Too far from home town... culture shock

by Lahcen Ouchari (Morocco)

I didn't expect to find Morocco

''The world is full of surprises, take care of yourself and pay close attention''. This was an excerpt from my father’s advice, while I was preparing my travel bag in order to continue my university studies. On the way, I was watching the scenic landscapes ... We passed the ''Tizi Tishka zigzags'' linked between two cities of Ouarzazate and Marrakech. I saw cows, sheep and pastures that I had never seen in my life, I was very surprised because it is my first time I traveled outside my small town, I mean my village, I used to and I did not leave my books and my computer .. I loved this virtual world because it is far from reality ... We traveled six hours from the road The dizziness comes to me and the fatigue ... I tried to sleep, but I could not, shocked by my journey and my travel, which changed to a little suffering..I reached the city of Marrakesh, and I did not expect what I saw, noise and noise..Everything was far from what I expected, I did not find what I read in my books and what I saw on TV ... It was a shock that I did not cope with until a few months later, to get used to it and get used to the red city...it become one of my best cities I visited.....It was culture shock.