Flooded road on the way to Casablanca
Drove to Casablanca via Kenitra (where the largest US military installation in Morocco is located) and Rabat the capital. Casablanca is very industrial with a large port. In Tangiers, almost everyone wore long garments with hoods called “Djellabas”. Most of the women were veiled in Tangiers. In Casablanca very few are. Tomorrow we are on to Marrakesh.
The drive here was treacherous. Morocco has had very heavy rains and many floods. Part of the road was flooded out in one area. Every river was overflowing onto the farm land. Many fields were completely obliterated and others had much water standing. Most of the women we saw were barefooted and carrying heavy loads. One of the saddest sights we saw was a little boy of 9 or 10 walking behind a group of other children obviously returning from school. But he wasn’t because he was dressed in rags and had a huge sack on his back that was as big as he was. He was bending under the load and never once looked up from the ground.
The drive here was treacherous. Morocco has had very heavy rains and many floods. Part of the road was flooded out in one area. Every river was overflowing onto the farm land. Many fields were completely obliterated and others had much water standing. Most of the women we saw were barefooted and carrying heavy loads. One of the saddest sights we saw was a little boy of 9 or 10 walking behind a group of other children obviously returning from school. But he wasn’t because he was dressed in rags and had a huge sack on his back that was as big as he was. He was bending under the load and never once looked up from the ground.
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