Aug 19, 2005 21:08
mon dieu is that 'my god'
well it should be
i have a problem
i miss middle eastern countries and culture like you miss someone you love
my heart aches when i leave....and everytime i go i suddenly feel this great sense of relief. when things go wrong somehow i feel safer than were i to be in holland or germany. there is more allowance for things to fuck up, which means there is more allowance to make things better
i just went to morocco for 2 days....my god! my god! a dream
it was a dream
i met a moroccan guy and i said i was going to the waterfalls
he said he´d take me
so....at 9 in the morning we met....went to the main taxi place and squished in the front seat with 4 other people in the back...drove 2 hours into the mountains and to a fairy tale place
we did full-on climbing.....beyond the lounging moroccans i coerced him that we needed to go further to see more waterfalls
the sun was hot and it smelled entirely of mint
2 boys passed us humming a michael jackson song
then we passed an old man playing the drums and singing arabic music
it was joy
i was lifted up onto a massive rock by 3 little boys so that we could climb further up the rock mountain.....we came to a lush green field where a moroccan family was picnicking and playing music....just 15 meters away was a sheer drop off with the sound of water running in the distance
ay, it was joy! the food was joy....i slept the one night on top of a hotel along with 20 other people for 3 euros
i stood on the top of an apartment at 2am only to hear roosters, dogs, and cats in the silence of the night
at 4 am a lone donkey was roaming the streets
in the square there were snake charmers and guys with monkeys on leashes
20 orange juice stands with men fighting over passer-bys to buy from them and not the stand one foot beside them
i wanna go back
my moroccan friend spoke not a word of english
i spoke french and a bit of spanish the whole day (i don´t speak french...only what i have taught myself)
now i am in madrid....and my heart aches for morocco
take me back!
i wanna learn arabic