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Adventures in Morocco: Inside Dar Darma Ryaid, Marrakech

demetria lucas February 3, 2016

Last summer, I went to Morocco with my girls. I could write a book about the mostly sober shenanigans that took place over the course of 10 days. This is the story that started it off. 

Christina and I divide up the duties for the trip. I would secure the hotels, she would handle the adventures. Fine. 

I research and research. I am super picky about where I sleep, and in general, I don't do traditional hotels unless it's a last minute situation. Hotels are overpriced, and usually sterile. I picked a ryaid, a traditional Moroccan palace that's kinda like a bed and breakfast because well, the architecture is dope and we don't have them in the US.. I picked this specific ryaid because the decor was kind of like Morocco-meets- shabby chic, Old World--meets-new and black-and-white,  our room had a balcony and there was a rooftop pool. A review said it was a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trek. And it was close to the hotel where our friends are staying. 

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In International Travel Tags Dar Darma, Marrakech, Morocco, Ryaid

BVI: Andreas the (non) Killer aka That One Time I Was Locked in A Bedroom on Vacation

demetria lucas December 14, 2015

PLEASE NOTE: I have to preface this with saying Andreas* is an exceptionally nice man. Super nice. He is not a killer. Though, I think his hands are registered weapons. But he’s only violent for sport. But like in the ring, not for kicks or anything. And while he could be a killer, he is not… or rather, to my knowledge, Andreas has never killed anyone. That I know of.

Um, I don’t really know Andreas that well.

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In International Travel Tags BVI, British Virgin Islands, Summer Sizzle, Meet the Doyleys
People hold candles alongside wooden crosses at Freedom-Corner in Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya, April 7, 2015, during a vigil for the victims of an attack claimed by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab insurgents at Garissa University College, in wh…

People hold candles alongside wooden crosses at Freedom-Corner in Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya, April 7, 2015, during a vigil for the victims of an attack claimed by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab insurgents at Garissa University College, in which 148 people were killed.  

TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Traveling in Kenya, Where Signs of Security Battle the Realities of Terrorism

demetria lucas April 8, 2015

I knew maybe three things about Kenya when my plane landed in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in late February: The traffic was awful in Nairobi; it was a “party city,” with the good times rolling as late—or, er, as early—as 9 a.m.; and in 2013, the city’s most upscale mall, Westgate, suffered a four-day siege by the Somali Islamist terrorist group al-Shabab. It’s the same group that attacked Kenya’s Garissa University College on Good Friday, killing 148 people. 

Of the few things I knew, I knew the most about the mall tragedy. One Saturday afternoon when I had somewhere to be, I sat glued to HBO watching Terror at the Mall, a documentary about the siege.

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In International Travel, Africa Tags Nairobi, kenya, terrorism
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