Morrocan travel is back.

n brown said:
loved it . so many funny moments there's not room .the garage guy handing me a joint while he filled my van , being chased through the Rif mountains by dope farmers trying to sell their crop, having a tickling match with a fat copper - i won ,he fell down in hysterics , bribing another one after going through a stop sign ,pretending to be norwegian to put off the multilingual street kids , seeing my van gearbox going by in a wheelbarrow as i was negotiating a price to fix it - he got the job !
etc etc . absolute laugh a minute .
when your vans surrounded by kids , pick the biggest and ask him to be a guardian . any problems with the locals , talk to a copper , but don't do this lightly ! they'll take the tourist side of course . trust the parking guardiens ,they're cheap and diligent . take unwanted clothes and tools for barter don't know if it's still true ,but the kids loved biros ,pencils and paper ,small toys when we were there . if a kid offers to carry your shopping at a market , let him , he's learning to be a wage earner and it's worth a few dirham to let him .
never ever insult or belittle a local , and don't be too worried if they keep hold of your hand after a greeting !
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And if he is a lad with lippy on, run like fook.
 
GMJ said:
We'd do a few nights just as a recce trip to start with. If all goes well then we'd have to see. My main concern I think would be hygiene, eating out, food and drink...that kind of stuff. I don't like to judge as I haven't been but when Mrs GMJ went to Tunisia some years ago she contracted a very dangerous bout of gastroenteritis ...so she is very wary.
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I lived in Casablanca for 18 months in the seventies, never had a problem with hygiene or the quality of food, sensible precautions and you should have no problems.
 
was looking at nipping over to morocco to circumvent the 90 days but the usual trip across to ceuta that used to mean you don’t need visas etc now works against the 90 day ! to get your passport stamped in tangiers to prove you’ve been out the shengen zone makes dogs liable to quarantine i believe ?
 
Been 4 times, but not in the MH or flying.

Works van, 3 Casablanca and 1 Marrakesh trips.

last one 2012.

game of 2 half’s, some great moments and some nightmares
 
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