0313. A rather peculiar ending (Mor 146--new)
I got to talking with a teacher as I waited for the van to Telouine--he kindly invited me in for tea at his country home... a decent chap...
Transportation isn't very frequent to this little country village, so I'd better explore it quick...
Walking along, an only bucktooth fellow on a bicycle stopped me.
"Who's your Sheikh?" He blurted out. Sounded like a rather odd question--I assumed that he meant to ask me if I was authorized to visit this town. I told him that I'd come to visit a teacher and I was going to have a look around and catch the van back to Goulmima at four. He huffed a bit and then headed off.
Telouine ha its own little castle... but I still had a little time, so I ambled down the road through an oasis to see what else there was.
Then I came across another castle in the middle of nowhere--but as I ventured inside I soon found that something was different... it was collapsing and abandoned--no one attempting to rebuild it.
So I guess eventually a mud castle has to die...
Heading back to Telioune that old man came after me again--this time he was really huffing... He told me HE was the town sheikh and demanded to see my ID card--I then demanded to see HIS ID card, which he didn't appreciate. He said that he was going to have to contact the Gendarme to have me registered.
I was feeling downright irritated. I've been questioned by the cops and the local sheikh before, but it's always been it some dodgy, ugly town where there's no logical reason for a tourist to be... But Telouine is a beautiful little oasis, and all I'm doing is walking around on the main roads...
Clearly some guys take their jobs way to seriously.
I almost hoped he would call the Gendarme so I could really chew him out in front of them, telling him this is no way to treat a tourist. But when I sharply explained that I had a bus to catch in Goulimima and he'd better not make me miss that bus, he finally let me be...
A rather odd, almost humorous finish to my journey...
0313. A rather peculiar ending (Mor 146--new)
I got to talking with a teacher as I waited for the van to Telouine--he kindly invited me in for tea at his country home... a decent chap...
Transportation isn't very frequent to this little country village, so I'd better explore it quick...
Walking along, an only bucktooth fellow on a bicycle stopped me.
"Who's your Sheikh?" He blurted out. Sounded like a rather odd question--I assumed that he meant to ask me if I was authorized to visit this town. I told him that I'd come to visit a teacher and I was going to have a look around and catch the van back to Goulmima at four. He huffed a bit and then headed off.
Telouine ha its own little castle... but I still had a little time, so I ambled down the road through an oasis to see what else there was.
Then I came across another castle in the middle of nowhere--but as I ventured inside I soon found that something was different... it was collapsing and abandoned--no one attempting to rebuild it.
So I guess eventually a mud castle has to die...
Heading back to Telioune that old man came after me again--this time he was really huffing... He told me HE was the town sheikh and demanded to see my ID card--I then demanded to see HIS ID card, which he didn't appreciate. He said that he was going to have to contact the Gendarme to have me registered.
I was feeling downright irritated. I've been questioned by the cops and the local sheikh before, but it's always been it some dodgy, ugly town where there's no logical reason for a tourist to be... But Telouine is a beautiful little oasis, and all I'm doing is walking around on the main roads...
Clearly some guys take their jobs way to seriously.
I almost hoped he would call the Gendarme so I could really chew him out in front of them, telling him this is no way to treat a tourist. But when I sharply explained that I had a bus to catch in Goulimima and he'd better not make me miss that bus, he finally let me be...
A rather odd, almost humorous finish to my journey...
