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Sometimes its easier to see ourselves when we’re looking in a different mirror.  Consider coming to Morocco to see yourself reflected against the cities, mountains and deserts of another land. Next March, 2012, discover what intrigues you, what disturbs you, what delights you and what is newly emerging in you.  For people in transition or between chapters in work, love, place or purpose, this journaling exploration will awaken your senses, offer a creative structure for life exploration, as well as opportunities to actively explore and discuss, write about and respond to the changes in you.

WHERE: We meet you in Rabat or Fez and stay several nights in Fez. After exploring the winding walled city, we take a day trip to the royal city of Meknes, the Roman ruins of Volubilis and the shrine of the Muslim saint, Moulay Idriss. We then head out into the Atlas Mountains and spend nights in the mountains and desert before driving through lunar landscapes to Ait Ben Haddou (a UNESCO World Heritage site) and on to Marrakech, home of extraordinary architecture and conundrums, magicians, actors, fortune tellers, sinners, saints and musicians.  Each night we reflect on the day by contributing to a common journal while taking time for ourselves to write, watercolor, walk and reflect in groups and alone. Kendall will offer journaling ideas each day that help anchor people’s experience of Morocco and weave together past, present and future.

WHAT : More an adventure than a relaxing vacation, we stay in restored ryads and eat at excellent restaurants more populated by locals than tourists. We will be 12 to 15 in number, our route and accommodations taken care of by 2 professional tour planners (one of them a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco who stayed on for 30 years and plans amazing trips while the other is with  Thomson Family Adventures of Watertown. She and Thomson have been planning adventures for 20 years!).

WHEN: March 29 – April 9, 2012 (12 days)

COST : around $2690 if 12 people / $2960 if 6 people / single supplement available / Deposits of $700 needed to secure a place / Please call with any questions (781.640.9957)

TRIP LEADER is Kendall Dudley who has an MA in Middle East studies from Columbia, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran, studied Islamic architecture at Harvard and has been a work / life design consultant for 30 years. He teaches autobiography, travel journaling and life direction programs and designs participatory art projects focused on current world issues. Kendall was in Morocco in 2008, has lived in England, Sri Lanka, Macao and Japan and traveled to 31 other countries. For more on him, please go to www.kendalldudley.com and www.writeyourvividjourney.com.