Archive for May, 2004

Just Traveling

Friday, May 21st, 2004

I think this is website version 52.3. Hopefully everything now will be nice, neat and condensed. Enough about the website already, I’m sure you want to know what I’ve been up to lately.In late March I traveled to Ourzazate (Oz), which is just on the other side of the mountains from me. The only problem is these particular mountains, the Middle Atlas Mountains, are quite large and not very well ‘paved’ yet. I got to travel via Marrakech, so that was a plus. The ~4 hour trip to Oz is absolutely breathtaking. You wind up and through the majestic mountains, passing through tiny Amaziġ villages whose houses blend into the mountainside ever so perfectly. The contrast in colors was also …

ولفتي شوية؟

Tuesday, May 18th, 2004

I don’t like capitalism because they can’t do it right. I was doing some mindless research recently and found some astonishing facts. Do you know how small Kuwait is? United Arab Emirates? The information I found was upsetting, at least. Kuwait has 24 and the UAE has 27. My initial thought was that it only existed in very well developed nations, but no. The Philippines has both it and the Peace Corps. But not Morocco, of course not. Just my luck. Why can’t they just build a test version in Casablanca? Starbucks has entered into many markets, but do not have plans on entering into mine any time soon. I’m livid. If you’re going to embark on the paths of …