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Do not try to take photos of people by surprise (when YOU are the local, do you appreciate if tourists take a photo of you without asking ?). If you take a general photo, take care that nobody is in the foreground. If you take a closer view (shop), always ask. In touristy areas, the answer will often be negative, unless you have bought something in the shop. Sometimes, the individual will ask for a tip. In that case, you have better not take the picture. In non touristy places (look at my Rabat page), you will be surprised that most accept. Some prefer to hide while you take the photo, others will be glad to appear on your photo and will be even happier if you write down their name and address to send them the photo (don't forget to do it !) Leave a Comment
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First timer often ask ''how should I clothe in Morocco ?" (especially females). As I wrote in my introduction, Morocco is a land of contrasts and even contradictions. So is the answer to that question : it depends where and it depends how you want to be considered. First of all, as everywhere else in the world, wearing a bathing suit will of course be strictly restricted to bathing areas. If you visit the main touristy places and stay in hotels for tourist only (Moroccan and foreign), you might consider that there is not really any dress code. It is true that nobody will react to your outfit, which ever it is and will say anything about it. However, the more you will show your skin (legs, arms, shoulders), the more you will be considered as a tourist. If you want to be considered as a foreign visitor who knows and respect the use of the country, you will avoid shorts, extensive cleavage, nude shoulders and even bare arms. If you wander around the country and visit ''out of the beaten path" places, this advice is a must, though, even in those places, nobody will say anything wrong to you if you are clothed in a ''touristy" fashion, but you will be looked at as an alien from another planet ! Leave a Comment
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There are two types of taxi: petit city taxi's or taxi's that take you to other towns.
As a foreigner you will be over charged. Don't always take the first one that comes, ask a couple to compare prices first and always ask the estimated price or settle on a price before getting in. To go from the bus station to the port in Tanger is should cost around 8-10 drm. One guy tried to charge us 20 which as you can see is well above the average.
The main problem with the inter town taxi's is that you will probably end up sharing your taxi with 5 others plus the driver. This is the norm, with 4 in the back and two on the front seat plus the driver and I'm not talking about a van but a very old Mercedes. As they are sold as seats, if you don't fancy this you could always buy up all the seats for you, though this is the expensive option especially as taxis aren't much safer, newer or more comfortable than the buses (though many buses are horrific). I was worried that the taxi drivers were going to speed along dangerous mountain paths which is another reason I didn't consider this option.
My advice is if you have the money to spend on a private taxi hire a car instead. Leave a Comment
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Always look at how locals are clothed (in European style of course) and clothe at the same time to be yourself and to adjust to the local practice. Don't try to dress in local clothes or for women, to wear a local scarf. You would draw much more attention that if your were clothed in a regular but decent style. Leave a Comment
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Don't forget that extreme poverty is often closer to places you visit than you might think (look at my Rabat page). After a travel in Morocco, you may have the feeling that the country is modern, relatively wealthy and not very different from home. This is right. But as Morocco is a land of contrast extreme poverty do exist too. Do not photography extreme poverty but don't forget it exists !!
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When exiting the train you will have at least five people approach you to be your personal tour guide. They say it's not safe for a woman to walk around by herself(True and False). They will take you to all of the shops and the sites. Just be warned that they will get a cut on purchase that you make. Oh, and they are very friendly with their clients(Good and Bad). It's nice to have a friendly tour guide, but it's a bit much when the store owner leans over to give you a kiss, Between my friend and I, we received at least five marriage proposals.
I was there in 1992. Maybe things have changed. The tour guide was not a bad idea as long as you know what to expect.
When our tour guide took us to this carpet store I was able to have a carpet custom made in any color I chose. I think I was duped because I paid $1200 for a carpet in a third world country(da!!). I was told that I could make monthly payments on my credit card and I signed 12 Visa slips for $100 each. When I left the store they processed all of the Visa slips at once. It maxed out my credit card and I had a hard time booking transportation and hotels during the rest of my stay. The charges were disputed and dropped. Just know that you are not in Kansas anymore and everyone is not as innocent as your Aunti Em. Leave a Comment
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In Morocco, it is easy to find a place from where to telephone. In the cities, public telephones are everywhere. There are also telephone shops with several booth.
Beware : when you buy a telephone card it will work either into the public telephones or in the telephones of a shop but they are different. Moreover, it will work in a given shop but not in the one next street. Leave a Comment
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Don't forget that even in the most remote places, where you feel you are completely alone, you will most of the time soon have visitors, friendly but curious. It may take a few minutes, ten minutes or sometimes more but there is very little chance that you will not have a visit. Leave a Comment
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remember that usualy if someone offers himself to take you to a hotel or shop and sometimes even restaurants, that is normal the hotel or shop to rise the price a bit to give the guy a small commission. some times not but the majority of times yes.
hear the directoins of the place you want to go and then go buy yourself. you can also ask for the menu and the price list of hotels which they have to have written on paper.
(please dont associate the guy on the picture with someone bad ok? haha, just needed a pic of a moroccan from the desert. this one is in fact my friend. but we will try to do the same to you guys and get some money for living... Leave a Comment
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Erfoud Sahara's entrance is the last city before the desert if you come from Errachidia.
Erfoud is in the Tafilelt. This region used to be the most important place of departure for the cross saharan caravans. From the city of Sijilmassa, which is not far from Erfoud, they would leave for Ghana and Tombouctou. In the 14-th century the Genoans or GNAWA had an embassy here.
This is the place tourist usualy are stuck and have no idea how to enter de desert or how to drive into de desert and find the dunes of Merzouga. There are hundreds of guides wondering around the town trying to find lost tourists in order to take them to their friends hotels and get some comission money about the fact of taking you there. There are many guides that are on the town and that will follow you on their bikes asking you for hotel or Merzouga.
negociate with the guides if you fell you need one. the price of someone taking you to a hotel on the dunes hsouldnt cost more than 80/100/150 DH. if you think you need!
You can go to Merzouga Dunes alone! You just have to drive until Rissani and from there take the road to Merzouga which is asfalt all the way. You dont have to enter the desert from Erfoud road which is very messy and will definately ruin your car. Even local with 4x4 will not take this one.
You have asfalt right to the village of merzouga.
this road after rissani (be careful because the sign after the end of Rissani has the name Merzouga erased by some locals in order to get tourists lost and consuued, on the end of the way when you see this road sign with a name erased, just keep straight, dont turn left.
after a while you will see lots of sign of hotels in the dunes. you can either go to the dunes or drive in the asfalt all the way to Merzouga village.
On the picture you can see the sign after Rissani, maybe about 10km from the city. You can turn left and enter deseert track and foloow the white marks on the floor. From here you are already able to see the dunes.
(You can click on the links to go direct to the pages on Merzouga, Erfoud or Rissani) Leave a Comment
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