One crucial observation penetrated the exhaustion and jet lag during the ride from the Casablanca airport to Rabat. Even shacks cobbled together from corrugated steel, rocks and a tarp get satellite television. Just about everybody does. This photo is a shot of the phenomenon, though from the roof in our upper middle class Moroccan neighborhood. We hope to soon add a dish of our own. For a reported $60 bucks we can get that and a "piratée" connection, which allows free browsing on satellites the world over. Our neighbor demonstrated the system to us while we ate dinner with him Friday, connecting to a satellite called "Hot Bird." Onscreen appeared an English-language show featuring a man on a stage with his head up a donkey's butt. The neighbor gestured to the TV and said something like, "See? All in English." Don't worry, I'm 95% sure the Donkey was some dude in a costume. I can't wait.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Piratée
One crucial observation penetrated the exhaustion and jet lag during the ride from the Casablanca airport to Rabat. Even shacks cobbled together from corrugated steel, rocks and a tarp get satellite television. Just about everybody does. This photo is a shot of the phenomenon, though from the roof in our upper middle class Moroccan neighborhood. We hope to soon add a dish of our own. For a reported $60 bucks we can get that and a "piratée" connection, which allows free browsing on satellites the world over. Our neighbor demonstrated the system to us while we ate dinner with him Friday, connecting to a satellite called "Hot Bird." Onscreen appeared an English-language show featuring a man on a stage with his head up a donkey's butt. The neighbor gestured to the TV and said something like, "See? All in English." Don't worry, I'm 95% sure the Donkey was some dude in a costume. I can't wait.
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