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Thursday, July 29, 1999
Chefchaouen, Morocco
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Chefchaouen, Morocco:
Latitude: 35° 10' 6" North
Longitude: 5° 15' 46" West
Altitude: 2044 feet
From Seattle: 6097 miles
Lodging: Friend / Family - Amy and Ted

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Today's Travel:
Country: Morocco
Region: The Rif Mountains
Weather: Sunny

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Trip Stats to Date:
Day: 840
Linear Dist: 154925
Countries Visited: 60
Regions Visited: 238
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Hotels: 267
Friends / Family: 176
Camping: 118
Hostels: 217
Transit: 55
Other Lodging: 6
Beers: 3123
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Journal Entry:
Spent the morning reading, writing email, and working on my journal. Shortly after noon I met Ted and Amy at the pool. It was a very hot day and the cold water was great, but it was just to hot so I left the others after a couple hours. Hiked down to the bus station to check on departure times as we're hoping to leave tomorrow.

Spent the rest of the afternoon at the internet cafe. I added a random picture to my front page. It's the first time I've done any coding in quite a while (since Southern Africa?) - it was only a small Perl script, but it was fun. Spent an even longer amount of time going through old photos picking out ones to be selected from.

Lindsay, Ted, Amy, and I had a big end of summer (for Ted and Amy), leaving Africa (for me) blow out planed at the Paradoor. I met up with Amy at the house (Ted and Lindsay had already left) and after a quick bucket bath headed through the medina. Less than half way to the Paradoor we ran into Ted and Lindsay coming back. There is to be no alcohol sold in Morocco for the next forty days as part of the mourning for the king! Apparently the order just got through today - hence why we hadn't had any problems ordering beers the last week. Only in Africa...

Amy and I went to check the bar in the new town - same. We hung out in the square for a while then I treated the others to dinner as thanks for their hospitality.


Related Sites:
US State Department Consular Information Sheets: Morocco
CIA World Fact Book: Morocco

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