We didn’t see many dogs in Morocco, but cats were everywhere. It was rare to walk down an alley in Marrakech and not see at least one cat, either observing from the shadows, or lying on someone’s door step. They also knew where all the restaurants were. These cats choose a particularly quiet alley to sleep off the hot part of the day. 
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We finally have internet at home in Dakar, and I have a lot to tell.

We spent 6 days in Morocco in September on our way to Senegal, where we plan to stay 4 months. In my mind, this trip to Africa is a return to my days of exploration in the Peace Corps, a time when I was able to live in another country and get a real feel for another culture. I wasn’t really all that surprised, then, when we discovered that on our flight from New York to Casablanca were 54 brand new Peace Corps volunteers headed to Morocco for 2 years. The picutre above was taken on the morning of September 13 as we first entered African airspace over Morocco.
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