From Berrechid there's one little town all by itself that's calling me--El Gara... so I head to the Grand Taxi station... The driver pays me a big …

2008 is almost over.  I should be in Senegal right now, but circumstances haven't allowed that.  It's been a very rough week.There are only…

The next sizeable town on my map was Khemis Zemamra.  From the Oualidia market I was able to get transportation only part way there.  So I …

I thought of catching a bus on farther south from Jorf Lasfar, but the only buses going by were buses going to pick up workers from  the OCP ind…

Khemis "Thursday" Zemamra did have a park with benches, so I was quite happy about that.  So I played my set and set off to explore the town.&nb…

I felt in the mood for some more walking, so I headed out along the coast to the west of Moulay Abdellah.  I followed a coastal road that winded…

Now that I'm back in the swing of things, I figure I might as well keep going... So early this morning I catch the commuter train heading the other w…

Bus took me to Moulay Abdellah, a much livlier town with a rugged coast.   In the center is a magnificent ancient mosque made of coral ston…

"Ain el Aouda" translated: The Eye of the Horse,  is a fast growing town where Rabatis looking for cheaper land to build houses on are moving to…

Most of the city buses are on strike today--so I've got a bit of a pickle to get out of:  I didn't bring a lot of money with me... I've got to p…

I've taken a 10 week hiatus from wandering... After my trip to Al Hoceima, I was a bit low on cash and had some other stuff I needed to focus on... …

It was a pleasant hike along the highway to Al Hoceima--a beautiful, white city built on one of the most rugged coastlands in Morocco--not the vast s…

After a couple more hours of zigging and zagging down the mountains, suddenly far below appeared the stunning blue waters of the Mediterranean. …

I said goodbye to my new friends and headed off through the forest back into town--refreshed and eager for the last leg of this journey... Al Hoceim…

There is one and only ONE reason why foreigners ever go to Ketama--that's to buy hashish... We'll, today, a new breed of foreigner has showed up--one…

Tissa is back towards Fes and up in the mountains a bit--I couldn't find a taxi direct from Fes to there--so I I decided to skip it.  But when I…

Still have a couple more days left to travel, so after a great couple of days in the Fes area, I decide to head up northeast to visit a couple of tow…

Between Fes and Al Hoceima there are no bold type towns--so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that Taounate will have some sort of lodging.  Fr…

Decided to take a day trip out to Moulay Yacoub--a popular hot water springs not far from Fes.  Grabbed a taxi kbir that weaved its way up the…

An American fellow told me that if anyone wants to experience Morocco, they should go to Fes--Fes is the epitome of Morocco.  Now I find that a …

Many times I've been asked "have you ever been to Ifrane? You've got to see it!  It's just like Switzerland!"    I was always a b…

After Ifrane I continued on north and stopped next at the much poorer town Imouzzer--known as the Apple Capital of Morocco.  From the edge …

After El Hajib, I headed even higher up into the mountains... Sadly a lot of the landscape looked seriously deforested... Reached Azrou in the late…

Bou Fekrane, a quiet little farm town south of Meknes, was my next stop.  Had a peaceful little stroll around--came across a flooded creek with …

After Bou Fekrane, the terrain continued to be flat for a bit longer--but we were getting closer and closer to the mountains... Then, suddenly the bu…

Moulay Idriss is built on two very steep hills, in a small valley surrounded by more steep hills--from a distance it looks like a gleaming white dome…

Volubilis is the best preserved Roman ruins in Morocco... wasn't quite sure what to expect... couldn't find a cab heading that way--but fortunately t…

Meknes is one of the "Royal Cities" of Morocco, because it was the capital of Morocco during a period of its history and it definitely lives up to th…

Had a chance to explore the market and a couple of neighborhoods before the city shut down for ftor--the fast breaking meal... I walked a bit looking…

I'd actually bought a ticket all the way to Khemisset, but Tiflet looked interesting, so I went ahead and hopped off the bus there.  Tiflet is…

Ramadan has put a temporary damper on my village to village parkbenching tour--a lot of folks aren't really in the mood for guitar music and--no cafe…

Saka provided me with a beautiful mountain view, a delicious (but overpriced) tagine, another enthusiastic cafe audience and some very peculiar ruins…

Ain Zora turned out to be a bit of a dead end--very little traffic going in any direction... But I did have a couple of groups of people who were eag…

Tiztoutine started out as a very frustrating little village, with no real character other than along the main highway.  The rest of it was just …

I was told that to get to Tiztoutine, the next town on the map, I'd have to switch cabs in "Arrouit"... well, it turns out that Arrouit is a ver…

When I landed in Driouch, I saw a shabby, little hotel over to the side and I figured I'd better take it--not a whole lot of them in these small town…

It was getting late when I got back to Nador but I was still hungry to cram in one more Nador suburb... so I scurried onto a bus heading down to Selo…

