The Belly Dance Chronicles Jul/Aug/Sept 2020 Volume 18, Issue 3 | Page 10

Photo by Katia The G reat Escape By Amaya Photos by Amaya, unless noted For many of us, visiting Morocco is a bucket-list kind of trip. The photos, the colors, the cuisine, the Sahara Desert, Casablanca, Marrakech…all conjure up “exotic” images. After three years of a close friend talking to me about enjoying magical Morocco with this magical tour guide, I finally decided to book this tour. In early March of 2020, eleven of us turned in our deposits, booked our flights and put our faith into our tour guide, Addi Quadderrou’s hands. The tour started out in anxiety mode though. The international flight that most of us were booked on, Royal Air Maroc, cancelled our flight one week before departure. After much grumbling, we had to change our connecting flights and hotel reservations, and arranged to leave a few days later. 10 The Belly Dance Chronicles � July 2020