20 dirhams or Moroccan hospitality

Written: 31 july 2008
Travel time: 1 — 8 july 2008
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I went abroad for the first time, I chose Morocco, because I really didn’t want to go to hackneyed, worn out Egypt-Turkey.
From the very first minutes and even 4 days I was in euphoria! It's really cool there, well, at least for me (a consequence of working 1.5 years without a vacation). To the point: I chose the hotel 3 *, because it’s so expensive to fly there, and I thought that it’s not food to sit in the room. I have no regrets - I got everything I dreamed of. It was also superfluous: 4 days in euphoria, and then the local population, to put it mildly, began to annoy me. They are very intrusive in everything. It’s just that we Russians are completely different, so I just wasn’t ready for it. In general, many intimidated me: "You are going to an Arab country alone! ". NONSENSE! No one on the streets pulls you. I was resting alone, so it is natural that, seeing a solitary "white" person with normal forms, they did not pass by.
They begin to sit down and start a conversation like "Where and what is the name" (and then, by the way, they offer a massage for only 20 dirhams), it seems that it does not threaten anything, but then it became unbearable and I sent them in Russian in . . ep, everyone understands the intonation !

ABOUT 20 DIRHAMS! This is generally a favorite price. Taxi - 20, massage - 20...
I advise: do not agree to anything without asking how much it costs. The fact that we have a promotion, they have 20 dirhams. for example, in a pharmacy, because I bought an antirheumatic cream for my mother, one imposed a massage on my knees, I agreed like a slut, thinking that he just wants to show his action. Well, I leave their APOTEK satisfied, and he follows me with his tail, saying "twine dirham for a massage. " I freaked out! Or in a hotel: I didn’t have time to put my half-empty bag on the floor, the servant immediately grabs it on the fly and drags it to the room, and then stands in the room and really looks into my mouth “Tip, come on! ” Where did I get it, if I just flew in !
A tourist for them is a walking tip, it's just that here in Moscow I don't give at all. And there is a tradition, the city lives purely on tourism. in general, I was not sorry, but when insolently ...
Well, something I "-", let's talk about the pros, there are more of them!
My hotel Tagadirt horrified me at first (poorly, honestly). But again, I immediately remembered that I paid for these 3.30600, and not 42.000 as 4 *, so I was glad for everything. The staff there is polite, especially in the dining room there is a charming cook (I even flirted a little with one, handsome).
YES-Excursions do not take those that your guide offers at the hotel, the price is 1.5 times higher. Find the usual local travel agency in the city, they are there on every corner, the guides are German-English-speaking, so I understood the speech a little bit. I liked Marrakesh, where the local Nasreddins also beat me up: you take a photo with 3 dudes in local clothes, well, naturally 20 dirhams, then one leaves and says I don’t work with them and give me 20 dirhams.
well, I didn’t bother (then there was still money), I gave him 20. Take off the price of junk immediately 2.5 times. it's not worth it.

In Marrakech, be sure to visit an Arabic dinner with a performance. Outside the city there is a large restaurant called Hez Ali, an impromptu ancient city like that. The show shocked me, there were also such tricksters (we have one in the group), who said they say everything is not real there, well, FOOL! And the bullshit that is being sold to us on TV is real! Muscovites-bitches distinguished themselves again: in an effort to show their type of erudition and curiosity, they asked such stupid questions, and when our Jamal asked what the colors of ross mean. flag, no one answered. Just do ashamed of the country. So, Muscovites, shove your show-offs in ...They are of no interest to anyone there, Yusef the translator told me so, and added that since in Turkey in their country, Russians will not be allowed to behave!
Travel not only for yourself, but also so that the meeting party does not feel disgusted by you!
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