morocco properly (or most countries for that matter) in a short period of time, I strongly recommend renting a vehicle (RV, car, motorbike, whatever!).  It gives the leisure to stop and go as one likes, take whatever pictures one desires and enjoy the small, remote mountain village gems hidden in...
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Unlike any other birthday experience, which has always been about big city fun, I took on the Rif Mountains of northern Morocco for my big 2-5. Chef Chaouen, nestled in the Rif, is as adorable as it is quiet.  An afternoon spent in their market maze resulted in the purchase of a blanket (made...
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I awoke to the sound of trumpets and drums. Unsure if it was real at first, I quickly realized that despite all of the weird fantasies my subconscious mind was able to conjure up, a full fledged marching band was out of its scope. I went to the window of my small, shared room...
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So its 12:00am, and I have just gotten off the plane that brought me from Casablanca to Cairo. I have two enormous suitcases since I have just moved out of my Moroccan apartment, where I had lived for the past six months. I have no cell phone, no money, and worst, no reservations. Did I think of...
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Les Cascades d’Ouzoud… … was the location for our Oxfam-Quebec training session on Gestion Axée sur les Résultats.  Ouzoud is a very small village about 7 hrs (heading south) away from Rabat, the capital of Morocco and the place I call home.  We left early Friday morning and took a bus to a neighbouring...
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