Essaouira, Land of Many Vowels
Don’t get me wrong. We love Marrakech. But we don’t love everything about Marrakech. It feels like Morocco is on a ton of people’s bucket lists, and Marrakech is at the top of the bucket. It’s also easily accessible…
When FOMO Met YOLO
Don’t get me wrong. We love Marrakech. But we don’t love everything about Marrakech. It feels like Morocco is on a ton of people’s bucket lists, and Marrakech is at the top of the bucket. It’s also easily accessible…
Marrakech’s built environment, and for that matter, all of Morocco’s, is like a time capsule. It’s as if the Mesoamerican cultures had never collapsed, and people were still living in Tikal and Copán, Chichén-Itzá and…
Oaxaca was a hotbed of crafts, with every village surrounding the capital specializing in something specific: rugs, textiles, black pottery, green pottery, metal work. Radishes (here, here, here, and especially here). But holy fuck, Morocco.…
We hadn’t ventured outside Marrakech during the first part of our visit. Our friends (Bruce & Meredith + Fred & Liz) took a day trip with our host Siham to the desert, with a hike…
Oh my, it feels good to be back out in the world. Three months in the US was too much. It was full, but other than our daughter Ruby’s wedding what it was full of…
I am not going to get a tattoo everywhere we go. I will quickly run out of places I’m willing to have inked. My policy is that I won’t get a tattoo where I can’t…
I usually start these posts with pictures of our apartment and a description of the wonders of our neighborhood. But Rosarito was never meant to be an actual destination. It was just the cheapest location…
And gold, and copper, and bronze. But silver is what made the town. In fact, there are parts of the La Valenciana mine still being worked even today. It’s a ten minute cab ride to…
When we first visited Guatemala, back in the late 80s, Gringotenengo was used as a pejorative for a few of the towns around Lake Atitlán, such as Atitlán and Panajachel, which tended to be overrun…
Towering over Guanajuato is the massive pink sandstone statue of El Pípila, a hero of the Mexican revolution. Clocking in at 20 meters tall, the statue can be seen from almost anywhere in the city.…