After riding a camel in Egypt three years ago, I said never again. Then I found myself astride a camel during a recent trip to Morocco. To my surprise, it proved a much better experience.

The Morocco camels were smaller and nicer (at least they didn’t spit). I sat on an oval-doughnut, padded-top saddle over the camel’s one hump — a definite improvement over Egypt’s camel saddles. And our group’s ride over the Sahara desert sand was a smooth walk compared to Egypt’s rocky-sandy terrain. So maybe I will ride a camel again…

That camel ride was one cultural experience of many on my Road Scholar tour of Morocco. My small group of 28 also stayed in a Sahara camp one night and explored the fascinating medinas of Fes, Marrakesh and Chefchaouen. We gained insight into Morocco’s Sunni Muslim cultu

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