Hi Possum,
The URL for the trip report is
http://home.comcast.net/~e3brown
This forum is placing an extra period between "home and comcast" where there should only be one. It does the same thing between comcast and net. Remove the extra period and it should work.
There were 18 of us on this trip. I was the only one who did any adventuring away from the group. There were 5 women and 2 men who were traveling alone. However, beginning on day 1, people formed traveling friends. The only time people were alone is when they chose to be alone. You should have no problem finding a traveling mate.
I'm not the best person to judge how safe places were. My background is such that I have been and lived in some threatening places, so my perspective is not the same as others. With that said, I felt very safe everywhere I went (including wandering around on my own in Morocco). .
I sent you a private mail with my email address. If you can't get to my trip report, email me and I will fwd the trip report.
I do recommend the trip.
E3