On Sunday, Houssaine, two of the girls, and I went to meet Linda.  Linda is a net friend of mine.  She is from Michigan, but is on her second year of being a Peace Corp volunteer here in Morocco.  She lives in a village in the mountains about two hours north of Ouarzazate,  just off that mountain road to Marrakech.  Linda wlll be back here on the 28th as she has a meeting in Ouarzazate on the 29th and she will spend the night at my place.  It's sure to be a fun time.

Connected

It is Monday afternoon and I have finally got the MacBook connected (usually).  Thank you Kam for remembering your password.  Now the first three problems have been solved, or was it four!!!  Flights cancelled or rescheduled due to snow storms in Europe,

ATM card didn't work, universal adapter was not universal, no internet.  

Well, here are a few photos  of my "family".

Hello;finally

Yes I am finally writing but this is a French keyboard and so difficult to get used to For exa,ple I can not find the period; comma; a is really the q key etc but I will try



First arrived on time on Friday night at ten thirty pm Met a lot of great people on the way

The adqpter I bought did not have a plug for here despite being a universal type but Houssaine fit another one onto mine and all is ok now

Then my ATM card would not work but got that sorted at another bank today

The last and very serious issue for me is that I cannot use the MacBook with the internet inwi modem because I do not know the password Kam used for the Mac This means that the photos that I have taken and put on the Mac will not ,ake it here until I find a way to dismantle his password or he remembers it

Houssaine his wife three daughters qnd baby son are wonderful

My house should be ready tomorrow

I will write details when I can get on an English keyboard preferably the Mac This is realy difficult and has taken me about two hours to connect and write this little this poorly

Just wanted to let you all know I am safe and in good hands:

I cannot open e,mail today but mqybe tomorrow hope hope hope

Later

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Ouarzazate

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Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 30°55′N 6°55′W
Country	Morocco
Region	Souss-Massa-Draâ
Elevation	3,776 ft (1,151 m)
Population (2004)
- Total	56,616

Ouarzazate (Berber: ⵡⴰⵔ ⵣⴰⵣⴰⵝ Warzazat, Arabic: ورزازات‎, lit. "noiselessly") (called The door of the desert), is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the Souss-Massa-Draâ of southern-central Morocco. As of 2004 it had a population of 56,616. Ouarzazate is located at an elevation of 1,160 metres (3,810 ft) in the middle of a bare plateau, south of the High Atlas Mountains. To the south of the town is the desert. The town is chiefly inhabited by Berbers, who constructed many of the prominent kasbahs and building for which the area is known for. Ouarzazate is one of the important holiday destinations in Morocco as a nodal point for excursion across the Draa Valley and desert in the area. The fortified village (ksar) of Ait Benhaddou has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The town and surrounding area is also a noted film-making location, with Morocco's biggest studios inviting many international film companies to shoot their films. Films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Star Wars (1977), The Living Daylights (1987),The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Martin Scorsese'sKundun (1997) Legionnaire (1998) shot in the Ouarazate area.