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0305. More Mud Castles (Mor 138--new)

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Six months into my new Morocco life, I feel I’ve just got to take a break and try something different. I head south WAY south—overland all the way across the Sahara desert through Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to discover the joys and perils of playing street music in sub-Saharan Africa. Then I return to Morocco to discover another 100+ towns…

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0305. More Mud Castles (Mor 138--new)

April 6, 2009

Taking a grand taxi back to Rissani, I was still hungry to explore some more Mud Castles--so the first one we came across I told the driver to let me off--I figure I can walk the rest of the way.

Rissani tunnel cities are a little different. The tunnels aren't in straight lines and there's no tunnel inside the perimeter--so you can get pretty lost... thus they're more fun or less fun--depends how you look at it... and the kids are nicer too...

I explored Ksar Abdelaziz, then continued on toward Rissani on foot. µ

As I walked past lush countryside and flooded fields I had this odd recurring feeling that I was in Vietnam, rather than in the middle of the Sahara desert. The sea of green just continued on and on...