Kauffman Commentary

Keeping Track of Travel

Traveling to Marrakech

Area where Clint Eastwood movies are filmed.

As we drive today there are many nurseries for olive trees and palm trees. They are irrigating and the soil is good, it just needs the water. They have an abundance of phosphorus for fertilizer.

All over the country we have seen small soccer pitches for the kids. Some are fenced with grass and many others are like this one.

Approximately 59% in Morocco use the internet. I asked if they can use the library to get access and was told that they can use McDonald’s and Starbucks. They do not even have to buy anything to use it there.

Salaries are the same between men and women. There are many women in parliament and they have a possibility of having a woman president after the election they just had on the 23rd while we were here.

Kasbah

Aït Benhaddou, Berber, ⵉⵖⵔⵎ ⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⴱⵏ ⵃⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic, آيت بن حدّو ksar or Kasbah. It became a UNESCO site in 1987 and is the largest in Morocco. The construction of this began in the 11th century and became what we see today through the 17th century. From what we saw today they are constantly fixing the walls and paths, using historical methods of construction, much like the adobe found in the United States. (No iron)

Making bricks for improvement.

Kasbahs are usually built against a mountain with a river in front that acts as a moat. The river or moat beside this kasbah had always been a part of the protection, now has a stone wall and a bridge across. It can be full of water when there is heavy rain.