Morocco

The North African nation lies beyond the boat's railings, a land of pale ochre walls and narrow souks where the air thickens with spices and vehicle exhaust. Sun-baked plazas radiate heat that shimmers in visible waves, while the distant chatter of merchants rises from market stalls shaded by striped awnings. The coastline stretches southward like an open wound, tawny beaches meeting indigo waves under a hazy afternoon sky. Peri’s imagined destination carries none of the boat’s cramped, salt-crusted details—only the promise of firm ground after endless gyration on Foster’s unstable vessel.