so me and antonio took a quick weekend trip to morroco. when i first came to spain i was looking foward to visiting morroco a great many times to work on my arabic. as things have panned out, my arabic is going a little slower than i anticipated so i have not been able to take advantage of it as i would have liked to. plus it seemed like everyone where we went spoke spanish anyway. we went to a town called chawen. this is a picturesc little town tucked under a large rocky mountain. i wish i had some pictures to show you, but the whole town is painted light blue. the streets, the walls, the inside of peoples houses, everything, which givees it the effect of being in a cloud or something. the town is a bit of a tourist attraction because of its many skilled craftsmen, its beautiful appearance reminicint of the good ol days, the natural beauty of the surrounding areas. this is most directly felt by every single male, aged 12 and above asks you if you want to be hash. and i mean every male, its quite absurd, i dont know how they all make a living doing so because first they are trying to rip you off, and even if they riped off every tourist, they would only get ripped off once, and i dont know what the other 500 'vendors' would do.
the natural beauty of this place is breathtaking, i really wish i had some pictures. as i said, the town is on the skirts of a mountain, and the surrounding areas are filled with the farms and pastureland, etc, required to maintain thee town. there is a natrual spring ocming out of the mountain so the water there is extremely pure. there is also a crystal lake in the mountains. it is a relatively short walk to get there and it is an enlivening sight.
we spent the weekend hanging out in town and living the good life so to speak. 3 fat meals a day, plenty of sleep and no real partying makes chawen a great place to go to rcuperate ones strength. i bought a bunch of stuff for my house in ithaca next year, a few rugs and tapestries and such.
sorry its so brief, but i got to run
more to come
peace
About Me
- Emiliano
- I am a 22 year old mexican-neuyorican mix from new york. Currently I am living in Ithaca, NY taking advantage of a favorable living situation to live in community. I should also note that I am the luckiest person in the world, and am currently figuring out how to use my providential destiny for the betterment of the species, planet, and universe. Peace is the goal, Love is the way.
2 comments:
em. sorry i havent read your blog in a while. i've been on a few of my own adventures and try to stay away from my room and my computer. chawen sounds incredible! i was thinking of going to granada for spring break since i was planning on going to study abroad but i've got a few other plans. one day!
nuni
I think that the reason people might not have commented on your "scandalous" entry is that they might not know what exactly to say. It's not that its that shocking, or that its just too run of the mill Emiliano stuff- its that most people have either made or not made the decision about how they feel about drugs in relation to them, then they have to decide how they feel about other people taking drugs. Its like choosing not to drink because a person doesn't like what the alcohol does to their body, they recognize that its a poison and a depressant- or they have religious reasons not to drink it, or they simply dislike the taste of alcohol, or they just don't need it as a social crutch.
People might be fine with others doing drugs- but your entry wasn't just HEY! Look at me, I did a crazy drug, you should do it too. It was more than that, you tried to analyze what happened during your experience. There is a reason that drugs are around, and that people keep turning to them for various "justified" and "unjustified" reasons. By "justified" I mean that people have settled their minds that they will do it- all about internal rationalization- the decision to do/take them raises the question of why. Why to take them, why are people "unable" to open themselves to others, to let others in, or to even process the sights, sounds and general things of everyday life. And, its different for everyone- obviously so, thats what is so wonderful about free will and the individual.
The thing that you said that struck me most was that you admitted that drugs can only get you so far, and they will burn you out. The question then is, once you do drugs do you lessen your chance to find the "natural" way to that place of enlightenment, the place of continuity with everyone and everything around you?
~Betsy
done the research on the drug, they have tried to find out all of the effects or unjustified are two
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