10/03/2023
You might not believe it but one of the highlights of my last trip to Morocco was when a traveler lost their wallet.
They thought they left it on our bus overnight, but when we set off to leave the next morning, they couldn’t find it anywhere. The wallet wasn’t on the bus, in the hotel, in their bags or anyone else’s for that matter. We worked backwards and determined they last had it at the roadside restaurant where we had lunch the day before. Between Google, Facebook and TripAdvisor, we found five incorrect numbers for the place but got lucky with the sixth.
The person who answered put us through to the manager who said that a waiter had found a wallet in the parking lot the evening before. He looked inside and saw that it belonged to an American and remembered our group. He had tried to get in touch with the owner of the wallet to no avail so was happy we got in touch. When he found out where we were and where we were going, he said he knew of a driver heading in the same direction, so gave the wallet to him to deliver to us at a mutually convenient location.
We had to make a small adjustment to our plans - and made an enjoyable detour to visit the Atlas Film Studios - and then met the driver with the wallet at exactly the time he said he’d meet us. The wallet was handed over with everything intact (credit cards, IDs and no small amount of cash).
The moral of the story? Great moments can happen even when things go awry and it is an absolute truth that most people are good.