48 hours 'til departure

taroudant street

taroudant medina

oh, that blue (sigh)

leather souk, taroudant

in approximately 48 hours, i will be en route to jfk to board my royal air maroc flight to casablanca, with connection to agadir, and then driving to taroudant in southern morocco. the only appropriate word for what i feel is: eeeek!

i have more information/know more about my itinerary for the first half of the trip than the second, so here is the link to the accommodations in taroudant. it looks lovely.

http://www.naturallymorocco.co.uk/destinations/taroudant/naturally-morocco-guest-house.html

and here is the link to the activities i will partake in on this portion of the trip.

http://www.naturallymorocco.co.uk/suggested-itineraries/01-the-real-morocco-holiday.html

for the second half of the trip, i will be in sidi ifni, a coastal town also in southern morocco. there, we will be working with dr. jamila bargach, auther of orphans of islam, a scholarly work on adoption practices in morocco. the group i'll be traveling with is really fun, laid back, bright, and a together, we are a good mix of different personality types.


i'm anxious because i don't really know what to picture or what to expect in terms of what it will look like, sound like, smell like, taste like. this is definitely the most adventurous thing i have done thus far, which is exciting in itself. i will have some computer access and will try my best to write while i am there. i probably will not get to post pictures until after, but above are shots of taroudant, the first town i'll be putzin' around in. i believe in the importance of a healthy dose of the unknown.