Exploring Rabat, Morocco

Exploring Rabat, Morocco

– Rabat, Morocco

First stop in Rabat, was the Peace Corps headquarters! Once you’re in through the gate:

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Volunteers!

 

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Then, out to the medina.

 

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Figs.

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If only there was room for lanterns in my bag – but I was trying to travel light, since my next stop was Ethiopia.

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Medina walls.

 

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They rubbed the dough onto the hot plate with their bare hands!

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I spy a happy girl.

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So many things to eat.

 

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Sweets. Fried dough soaked in honey syrup.

 

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Ceiling-scape.

 

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That’s soap! The green mass is made with argan oil.

 

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Spice packets.

 

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I pointed out to my sister that these were beautiful. She said they are for men.

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Mint, for tea!

 

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For little people. I’m just kidding.

 

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Sunset.

 

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Cranky cat, wants to enjoy sunset in solitude.

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Unless you have food.

 

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After a long day, waiting at the train station to go “home”. We were couch surfing from kind PCV to kind PCV.

 

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When we got back to our sleeping space, we indulged in macaroons that we picked up during the day. Yum.

 

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