Day 10
Marrakech, Morocco. Long bus ride, Bahia Palace, traditional Moroccan lunch, Koutoubia Minaret, Saadian Tombs and Garden, Jemaa el-Fnaa Bazaar, cobras, monkeys, storytellers, fortune tellers, and magicians!
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Yum!
It looked so good but we couldn't stop.
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Herbalism Shop
A lot of these tours include a stop at a rug shop or perfume stop. The tour guide usually gets a kickback. This one was at an herb…
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Sales pitch
He had a good sales pitch and Morocco is where Argon oil is from so they had good, cheap Argon oil products!
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Pigeon holes
I'm not sure what the holes were meant for but the pigeons were living in them.
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Medina of Marrakesh
We finally got to the part Bill and I were looking forward to. This was why we picked the Marrakesh excursion. As soon as the bus…
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Horse and buggies
Lots of horses and buggies for hire. If they can't take us off of the square, we can't hire them.
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Soccer team
When we went to the Bahia Palace we passed a big group of guys coming out and they were all wearing red and blue. some people arou…
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San Lorenzo
They asked Bill to take their photo after their selfie. San Lorenzo made the finals at the Moroccan World Cup 2014.
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Jemaa el-Fnaa
Coming up on the square! At Jemaa el-Fnaa you can buy fruit, nuts, water, leather goods, and black market phones. It also has sto…
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Snakes!
The main thing I wanted to see...a snake charmer!
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Baby snakes
As soon as we walked up he put two small snakes around my neck. They were just babies.
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Cobra
I really wanted a photo of the snake charmer with a cobra. We settled on $2 and he immediately tried to put the cobra on Bill's sh…
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Snake Charmer
We got a lot of photos of the snake charmer. I was hoping he would be on the ground with the cobra, like in the movies, but he put…
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Awesome!
I just loved the snakes!
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Happy!
I'm very happy that I got my cobra photo!
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Night time
As it gets darker the snake charmers and monkeys move out in favor of dancing boys, magicians, more story tellers and food tents.…
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Argana Restaurant
On the second story in 2011 there was a bombing at the Argana cafe. It's all fixed now and it's the Argana Restaurant. I didn't fe…
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Souk El Jadid
A "souk" is an open-air market or bazaar. Each souk sells different wares such as spices, leather goods, etc. This souk sells trad…
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Locals and tourists
This is the main square of Marrakesh. It's used both by locals and tourists.
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Fruit and nuts
There were a lot of orange juice stands all around the square. The nuts looked good but we didn't buy anything. We just walked aro…