It's 20 minutes after 7 pm GMT which means sunset in Casa and the (4th of 5 daily) call to prayer, amplified and broadcast all about the area. This scene is being repeated right now throughout the Muslim world. You gotta hear it.
I thought I'd post a couple of pics of where I live and work, which are almost the same, given my classroom and apartment are only about, I guess, 250 feet apart. The first pic is from my balcony looking toward the school. The Atlantic Ocean is about 1 km away. You can see parts of the king's Casa beach compound, which extends about another 1/2 mile each in either direction. He has at least one palace in virtually every town in the country. The visibility was poor today; in the future I'll try to throw up pics of the beach town of Dar Bouazza to the south and downtown Casa to the north, where can be seen one of the world's largest malls and one of its largest mosques. From my bedroom is an unbroken view of cranes and construction activity in every other direction. Morocco is a developing nation, but has a rapidly expanding middle class.
I thought I'd post a couple of pics of where I live and work, which are almost the same, given my classroom and apartment are only about, I guess, 250 feet apart. The first pic is from my balcony looking toward the school. The Atlantic Ocean is about 1 km away. You can see parts of the king's Casa beach compound, which extends about another 1/2 mile each in either direction. He has at least one palace in virtually every town in the country. The visibility was poor today; in the future I'll try to throw up pics of the beach town of Dar Bouazza to the south and downtown Casa to the north, where can be seen one of the world's largest malls and one of its largest mosques. From my bedroom is an unbroken view of cranes and construction activity in every other direction. Morocco is a developing nation, but has a rapidly expanding middle class.
The other pic is of my apartment, Maison de Jacque:
These places are incredibly spacious. I think they're very nice. There are a few differences between a pad here in N. Africa and back in the States. I think the most interesting one is that screens had to be imported from the US; they aren't found here. My bedroom is in the top right-hand corner. That's right, ladies - Jack's Love Shack! I hope my mother doesn't read this post...
Alright, folks - talk to ya soon!
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