"My visit to Tanger" Morocco by Carmela71

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My friend was working for the Calcuta sisters there in a house for single mothers, that are illegal in Morocco (single mothers), so I decide to visit her and while she was working I use to take care the child there, they were so sweet, so great, you could not stop loving them!

This was one of the mothers, No, she was not hurt, she had a problem with an eye ...

I am afraid my experience in Tangier was not very tourist, it was very therapeutically for me, as I was just dismissed from a horrible job, and my friend suggest me to go there, help them for a while, and she promise me I will see life completely different after that!

I agreed with her immediately!

Sometimes we need someone to remind us, how lucky we are to live in such wonderful conditions as we live in Europe...

maybe is not my best tourist travel but it has been the one that teach me more about this wonderful moms, broken families, new families (one of the single mothers got married while being there...). I was told while I was there that single mothers does not exist there, and their kids do not exist for their law... I am not sure if that is true still now... as Morocco is changing a lot.

The only thing I did not like was that I was suggesting not smoking in the street, as I was a woman! (I was suggested only to do it in my private accommodation!) Horrible for an addicted person LOL

Intro Updated Feb 3, 2003
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nomada Aug 11, 2005 at 10:30 AM

Carmen, no recordaba que habias estado en Tanger. Una experiencia interesante, y, desde luego, no turistica.
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Umfufu May 15, 2003 at 3:38 AM

Its a good thing single mothers are not forbidded in the Netherlands and i agree that you have to think and learn from other countries...
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TravelCool Mar 17, 2003 at 7:49 AM

I'm not a smoker myself, but I don't believe you should've been banned from doing it in the street just because you're a woman.
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kikita Jan 1, 2003 at 6:48 PM

I found much wisdom in your page, especially as a new year begins. You gave the voiceless and invisible a way to send a message to the world. Bravo!
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olja1234 Aug 5, 2002 at 2:12 PM

It`s such a nice page, even not tuuristic, Carmen!
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hankeuno Aug 3, 2002 at 4:46 PM

refreshing insight of life.
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patrikske Aug 2, 2002 at 5:02 PM

Lovely page, Carmen !
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matcrazy1 Jul 27, 2002 at 3:53 PM

Yes! horrible for an addcited person!
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horse78 Jul 26, 2002 at 3:49 AM

Nice story!!!
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SirRichard Jul 23, 2002 at 9:54 AM

Bonita experiencia!!