My next stop, Morocco

I had come with several conflicting impressions from friends and family about Morocco. My mother, who visited Morocco many years ago, seemed to picture a nice place. A friend from Canada had visited Morocco, and 1 day into the trip decided to bail and went to Spain instead. She complained it was not exactly clean, and since she lived in Egypt for a couple of years it was hard to imagine what I was to expect. I guess Rabat is a relatively ok city, especially in the main areas of downtown. I was shocked to see so much poverty in underdeveloped areas, and a lot of people were living a difficult life. It was a contrast I was not used to see. Although Cairo has its fair share of a spectrum of living standards, I don’t think it is so contrasting. I guess the sheer volume in Cairo also allows more tolerance to accept this spectrum.