Ripcord Adventure Journal 1.2 Second Edition
In this issue, our second, we venture widely in our quest to find great adventures. From an article written and sent from Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica we venture along the Omo River to meet Ethiopian tribes who are holding on to their authentic way-of-life in the face of commercialisation and tourism. We send a couch potato to climb Mount Fuji in Japan while others wander the ancient Roman roads in Transylvania, venture up Mount Toubkal and taste wondrous epicurean delights in Morocco. Finally we hear of the exploits of the explorer Charles Howard-Bury and the Everest Reconnaissance expedition
In this issue, our second, we venture widely in our quest to find great adventures. From an article written and sent from Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica we venture along the Omo River to meet Ethiopian tribes who are holding on to their authentic way-of-life in the face of commercialisation and tourism. We send a couch potato to climb Mount Fuji in Japan while others wander the ancient Roman roads in Transylvania, venture up Mount Toubkal and taste wondrous epicurean delights in Morocco. Finally we hear of the exploits of the explorer Charles Howard-Bury and the Everest Reconnaissance expedition
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Hammam<br />
Siffy Torkildson<br />
motions for me to stand up. She pours hot rinse water over my<br />
naked body, as I bend my knees so she can reach my head. I feel<br />
baptized into my new life. The woman brings me a towel and leads<br />
me in to another room. Happy, yet confused, I dry myself with the<br />
towel. A few minutes later the old woman returns, arms waving in<br />
outrage and points to another room.<br />
“La, la, la! (No, no, no).” This room is not for drying.<br />
I go back into the room where my djellaba is to dry off. The clothed<br />
old woman says “Souvenir Madame.” I give her some change and<br />
she is happy. I hope she shares it with my bather who did all the<br />
work.<br />
I feel cleansed here in the hammam and I know the journey across<br />
Morocco, up the mountains and across the desert has prepared me<br />
to face my new adventures.<br />
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