- It’s forbidden for foreigners to enter the mosques, with the exception of a couple, but even these ones have a place where the tourists are not allowed. Mosques can be identified by their square towers, they are plenty, and they have a microphone towards the outside so everyone can hear, it doesn’t matter if its 3 in the morning. The biggest one is in Casablanca; it’s also one of the biggest in the world.
- Beware of hustlers! Morocco is full of them. These people are very nice to you at first and make friendly conversation. They offer to show you the medina or to find a hotel or restaurant. If you follow anyone in Morocco, they expect money, even if they initially say they don’t want any. After their services they expect a tip and a pretty big one, like 10€! They can get a little aggressive after. It is best to say you want to be alone from the beginning, but even then it is difficult to convince them. We learned the hard way. It is best to ask the police or the people who work in stores for directions.
- We saw numbers on the walls in public places a lot. We asked someone what this means and it is to let the public know about elections and who is in power at the time.
- There are also a lot of drugs. Everyone tries to sell you drugs. Even on one road in the mountains we couldn’t drive past anyone without them making a signal. Someone told us that it is best not to stop on this road.
2 comments:
it seams that there is almost no ppl there and it looks prety clean to. in tunisia it was a bit different. doux was so busy and its in the middle of nowhere.
nice pictures very interresting. did you got a pot with lid home , i have seen them in tunisia too and sometime even here in special places.
there are actually people everywhere. they are always hanging around in the streets cuz there's not much else to do. and there is a lot of garbage in the country side. in the streets too but it gets cleaned up at night. it was difficult to find a garbage sometimes. the tourist places seemed to be cleaner.
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