Recent news items on Godsmurf.com http://www.godsmurf.com http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/252/morocco-pictures-parts-8-9-and-10http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/252/morocco-pictures-parts-8-9-and-10Voila, the Morocco travel report is finished! Three more parts were added, about the gorges, about the kasbahs of Taourirt and Telouat, and about Casablanca. All have some fantastic pictures I think. I'm too lazy to put up samples here, just look at the index to see some of the very best pics.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:34:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/251/morocco-pictures-part-7-the-deserthttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/251/morocco-pictures-part-7-the-desertAfter a few months of intense website building (first VlaamseTaal.be and then ProPolitiek.be) I've picked up the Morocco travel report again. Here is part 7 about our desert trip and nearby Rissani. The other parts will follow quickly now as I've already sorted out all the pics.Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:30:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/250/tongeren-pichttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/250/tongeren-picThe picture of Tongeren that National Geographic bought for their Traveler magazine has appeared in two more publications since. Today I got another small cheque because the picture has been reused in a magazine called "Slovenian Traveler", sweet! Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:24:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/249/more-morocco-pictureshttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/249/more-morocco-picturesI've been working on a new website for a while but this weekend I continued the Morocco travel report, which now has two new parts about the first days of our car trip in the south. There are mostly pictures of the great landscapes we drove through and of Aït Benhaddou, Morocco's famous kasbah.Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:28:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/248/obamahttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/248/obama"In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government". I never thought I'd live to see the day when an American president would admit to something like this (and there is plenty to choose from), but Obama said this in his speech to the muslim world today. Truly amazing, even though they're only words.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:22:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/247/morocco-pictures-part-4-marrakeshhttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/247/morocco-pictures-part-4-marrakeshMarrakesh was the nicest city to stay in in Morocco and had the most impressive monuments, but it lacks the pleasant culture shock effect of Fez. Read all about it in part 4 of the Morocco travel report (I link to the index now coz it's starting to look good :) ). So I've put up pictures of 10 of the 20 days now after being back less than a week. The rest will be a bit slower in coming but not much. From now on it's all picture of nature and kasbahs, and though the first half of the trip was great we thought the 8-day car trip that I'll talk about in the next parts was even better.Sun, 24 May 2009 21:38:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/246/morocco-pictures-part-3-meknes-volubilishttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/246/morocco-pictures-part-3-meknes-volubilisHere is part 3 of the Morocco pictures about the empirial city of Meknes, the Roman ruins at Volubilis and the holy town of Moulay Idriss.Sat, 23 May 2009 09:01:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/245/morocco-pictures-part-2-fezhttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/245/morocco-pictures-part-2-fezHere is part 2 of the Morocco pictures about Fez, the country's most fascinating city.Wed, 20 May 2009 22:52:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/244/morocco-pictures-part-1-northern-moroccohttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/244/morocco-pictures-part-1-northern-moroccoWe're back in Belgium since yesterday! It's been a great trip, one of my best trips in fact, but the last few days (after we returned the car) were a bit too much so we're glad to be back home. I promised to put up the pictures quickly this time and I deliver: here's part 1 of the travel report already with pictures of our first three days, spent in the northern towns of Tetouan (a world heritage site) and Chefchaouen (our favourite place in Morocco). There should be a new part every few days. Up next: Fez!Tue, 19 May 2009 21:54:00 -0700http://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/243/smurf-clemento-in-desertohttp://www.godsmurf.com/newsitem/243/smurf-clemento-in-desertoWe're four days into our car trip so far and it's been fantastic already, wonderful views along the way - especially the mountain passes - and beautiful kasbahs, especially Ait Ben-Haddou which was the highlight of the trip so far, just like I expected it would be. We first visited it in the evening but it was cloudy so I woke up at 5am next morning, saw that the sky was clear and went back again to make lots of beautiful pictures in the early sunlight. I did the same next day to climb the little mountain near Zagora, that way lazy Lotte can sleep late while I get some exercise. Two days ago we arrived in Merzouga on the edge of the Sahara near the Algerian border. We walked and climbed the lovely dunes there and last night did a camel trip including a night under the stars. Unfortunately it was cloudy and almost no stars to see, luckily I'd already tried out the star map my little sister gave me the night before and actually found Saturn and the constellation of Leo (my sign incidentally). I hope to get more stargazing occasions in the remaining days. We're now starting to head back west towards Marrakesh and plan to visit the Todra and Dades gorges along the way and hopefully visit a silver mine. Tue, 12 May 2009 13:01:00 -0700