Meaning there's no way I would sit down with a family I'd just met & eat horse. But Clarke does with barely a blink. Even when the Moroccans give a whole new level of insanity to what passes for their bureaucracy, she takes it in her stride. The little things Clarke writes about give away what a nice person she must be - the way she described how much she liked her taxi driver because he stopped to get a kitten off the road, the rescue of the chameleons, and how she'd help anyone who asked, even when it was obvious that that person was being a bit dodgy - generally because they were poor & it was just the way of life to try & get more out of 'tourists'.
The book was great. Interesting, descriptive & well-written. I loved the pictures. I would have liked to see more of the finished house. Fez just sounds so amazing & historical. I'd really like to see it one day.
