Hello every one ! for the food lovers check at this www.fescooking.com
we offer a Cooking Class in Fes , Culinary Tours around Morocco , we
will show you rael Morocco

"amazigh lahcen" > wrote in message
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> Hello every one ! for the food lovers check at this www.fescooking.com
> we offer a Cooking Class in Fes , Culinary Tours around Morocco , we
> will show you rael Morocco
>
>
Several years ago my wife and I spent two weeks driving through Morocco on
our own. It was the most negative travel experience of our life. Later I
read that of all that visit Morocco, 96% would never return. I fully
understand that.
The food is OK; you can do better in most metropolitan areas in the US, and
at least the service staff won't want to kill you.
At all markets, you have to hire a moslem goon to guide you through; guide
you through something that looks like a county fair, full of "crap" for
sale. If you don't, none of the vendors will even look at you, and you are
at risk. I'm probably at risk for writing this. Even at relatively mid-high
buck hotels, the service stunk; we got in a fight with Hertz about the car
rental. Don't go, Don't go.

BTW, Tunisia was an incredible experience! Can you imagine sitting on the
ruins of Carthage and staring at the Mediterranean, and having the whole
place to yourself?

"Kent" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> The food is OK; you can do better in most metropolitan areas in the US,
> and at least the service staff won't want to kill you.
> At all markets, you have to hire a moslem goon to guide you through; guide
> you through something that looks like a county fair, full of "crap" for
> sale. If you don't, none of the vendors will even look at you, and you are
> at risk. I'm probably at risk for writing this. Even at relatively
> mid-high buck hotels, the service stunk; we got in a fight with Hertz
> about the car rental. Don't go, Don't go.

My experience was totally different. I will return, and many people end up
buying second homes there.

"Janet Baraclough" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> The message >
> from "Kent" > contains these words:
>
>> Several years ago my wife and I spent two weeks driving through Morocco
>> on
>> our own. It was the most negative travel experience of our life. Later I
>> read that of all that visit Morocco, 96% would never return. I fully
>> understand that.
>> The food is OK; you can do better in most metropolitan areas in the US,
>
> which says it all about your expectations of a different continent
> and culture
>
> and
>> at least the service staff won't want to kill you.
>> At all markets, you have to hire a moslem goon to guide you through;
>> guide
>> you through something that looks like a county fair, full of "crap" for
>> sale. If you don't, none of the vendors will even look at you, and you
>> are
>> at risk.
>
> Perhaps your attitude to Moslems might account for their reluctance to
> deal with you?
>
> Years ago we drove (and camped) all through Morocco, and used local
> markets to buy fresh food without ever needing a guide or being hassled.
> Rural or urban I found the people good natured, respectful and
> exceptionally helpful; even though I'm a woman and don't speak Arabic.
> Fortunately for me many Moroccans speak French.
>
> Way up on a steep lonely road in the High Atlas mountains, our elderly
> Landrover broke down. After several hours, another vehicle came past, a
> beaten up pickup driven by a rough-looking Moroccan who pulled up and
> asked if he could help. I explained to him, in very unmechanical
> French, what was broken, and that J could fix it if we could get the
> part. He said he would relay the message to a garage about 50 miles away
> which might be able to help and waved away any suggestion of money. The
> following day, a different truck driver passing from the opposite
> direction pulled up to drop off a used but workable Landrover part sent
> by the garage; and refused to take any money. On the third day, J
> having fixed the vehicle, we drove on until we found the "garage" 50
> miles away, just a shack in some dusty village back street, where the (
> rough looking ) mechanic gave us tea, and we paid him the trivial sum he
> asked for because, he regretted, it was not a new part , just one he had
> cannibalised from a wreck.
>
> Janet.

That resembles my experiences much more than his. I traveled alone and went
to a hotel in Marrakech which had never had a foreign guest before. They
didn't speak French, either. They sent for a policeman who did and he and
my French phrasebook worked it all out. A more generous and friendly place
I never saw. I loved it. I would have liked to go some of your kind of
adventuring, but it was just a bit too challenging for my mindset at the
time.
And, I loved the food, but never ate at any 4 star tourist restaurants. I
was invited most of the time to eat at people's homes! Who would pass that
up?--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

On Nov 9, 2:11 pm, "Giusi" > wrote:


> And, I loved the food, but never ate at any 4 star tourist restaurants. I
> was invited most of the time to eat at people's homes! Who would pass that


Even though I have been married to a Moroccan for almost 20 years, I
have yet to visit Morocco. One thing I am sure of - home cooked meals
will be better by miles than something from a so-called 4/5 star
restaurant. You could probably say that about any place - but where
else are the locals inviting you to dinner? Very hospitable people -
Moroccans.


-Tracy