First Footnotes

About the Food:

Even I fell for it this time, imagining that I would be surrounded by endless mounds of couscous. The reality is that, like just about every other country in the world, whether or not the people eat traditional foods at home, what they eat in restaurants are burgers and fries, pizzas, and all the other stuff that's basically served at Denny's.

It's true that the poor people eat 'traditional' food, but poor people food is almost always crappy and tasteless. And you can go to a fancy restaurant and get the real ethnic deal, but you'll probably be paying as much as you would at home, and it might not be as good.

Okay, it's not quite as bleak as that. But in general, if you really crave good Indian food or Mexican food or Moroccan food, you'd do best to check out the yellow pages.


Moroccan Trailways:

Moroccan buses are about as good as Turkish buses, which is one cut below Greyhound. Although on Turkish buses they have a 'steward' who goes around dispensing tea and the occasional snack.

And, to further destroy your ex post hippie fantasies about this country, all the major cities are connected by expressways.