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Out of Africa and plans

Debbie — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:39:07 +0000

Well… out of Morocco, at least. We made it to Tanger. Had pizza with Karim. Said goodbye to Karim and went to the ferry terminal. Not quite sure if we have this whole ferry thing worked out. Both times we are among the last to make it through the ferry terminal on the Morocco side. [...]

Lost in Rif

Debbie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:22:30 +0000

When we were considering coming to Morocco. I had but one limitation. Let’s not go to the Rif mountains. Worse than going through the Rif mountains, of course, would be getting lost in them. Now, the Rif mountains are probably one of the most stunningly scenic areas we have seen so far. High mountains, terraced [...]

Fes and the Rumi connection

Debbie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:28:01 +0000

Fes is amazing. A lot less stressful than Marrakesh. For one thing there are no motorcycles in the narrow lanes. Only donkey trains, which. of coarse, bring other things to look out for. Nothing that can’t be scraped of the bottom of the shoe. We parked in a parking lot that we found out about [...]

Looking back on our time in Marrakech

Debbie — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:29:59 +0000

Looking back on our time in Marrakech. What a great camping spot we had in our own little quiet corner in the centre of the city. Here are some thoughts. The Immam is SOOOO much better than Aourir. It is like waking up to an angel at 5 in the morning. I like this guy. [...]

To wild camp or not to wild camp? Morocco

Debbie — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:19:41 +0000

We are SUCH slow learners but we are finally starting to catch on. We continue to have bad experiences at traditional campgrounds. We normally meet some nice people but looking back, the fact is that we are weird and getting weirder is making it harder and harder to stay at normal campgrounds. These are our [...]

Pottery Making in Safi – Old School

Debbie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:44:17 +0000

One of my loves has been throwing pottery. I still haven’t figured out how to make pottery on the road but fully intend to figure out how to. You see, I don’t want to use up all our valuable electricity on my pottery wheel and valuable electricity or gas on a kiln. My time in [...]

My day in Essaouira

Alana — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:09:39 +0000

I LOVE ESSAOUIRA! oh, by the way! My name is Alana ,I’ve been traveling with the Jones family for about…….uhm……5 months I think I’ve known them for about 4/5 years, I’ve lived most of my life in italy and two years in Portugal, and right when I was sick of school and planning to go [...]

Essaouira is my favouite …

Debbie — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:25:54 +0000

Before coming here everyone would say. This is my favourite city in Morocco. Yeah, yeah, well, I like weird places and I am sure I like different things than most people because I am strange. But, I must say I really, really like Essaouira as well. Now, I am not ready to say it is [...]

Journey to Essaouira

Debbie — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:46:28 +0000

We have left Aourir – again – and again. We have now made it up the coast to Essouira. Here are some highlights from the last couple of days. Finishing off work on the truck. Andrew painting. Alesh working on his fish trap. Don’t you just love seeing those manly men working hard. Ahhhh. Did [...]

Going on the Slides

TJ — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:06:00 +0000

Hello, I’m the youngest Jonesberries. I’m TJ. Do you see the 3 girls up there on the yellow, blue and green slide? That’s me, Hannah and Abi. Oh, do you see that yellow and green stripy slide. That’s the best slide. We call it the toilet bowl . That is Alana on it. She has the [...]