Me Gusta Viajar

This next track comes from the CD collection of our best buddy, Gergely Liptak during our long drive through the night to Malaga. It's a fan-made video, mind you. I personally don't approve. :P


Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu

Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tu.
Me gusta viajar, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la maana, me gustas tu.
Me gusta el viento, me gustas tu.
Me gusta soar, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la mar, me gustas tu.

Que voy a hacer,
je ne sais pas
Que voy a hacer
Je ne sais plus
Que voy a hacer
Je suis perdu
Que horas son, mi corazon

Me gusta la moto, me gustas tu.
Me gusta correr, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la lluvia, me gustas tu.
Me gusta volver, me gustas tu.
Me gusta marihuana, me gustas tu.
Me gusta colombiana, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la montaa, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la noche, me gustas tu.

Me gusta la cena, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la vecina, me gustas tu.
Me gusta su cocina, me gustas tu.
Me gusta camelar, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la guitarra, me gustas tu.
Me gusta el regaee, me gustas tu.

Me gusta la canela, me gustas tu.
Me gusta el fuego, me gustas tu.
Me gusta menear, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la Corua, me gustas tu.
Me gusta Malasaa, me gustas tu.
Me gusta la castaa, me gustas tu.
Me gusta Guatemala, me gustas tu.

Your friendly translation,

I like airplanes, I like you
I like to travel, I like you
I like the morning, I like you
I like the wind, I like you
I like to dream, I like you
I like the sea, I like you

What am I gonna do?
I don't know
What am I gonna do?
I don't know anymore
What am I gonna do?
I am lost
What time is it, my heart?

I like the motorcycle, I like you
I like to run, I like you
I like the rain, I like you
I like to come back, I like you
I like marihuana, I like you
I like colombiana, I like you
I like the mountain, I like you
I like the night, I like you

I like dinner, I like you
I like the neighbor, I like you
I like her cooking, I like you
I like camelar, I like you
I like the guitar, I like you
I like reggae, I like you

I like cinnamon, I like you
I like fire, I like you
I like to shake it, I like you
I like Coruña , I like you
I like malasaña, I like you
I like chestnuts, I like you
I like Guatemala, I like you

We'd like to dedicate this song to none other than the HITCH itself: the roads we traversed, the sights we saw, the sounds we heard, the smells we sniffed (?), the beds we slept on, the food we ate, the long days without a proper shower, the breakfast bars, the lifts that never were, the music, the sunrises, the sunsets, the road signs, the rest stops, the petrol stations, the cars, the buses, the trains, the ferries (hehe, Wani), THE truck, and of course, the people.

Me gusta autostop, me gustas tu.

Can't You See What Love Has Done?

Sorries for hijacking the blog away from Wani's pics. (Scroll down! Scroll down!) There's more where that came from, by the way.

If there's one thing that was a constant companion throughout our hitch, it's gotta be the music. Between Wani's endless Disney tune serenading to keep our drivers awake and whatever happened to be on the radio in the lifts that we got on, there's enough memorable music to make a soundtrack of. And that's exactly what we hope to do.

WaniFaeezLutfi Morocco Hitch - The Official Soundtrack. £3.99 a copy. All proceeds go to charity.

Kidding. Of course it'll be free!

This particular song was playing in the vehicle of Emilie and Boris, on the way to Barcelona.



U2 - Window in the Skies

The shackles are undone
The bullet's quit the gun
The heat that's in the sun
Will keep us when there's none

The rule has been disproved
The stone, it has been moved
The grain is now a groove
All debts are removed

Oh, can't you see what love has done
Oh, can't you see what love has done
Oh, can't you see what love has done
What it's doing to me

Love makes strange enemies
Makes love where love may please
Soul in its striptease
Hate brought to its knees

The sky over our head
We can reach it from our bed
If you let me in your heart
And out of my head

Please don't ever let me out of here
I've got no shame

I know I hurt you and I made you cry
Did everything but murder you and I
But love left a window in the skies
And to love I raphsodize

To every broken heart
For every heart that cries
Love left a window in the skies
And to love I raphsodize

I hereby dedicate it to my two hitch partners, Wani & Lutfi.

Our love has indeed done a lot. Sorry for being the occasional bitch. Especially in situations where it would have been optimal to have less bitchiness. I wouldn't have done the hitch with anyone else in the world.

Enjoy the music, people!

Anonymity

We've had a string of anonymous contributions lately.

It's sort of ironic because at the very beginning, I wanted all of our donations to come from silent, mysterious, rich, dying, old men in far-off lands who were sympathetic to our cause.

Now it's driving me crazy.

Mostly because we KNOW you're not dying, old men in far-off lands.

Of course, that's no reason not to be thankful. And thankful we are.



Thank you for your support but please note that that souvenir deal we have is only applicable if we know who you are! So if you want that super-duper-cool key chain from Morocco, you gotta let us know!

Stay charitable. (But let us know if you do.)

Thé à la menthe

Our charity event at this year's XRV in Warwick was a mixed success. Mixed because we managed to raise almost 325 pounds (woot woot) and incidentally ensuring that all 3 of us can participate in the hitch now that we've raised the bare minimum. Mixed because the price we'll have to pay may very well shake the foundations of this world as we know it. No, we haven't sold any organs off.

It's actually worse than that.

But it's for the kids. It's for the kids. Thank you to everyone who was generous with their money. It's for the kids!

Anyway, to tide the time over before we humiliate ourselves in public, I present to you Thé à la menthe by Nikkfurie of La Caution, a French rap duo from Morocco.



Not that I normally get off to this kind of music, but that beat is sick! If it sounds familiar to you in any way, that's because the song was used in the infamous laser dance scene in that movie we call Ocean's 12.



In doing my part to enlighten the rest of society, thé à la menthe means (I hope) mint tea in French. The most popular drink in Morocco, according to Wikipedia is green tea with mint. And umm...

Traditionally, making good mint tea in Morocco is considered an art form and the drinking of it with friends and family members is one of the important rituals of the day. The technique of pouring the tea is as crucial as the quality of the tea. The tea is accompanied with hard sugar cones or lumps.

Moroccan tea pots have long, curved pouring spouts and this allow the tea to be poured even into tiny glasses from a height. To acquire the optimum taste, glasses are filled in two stages.

Enjoy and stay charitable!