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Access to internet, finally!
13 years ago
I came to Khemis M' touh, el Jadida after my training in Rabat finished in late november.
As M' touh is a small rural village, it was quite difficult to get things I needed, including access to internet. But after some difficulties(including rats eating all my soap and a 'Moroccan two-step' so severe that I had to make a trip back to Rabat to get treated) I think I am begining to get settled now.
I still have problems, like some administrative problem with local gendarmerie(which is getting quite worrisome actually) and my inexperience with arid climate agriculture(now that I have access to internet now, I really should search for lots of references), but I believe they will sort out eventually, insha'allah.
Despite all these problems, I am finding myself unendingly impressed by this 'verdant winter'. While the scene of lush sprouts of peas and fava beans filling the plots and sunflowers glowing under december sun delightens me immensly, the most astonishing are the wild flowers. Calendula and Matricaria grows everywhere, and on sunny days, plots filled by them looks as if they are carpets woven by brilliant orange and white yarn laid on endless floor of emerald tiles. And along the tracks among the hills one can observe Lavandula multifida, Reseda spp., Echium plantagineum, Asphodelus ramosus, and a kind of bulbous plant that has brown hyacinthus-like flowers that I haven't identified yet(They were Dipcadi serotinum).
So, yes, I think I'll fare well. I think....
As M' touh is a small rural village, it was quite difficult to get things I needed, including access to internet. But after some difficulties(including rats eating all my soap and a 'Moroccan two-step' so severe that I had to make a trip back to Rabat to get treated) I think I am begining to get settled now.
I still have problems, like some administrative problem with local gendarmerie(which is getting quite worrisome actually) and my inexperience with arid climate agriculture(now that I have access to internet now, I really should search for lots of references), but I believe they will sort out eventually, insha'allah.
Despite all these problems, I am finding myself unendingly impressed by this 'verdant winter'. While the scene of lush sprouts of peas and fava beans filling the plots and sunflowers glowing under december sun delightens me immensly, the most astonishing are the wild flowers. Calendula and Matricaria grows everywhere, and on sunny days, plots filled by them looks as if they are carpets woven by brilliant orange and white yarn laid on endless floor of emerald tiles. And along the tracks among the hills one can observe Lavandula multifida, Reseda spp., Echium plantagineum, Asphodelus ramosus, and a kind of bulbous plant that has brown hyacinthus-like flowers that I haven't identified yet(They were Dipcadi serotinum).
So, yes, I think I'll fare well. I think....
We've been thinking of you! Hope you're having an amazing time. Wish i were there with you!
You have my sympathies.
As for your request for more photographs, it might be difficult to comply since traveling is rather limited under KOICA policies.... But I do have some pictures from a trip to Asfi(Safi) a month ago, so I'll try to upload them.
Scott