The country road I hiked along went on and on and on until it finally turned into a dirt path.  I saw a couple of sizeable buildings on yon…

A village up along the west Melilla border looked interesting, so I grabbed a cab heading that way.  All along the misty, steep hills around Mel…

At 3 Dirhams for a taxi kbir, Zegangane could almost be considered a suburb of Nador--but it definitely has it's own unique personality.  There'…

I caught an early morning grand taxi to the Melilla border, but folks were lined up already to cross the border.  The border area area on both s…

After a fun day exploring Melilla I headed back over the border to the Moroccan side--along with hundreds of other folks carrying all sorts of mercha…

Headed back to Berkane and caught a local bus up to Saidia--a popular beach town up north...I'm not big on beach towns, but... figured I'd go ahead a…

Since I didn't want to repeat my Zaio experience, and since there aren't any more sizeable cities in the remainder of my tour, I decided to set up ba…

Late afternoon, back in Berkane I gambled that I'd be able to find a place to stay in Zaio, the next town down the road... nope... I still set out q…

One of the fellows I'd met in Ahfir recommended a day trip to Taforalt up in the mountains south of Berkane.  I found a grand taxi heading …

It seemed like Ahfir was going to be another uneventful small town, as I stopped in a little neighborhood plaza to play my set.  A couple of fel…

Berkane is a sizeable red earth colored city--with none of the modern sophisticated air of Oujda.  A couple of working class folks stopped by to…

The next town on my map was "Ahfir" and I easily found a bus heading that direction.  But as we drove into a sizeable looking village, I got up …

Next stop after Taourirt was the town of El Aioun--not THE El Ayoun, the capital of the Moroccan Sahara, a quieter, simpler El Aioun with a very smal…

I'll have to admit that it was a nice feeling to ride into a "big city" after all them little villages and towns--just to be able to walk for long di…

Took the van/bus back to Guercif and then off to the next town to the east... Taourirt.  Really I just wanted some time to soak in all that I'…

The day started out normally enough.  After spending the last two days visiting three towns along the Fes-Oujda highway, I was eager to get out …

I scrambled back and forth around the base up the cliff trying to find a way up.  around me were olive trees each with a trough for irrigat…

I got on a van full of elderly bearded gentlemen.  The guy next to me looked warily at my guitar--but the ride was pleasant enough. As soon as w…

I've got about 10 days free to wander... so I'm heading off to a section of Morocco I've never touched before:  the Taza-Oujda-Nador Triangle.&n…

Guercif is the next town on the map heading east.  It used to be that the B rated bus lines all had these old rickety buses.  Well, now t…

The "random van" I picked took me about 30 kms or so heading towards Fes and ended up at a little highway rest stop town.  Not a lot of charm to…

I hate to admit it, but the fact is, my impression of a town is often determined my what time a day I show up there... So when I arrived in Fkih ben …

I got up early Sunday morning--eager to explor Beni Mellal a bit more before it got too hot.  Then I found a "tobiss" (city bus) that was actual…

After six weeks of exploring the dry, brown plains surrounding Casablanca, I'm eager to see mountains again.  Mountains are definitely one of Mo…

After hanging out with my new band in Ben Slimane, it was to late to catch a bus to the ever-elusive Rommani--looking at the map I saw I had another …

At the Tit Mellil grand taxi stand I came across a 10 year old ticket hustler wearing thick dark glasses.  "He's the son of the owner"  som…

Decided to make another attempt to reach Rommani this weekend.  Someone told me that that city bus 120 will take me to the Benslimane collective…

After a couple of quiet days seeing old friends and family in Agadir,  I headed out to add one more Souss town to my collection. Tekiouine.&nbs…

Back down in the Souss Region to see family--of course I took my guitar with me and as soon as I got off the bus in Inezgane, my first thought was to…

Bir Jdid was too quick--decided to find someplace off the beaten track to round out my weekend trip. "Jemaa Oulad Abou" seemed to fit the descr…

After a glorious exploring the castles of Azemmour, I was ready to check out a scrappy, plain little farm town. Bir Jdid.  Sat down for a glass…

A lot of Morocco's cultural treasures--Marakesh, Essaouira, Fez... have been overdocumented and touristified--so it's really cool to "discover" one o…

Tamaris had a very lively beach scene going on--and turned out to be a decent place to parkbench and meet folks... Decided to call it a day--well, a…

Decided to do a slightly different sort of excursion today... since I've still got a lot of exploring to do in Casablanca--and yet I want to add anot…

Benahmed is situated on a hilltop with a panoramic view of the stark countryside around.  It has a couple of distinctly beautiful mosques and a …

This Global Music Project totally changed my life.  It started out just as an odd hobby to occupy my weekends and afternoons—I found it more f…

After Khouribga, I decided to stay the night in the nearby town of Oued Zem--so I grabbed a "taxi kbir" across a barren landscape of phosphate mine w…