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 Me in chaouen by blint
At one point I was nearly going to travel alone on the buses as I was going back early to work. To be honest I didn't like the idea of it much as I thought I would draw too much attention, but I think nothing bad would have happened to me if I had as, as far as I can see, Morocco is a safe country for female travellers.
I still would have felt uncomfortable though, especially at the bus stops along the way at night. Leave a Comment
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 Hands painted with henna by SvillegasLeave a Comment
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 Kiss and be kissed3...photo
Jamal Morelli by JamalMorelli, 4 more photos
Bayti: Care for the Street Kids of Morocco
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Bargaining pt 1
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 Searching for comedy? Not here
photo Jamal Morelli by JamalMorelli, 4 more photos
SO - Don't assume inside every Muslim you like there is a wisecracking religious iconoclast waiting to break free and crap on his religion for laughs. If you do, your likelihood of being very, very wrong is very, very high.
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Arabic and French are the main languages spoken in Morocco and most people in the country can speak both. In some of the quieter, smaller places you might find people who only understand Arabic.
Many visitors to Morocco don't speak Arabic and make little effort to learn it. However, if you can even learn a few basic phrases of Arabic, you seem to get a lot more respect from the locals. Touts and tour-guides seemed to give us much less hassle when we refused in Arabic and on a couple of occasions we were complemented on actually speaking it - maybe because we looked like such obvious tourists!
If you have no French or Arabic, Spanish is probably the next most useful though English will be understood in the big cities, particularly in hotels and in the souks. Leave a Comment
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 Tanger by blint
Maybe there were more because it was Ramadam and all the cafe's were closed, but I think it is a general habit for the people to go and sit outside their houses or along the streets or near by fields in the afternoon and do nothing but chat and be with their friends and family. You can still see this to some extent in small towns in the South of Spain, but nothing like this!!! EVERYONE was out and about, sitting anywhere they could! Men and women, though they tended to sit separately.
Maybe someone can tell me if I'm right to say that it wasn't just because it was Ramadam. Though I'm sure there were far more people because of this Festival where no one can eat or drink during the day therefore all restaurants and Cafes are closed.
Men would normally spend their afternoons relaxing in a cafe drinking mint tea. In some places during Ramadam you even saw men sitting at the tables of cafes not drinking anything! Leave a Comment
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When you travel in Morocco in the area around Agadir look out for the goats climbing in the trees. In the this area grows the tree named argan (Argania spinosa). This tree is unique to Morocco and produces a fruit like an olive, which is pressed for oil. The oil can be used for cooking and the body.
The goats like the argan too and it is not unusual to see the goats climbing in the branches to eat the leaves (picture 1). During all our trips in the area we saw goats acting this way, so you can't miss it. Also there are several places along the road where you can see the production of argan oil (picture 2, 3 & 4) and buy the products (picture 5). Leave a Comment
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 Kissing n'at - photo Aicha
Hatim by JamalMorelli
Women: You will kiss both sides of the face, then kiss repeatedly on the same side of face at the end of the kissing greeting.
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 Entrance of a mosque by Fanija
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 Bring family photos with
you to share on your trip by JamalMorelli,
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It's not that unusual once you get around and see that friends have libraries of pictures in their wallets, houses, etc.
So bring pictures of yourself and your family...they make great friendship tokens...
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Morocco
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