Pre-Morocco 4 - Just about done

So, my old backpack is packed and quite tightly stuffed. I'm bringing my retro Haglöfs 45 L backpack. Some (and sometimes I too) would argue that it's waay too small for any kind of traveling, but it has served me so well for many a year. I bought it when I was 19 and thought that I would go inter-railing with a friend. We ended up being more dreamers than not, though, and the backpack stayed in my closet for a while until I really realized how great it was and now it has been with me on the other side of the Atlantic ocean and most every country I've visited... and it has traveled without me too. A friend borrowed it to Ghana for 6 months once, so it has been to Africa before I ever thought of going there.

It's a really old backpack now, but I'm so attached to some of it's features that I haven't been able to find anything worth the expense of replacing it. It's still water repellant to some degree and ridiculously durable. It has a rain cover attached to a top compartment, has broad, comfortable straps, zippered front opening, opening in the bottom to the main compartment, possibility to separate the lower portion of the main compartment and it's easy to attach stuff to the outside and those things will fit inside the rain cover. It does have those silly pockets on the sides however, but that is not enough of a reason for getting a new bag.


I complained in the last post that I couldn't find any smart coffee for traveling, but then I stumbled upon a "coffee bag" as in "tea bag" kind of coffee in the store. I'm pretty excited to find out what kind of coffee these will bring. This coffee brand is quite good, so I have high expectations. On the other hand, I don't know about the water I'll be using. The coffee might taste quite different every day depending on if I'm scooping something up from a pond and through the mini Sawyer or if it's tap water. Actually I'm pretty much unsure of the conditions at the refuge, or Kasbah, I'll be staying at. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. ;)

Ok so, I'll write the next post when I'm in Marrakesh the day after tomorrow.

Cya :-)