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Faux guides
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    • midgetmama
  • By midgetmama on February 23, 2005
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    • Mustafa the Guide - Tangier
    Mustafa the Guide
    by midgetmama
    Just like everyone says, there's a huge number of men waiting when you get off the ferry wanting to take your bags and give you a tour of the city. I made the mistake of going with one, knowing exactly what he was, and I was glad I did because it sure beat sitting at the train station all day. However, he claimed I could pay whatever I wanted which I knew was a lie. He repeatedly took me to dark places, put his arms around me, and said "Are you happy with Mustafa?" We did the typical carpet shop thing, and he took me to an overpriced empty restaurant, but the food was excellent. In the end he asked for 200 dirhams, and when I gave it to him he told me 300. Then I went off on him and told him if he's that desperate for money to just take it all from me which got him upset. He said I embarrassed him in front of his cousin (the taxi driver), and he just took the 200. In the end he tried to make out with me at the train station which was disgusting, but luckily he just said a couple of rude words when I pushed him away. These guides can be useful for seeing the city, but be very careful, and it's definitely advisable to arrange something beforehand than to just go with whatever random person approaches you.

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    HOUNDED BY NUMEROUS VENDORS
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    • LoriPori
  • By LoriPori on March 29, 2006
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    • tHROUGH THE NARROW STREETS - Tangier
    tHROUGH THE NARROW STREETS
    by LoriPori
    After we left the camel area, we were brought to and let out at the Kasbah, back in the city. As we wound our way through the narrow streets we were hounded by numerous vendors trying to sell us things. Some were quite rude and honestly I was a little intimidated by it all. I was relieved when I saw the bus waiting for us at the end of the street.

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    Dirty cheap accommodations
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    • matcrazy1
  • Updated By matcrazy1 on June 29, 2005
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    • OFF THE BEATEN PATH - TANGIER'S MEDINA - Tangier
    OFF THE BEATEN PATH -
    TANGIER'S MEDINA
    by matcrazy1
    Well, I was not going to stay at night in Tangier. But, being highly flexible, when I noticed proud commercial Hotel somewhere off the beaten path in the medina I entered poor and simply room (a lobby?) with large writing on a wall: "no strangers allowed into the rooms" and I asked a guy about room for two. He was talking a lot in strange language (mix of Arabic, French and English) and showed us the best room with no bathroom at the best price ($7 or so). The room was very basic with... dirty bedding and window glass. Better don't ask me about the shared restroom/toilet... I saw something like this only in the former Soviet Union many years before...

    Conclusion: skip the cheapest hotels or pensions in the Tangier's medina or take more time to look for a clean one and do not except to find any.

    Stay in more expensive hotels (numerous but in high season reservation in advance recommended) or drive to Asilah like I did. I paid approx. $12 - $20 for simple room for two at clean local hotels, whereas touristy, at least 3-star, hotels cost over $50 in Morocco.

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    Port area
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    • barryg23
  • By barryg23 on January 29, 2006
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    • At the port in Tangier - Tangier
    At the port in Tangier
    by barryg23
    Keep your wits about you in the port area. As soon as we had left the ferry we were met by a number of locals offering to find us taxis, hotels etc, or to show us around their city. We politely but firmly said no and most of them seemed to leave it at that.

    However, I saw another couple who had been on our boat being followed right across the port by one persistent guide. These guys can be difficult to shake off and it's best to insist you want to be left alone.

    We stopped to change money just beyond the boat and a number of taxis pulled up while we were getting our Dirhams. I said no thanks but they still stayed there until we had walked off. Though this kind of hassle is not overly threatening, it's certainly feels a little unpleasant and was not the nicest way to to start off our holiday.

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    Unsexy sex and AIDS
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    • matcrazy1
  • Updated By matcrazy1 on June 29, 2005
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    • THE MEDINA STREET - Tangier
    THE MEDINA STREET
    by matcrazy1
    I noticed many bars and night clubs, not so many as in European Mediterranean resorts but many more than in any other destination in Morocco. In most of them, however, the majority of Moroccan women were prostitutes or... they at least looked as prostitutes. Maybe in few high class discos/bars things go different way.

    I was told that Tangier is the place in Morocco with highest rates of HIV - positives. Paid sex (I mean prostitutes) is easy available in many nightclubs but it is NOT my recommendation - isn't it unsexy by the way? Maybe there are any better sex destinations closer to your place? Maybe your own bed...

    Just in case... do not make a mistake and don't believe that normal use of contraceptives is unnecessary, simply because you're in a Muslim country.

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    Hassling
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    • Carmela71
  • By Carmela71 on August 26, 2005
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    • Tangier Warnings or Dangers
    by Carmela71
    At the beginning I was annoyed with all the people talking to us and I confused with hassling, later on I realise most of them want conversation, specially after telling them that I had lived there and I had been with the Zoco nun´s (the Calcuta sisters) and stayed in Casa Ria nuns. It is true I only stayed for one week, but it was my best friend who lived there for two years while helping the nuns. But the only way to avoid them asking you to be your guides is to tell them you know where you are going. I did not wanted to spend my day looking the shops they wanted to show me LOL and after so long time I still remembered the area

    With the shop attendants that stop you to enter, nothing works LOL they always have an answer (it reminds me my mother!!), if you say “I have no money” they will say “just look”, it does nto matter what you say … they will find an answer ;-) so if you really do not want anything, just do not ask for prices or look as you will finish buying something !

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    Drink Bottled water
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    • Carmela71
  • By Carmela71 on February 17, 2006
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    • As in many countries in Africa be careful with what you eat or drink to avoid stomach problems, I try to buy always bottled water and avoid raw food like salads, I also try only go to places that I had been recommended by friends.

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    Beware of crossing in pedestrian crossings
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    • Carmela71
  • Updated By Carmela71 on January 3, 2006
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    • Local signs - Tangier
    Local signs
    by Carmela71
    Beware when crossing roads, even if it is a proper one, as they do not seem to stop, only will “try” to avoid hitting you. It has become to dangerous that even there are this kind of signs.

    The worst of all is when the police is around, a car stopped because a big group of people were crossing and the police was shouting to the man because he stopped …. In a crossing! Incredible LOL

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    Alcohol
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    • Carmela71
  • By Carmela71 on August 26, 2005
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    • Tangier Warnings or Dangers
    by Carmela71
    If you are looking for the typical Mediterranean resort, you better check other possibilities, in Morocco not all restaurants offer alcohol and being drunk is not well seen, for that kind of vacations you better choose another country.


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    Watch out for the fake guides - continued
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    • barryg23
  • By barryg23 on January 29, 2006
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    • Would you follow this guy? - Tangier
    Would you follow this
    guy?
    by barryg23
    From previous tip......

    No way mate, I said, just take us back to the port area please and we'll be off. So we went back in to the labyrinth like medina, which actually looked really interesting and well worth exploring. We saw a Berber market and some interesting shops and quiet streets. I kept checking with our guide that he was taking us back to the port but we actually ended up outside a local shop selling herbs/spices etc.

    He said we should go in and have a look but I was having none of this so on we went. Back near the port we finally got rid of him. But not before he had demanded 50 Euro for showing us around. That's 50 Euro for about an hour's work, despite us not even wanting a guide. I offered 5 Euro hoping to get rid of him. He got very angry at this point and started saying he had a family to support that and he should be paid for showing us around in the rain.

    We were still in an area that I didn't recognise so I didn't want to cause too much of a scene in case any of his mates jumped in but there was no way I was paying that much. Eventually we gave him 10 Euro and walked off. He actually looked quite pleased as we were leaving so I guess we were quite badly ripped off.

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