The Palmerie
So … we take this bus ride out to some palm trees. We have no idea what to expect. But upon arrival we know it’s going to be amazing. There are a dozen berbers on horses with their guns lining the red...
View Articlenew pix
Also not edited … but here are some more pix of Spain and Morocco … http://homepage.mac.com/digitaldescartes/PhotoAlbum42.html
View ArticleMorocco Pictures
More pix of Morocco … http://homepage.mac.com/digitaldescartes/PhotoAlbum43.html
View Articlequick update
Just wanted to say things are good .. I’m learning a TON, very intense here. I’m behind by a couple of days, battery’s going dead … but things are great. Enjoy the new pix!
View ArticleThursday University
Okay, so I’m a few days behind. As I write this it’s 12:40 am, and I have to be up and ready for the flight to Casablanca at 4:15 … not good! But I need to download some pix, so while I’m waiting I...
View ArticleFriday
University continued Friday morning, with a keynote by Gary Hoover. Gary founded (and later sold) Hoovers (www.hoovers.com), one of the premiere information sources on companies. He’s a stunningly...
View ArticleSaturday day
Well, after staying out until 4am, getting up for the general session at 9am wasn’t so easy. I (barely) made it to the 10:45 session, and heard Cameron of 1-800-Got-Junk again… amazing presentation, I...
View ArticleSaturday PM: Dar Soukkar
Dar Soukkar — I think that’s what it’s called — is a 500 year-old sugar plantation. During it’s peak sugar had the same value as marble, and they would trade it, pound for pound. On our final...
View ArticleSunday
Getting up in the 4 o’clock hour of the morning is just wrong. It’s even more wrong when you go to bed after 1 am and have been drinking (a very little, but still…). But we did, and I hurried to finish...
View ArticleMonday in Fes
We get going around 9 am, after a decent hotel breakfast, and the first nearly 8 hour night of sleep in what feels like months. We head straight for a walking tour of the medina, which is incredible....
View ArticleNew Pictures
Here’s all the pix … I don’t know how to make it looks nice, but at least it’s in one place. —- NEW —- The Fes Medina (Gallery 09) Fes 2 (Gallery 08) —- PREVIOUS —- Morocco Gala Dinner and Fes 1...
View ArticleFinal post (from here)
Okay, just thought you’d like to know that I’m in Casablanca and headed home first thing in the morning via Air France. I owe an update on today, but I just posted 2 pages of pictures and 1-2 back...
View ArticleGoing home
I’m 34,000 feet up. It’s -72 degrees F outside. And we’re somewhere above Greenland, with 3901 miles to go until we reach home. We’ve been watching the same sunset for literally 3 hours now … in fact,...
View ArticleFinal Thoughts
Okay … it’s 2:15 am, and after 24-hours of continuous travel, from Casablanca to Irvine, I’m home. Here are a few random thoughts that you might enjoy: - Without donkeys, carts and especially mopeds,...
View ArticleFinal Galleries
EDIT: (17 Dec 2006): Many of the PHOTOS in this section will be moved shortly. The TEXT and stories will stay here, as well as the photos posted locally on this server. For the linked galleries that...
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