Marrakech the Red city...all the buildings are red here, well...brick color. it sounds wierd but its fun. The first noticable difference, as far as socity goes is that it is not uncommon for men to hold hands here, or give each other slow embraceful hugs...not that ther is anything wrong with that...
Pwople are friendly, more english than I expected but still not very much..Arabic, then French...
Im still rusty on my french and even rustier on my Arabicm but I am learnig some..and using it.
That actually goes a long way wuth the locals here . They love that you cant sreak with a twisted tounge..and recive great pleasere when you cant pronounce words...but it it very funy. They are very friendly over here as well.
The one must see here is Djemaa el fna, located in old Marrakech. Which means assembly of the dead..google it
it is a huge square with merchants, plays, poets, the best fresh orange juice, countless food items, spices, monkeys and cobras. And it is packed with people.its got everything. But everything has a cost, most pictures of people will cost you something. Still there are about 70 percent locals
No cars are allowed but bikes and motor bikes are. They go wizzing theough the streets with out touching a soul...watch out for pick pockets...some of which are trained monkeys.
The square gets really busy later in the afternoon till late at night.
The ginger tea is pungant, but oh so good.
The Souks are kocated just off of the square. This is where most of the spices, crafts, leather, colthes are sold. Also a great selection for fresh figs, nuts and dates....
Nightlife in Old Marrakech is pretty much Djemaa el fna, which is still a spectacle at night.
but the new area boasts the more modern forms os entertaiment. As soon as you step out of the square it feels as though you have travelled through time..into the present. its fairly clean, with tonnes of people walking around..VERY safe. The night spots were kind of dry except for the abundance of hookers in the clubs. But some clubs are georgeous...just no body a in them on a tuesday...
Things are not super cheap here but cheap enough for most stuff, but with the global economic crunch prices are rapidly increasing, all depends on who you see..
As for the exchange rate 100 Dirams is equal to about 13 canadian dollars.
So when I exchanged my 250 eruos for 2700 Dirams........strait balln yall...my pockets just got fatter.
and thats just the first day....
