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Marrakesch
Die gute Nachricht des Tages, der marrokanische Schlangenbeschwoerer hat es geschafft. Zwar sind alle alten Daten und Programme verschwunden, aber ich hab ein neues Windows (englische Version, was dazu fuehrt, dass keine Umlaute mehr vorhanden sind und ein paar Buchstaben vertauscht sind, aber daran wird man sich gewoehnen). Das Ganze fuer 200 Dirham, also keine 20 Euro, da kann man nicht meckern.
Den Tag hab ich ...
Souks & Spa
... stall after Mum explained what he was proposing was a rip off.
We haggled earrings down from £120 MAD to 30 MAD.
Eventually we found a shop selling tea sets. We approached a man who said 'I'll tell you the first price..' Laughing uncontrollably ' Then the second price' (Giggle) ' by you'
'60 for 6!' we proposed. He laughed once more, no don't be silly.. 60 for 6! I eventually got 6 tea glasses & a tea pot for 140 MAD.
We got ...
Exploring the crazy market square.
... glass of mint tea.
Guess what... it was a carpet shop, we must have been in their for over 30 minutes- He pulled out 10 big carpets all different designs layered onto of each other. I sat in the background while Mum touched the carpets. 'I'll give you a great offer like family' (Yeah right, he tells everyone that!) Right now the hard part- leaving 'I can't make decisions without my husband- I need to ...
You are never lost, only discovering
... a carpet. I did find out it takes 3 months to make a medium carpet by hand.
On the way back to our riad, we walked along to palace walls of El Badi Palace, taking photos of the storks. 2 young boys on rollerskates offered to show us the way to a mosque & garden- knowing no english they insisted on money by holding their hand out, we gave them a few centines- they looked disappointed.
We walked miles this ...
Tourist!
... br>
Night
A monkey jumped on Helen's head, we got the man to leave us alone.
A man asked me if I wanted to come for a drink & a smoke to his shop- I declined 'No' sternly.
Men belly dancers, drumming circles and storytellers lit by candlelight (Without Moroccan language knowledge we listened to the sounds not the words)
After being encouraged to give some change for watching some drummers, I gave 50- I was ...


