The Ocean
13.01.2007 - 16.01.2007
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The ocean is motion -- it isn't a noun, a single thing. It's a concept, a moving and changing idea. The town where I am is perched on the coast of Africa, welcoming the Atlantic sea to flow into it's harbour. It's beautiful, the breeze, the sand, the waves. I feel it taking over me. The ocean has been very powerful for me so far on this trip, a symbol of change and life and the impermanence of everything. Every day I spend here I feel myself becoming more a part of the beach, the ocean... my clothes are fading to neutral greys and beige and browns. I taste the salt on my lips.
I have rented an apartment here in Essaouira. I am having this marvellous love affair with the guy I mentioned before... I'm not going to hide it. It's exotic and romantic and it feels great.
This week has been beautiful, relaxed and free. A vacation from my trip, really. Morocco to me is almost a paradise... behind it's sometimes scary image. I could live here if I was never alone. I want to come back again and bring a friend, to walk alone in these streets as a girl makes it difficult to keep one's head up. The emotions I have here are so intense.
I have all kinds of notions for my next stop on this trip... I am filled with ideas, imaginations, worries and hopes. It's wonderful; it's life.
Posted by mythxation 16.01.2007 6:07 AM Archived in Backpacking | Morocco
awwh ange i am so jealous! (like usual...) it all sounds so exciting and intense... when do you think you're coming home? because when you do, you and i are sitting down to have a serious talk missy! lol i need details of your trip and good recommendations of where to go... especially in morroco. it sounds so appealing! i told my dad that i was thinking of travelling there and he seemed to think it wasn't such a good idea, but i don't care... after reading about your adventures, i definitely want to go! lol so keep in touch and keep writing your blog entries because i get so excited when i read them!! take care and keep in touch!
laur
24.01.2007 by ChIqUiTtA