LaurenP

Is is the coolest place!... literaly.

was definatly worth it

I got about a quater of the way but my Fiance and a canadian guy continued, here is their story -

So I went on with avi and we ended up walking for 4 and a half hours, it was an absolute killer as there was no shade, we got to the top of three mountains and met some kids who tried to sell us tree branches, so I gave them a stick of lip balm, I showed them how to use it, so i supose there are some mango smelling mountain kids with goo smeared all over there faces today. We were going to head down when a four wheel drive drove by and we flagged them down and hitched the bumpiest ride ever, the four and a half hour walk was over in about 25 minutes. when we got out avi accidentally smashed the back window of the truck and tried to find out how much it would cost to fix, he ended up giving them 20 $us and 20 dirhams, he told me after they left that he was thinking about bartering, but you arent really in a good position for it after smashing someones window.

Beautiful place!

Would recomend heading to Cove in the South to visit the last place the Titanic docked before sinking.

Ive only been to Rome, Pompeii and Napoli. Want to come back and explore the rest!

Ive only seen a very small part, need to go back and check out the rest

For such a small place it has a very rich history and beautiful architecture

Were there just before winter. great place to be over Xmas, they have some awesome markets

The first and only time ive been here, Had just come from Paris on the way home to Sydney and had picked up some pretty bad food poisoning. for the first 3 nights we stayed in a pretty grotty hotel in little India that smelt like paint fumes and curry. needless to say, it didn’t make me feel any better. i couldn’t even leave the room i felt so sick!
On the 4th night we splurged and moved into the shangra la. Unfortunatly didn’t last the night and ended up in hospital on a drip ready for the 5am flight home.
would love to go back and see some of the place.

We bought a turtle at one of the pet shops here, and named him Hector the walkin dude.

he came along on our adventures thru Morocco, France and ulitmatly the UK. Not one customs official or ticket collector even looked at us but they always asked ” does he have a passport?” most of the time we laughed.. probably because they has machine guns.

We went to a reastaurant called the kasbah almost every night, the food was pretty cood at an awesome price. The guy who owned the joint (Mohemed) was amazing… He could talk to 4 groups of people in 4 different languages at the same time, yet he could never get our food order right. The guys there play bongos at ten, they are all amazing players

Just some shopping hints if any of you come here for a holiday.

1. Dont express interest unless you are REALLY interested in buying something. Once they give you a price, you will find yourself bartering even if you dont want it, and then once you get the price down it is hard to say no.

2. Dont sit down in a shop or take tea or any other drink they offer you, once you are comfortable in their place they have a one up on you. And you might find a mountain of unfolded carpets between you and the door.

3. If you really want to barter, always look offended at their first price. This way they will be ready to bargain!!

4. Work as a team if you can! Two people have more chance of messing with one dudes head.