The road to Ouarzazate is 3 hours of continual mountain overlook. It is a path only taken in conjunction with Dramamine. We turn every hundred feet, dipping and climbing, as if hiking through a rocky valley, trying to find a foothold. We step only as the mountain allows. At times mountains surround us on all 4 sides, turning a corner out of the valley and to a foothill of an even larger mountain. We approach a small village se up on a hill. At the bottom of the hill is a tiny stream. I imagine the strength in the legs of these people from their journeys up and down. The goats stay to the side of the road, avoiding our bus. We pass a small shop with a young white woman talking with locals. I can only wonder if she is one of us. This could be my home for the next 2 years.
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Tell us what the homes in Ouarzazate look like. Are they about like one room shacks? What's the bathroom situation? Do they have stoves or cook over fire or what?
Where are you staying in Quarzazate? Are you with a host family now? Will you be there for the next 3 months? Are you getting any mail there yet?
I can see Ouarzazate on Google Earth. It makes it seem like you're not so far away:) Mmmwaah.
I just learned that Lawrence of Arabia was partly shot in Ouarzazate, and that it's home to Atlas Studios, one of the largest movie studios in the world. Cool.
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