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Ever been fumigated on a plane before?

December 29, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Hunting through plane photos, I came across one I hadn’t added to my collection of travel aircraft. Part of what I like in traveling is to check out planes of other countries and the often unique towers at airports. On

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Lights of Morocco

December 9, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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In a country with sunshine aplenty, I found the indoor lighting to be purposefully subdued. Intricate lanterns with detailed metal work hung from ceilings or were fastened to the walls. My first photograph is from the Riad Kalaa in Rabat.

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Cats in Morocco

December 6, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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After my trip to Morocco when I sat down to go through photos, I realized the things I saw the most…I photographed the least. One of those things was sheep. The other cats. In Fez and Marrakesh in particular, felines

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Another A380

November 7, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Found another A380 to add to my photo collection of those that I’ve seen while travelling. This one is an Air France loading and leaving Charles de Gaulle International Airport. October 2, 2012.

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How to Bake Bread in Fez, Morocco

November 1, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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After winding on foot through the medina in Fez, where streets were so narrow a laden mule hardly had clearance, we stopped in at a bread bakery. Different areas of the medina each have a shop with a large oven

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Flight to Morocco Part II:

October 21, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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In my last post, our aircraft to Paris was turning back to Atlanta Hartsfield while dumping fuel. (Check out the previous True Airspeed Morocco blog if you missed the first part to the story.) I expected fire trucks would escort

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