Author name: globalroutes

Over the course of our time on our worksite laying concrete for the school sports field, our relationships with the Moroccan workers went from non-existent to friendly and productive.  At the beginning of the second week, the Moroccans started to readily ask us to do specific tasks.  This was awesome.  In particular, we appreciated that […]

Traveling in Morocco, it was inevitable that at least some of us would fall prey to diarrhea.  What are the odds when you’ve grown up in a world of hand sanitizers, and you come to live and work in a developing country where water and hygiene are not taken for granted? Each morning we would

Someplace far back in my mind while I was in Morocco, I always was aware that Morocco is a Muslim country with its own specific familial structures different from what we generally see in the US.  But seeing and hearing about family values first hand is another thing all together. We went to visit a

While waiting in the main train station in Fes for one of our group to travel from Marrakech, we noticed that dotting each column in the hall there was a splotch of bright green.  On closer inspection, we discovered those to be anti-smoking posters:  “Respirez mieux, libérez-vous du tabac” — which translates to “Breathe better,