10 bad things about Morocco

1. Some people trying to sell you Haxixe ( Marijuana )
2. I’m still thinking on position 2 on this matter
3. Very poor people in isolated regions of the Atlas Mountains
4. “Guardians”, or, a bunch of guys that call themselves that way just to keep an eye on people’s vehicles
5. Some intolerance between Arabs and Amazigh, Amazigh and Arabs
6. Some junkies and some drunk guys with bad humour in major cities
7. All Moroccans think that if tourists travel to Morocco, then, Morocco is a better country than all the rest
8. Some shops ask 10 times more money that they should, so you have to negotiate and bargain things you want to buy
9. Some crazy truck drivers on the roads
10. There is no toilet paper in a normal bathroom and some stinky ones also ( expect hotels of course ) / Expect to bump into: “The Hole”, which is good since you don’t really have to touch anything

Some other things from asking tourists: Some aggressive street vendors, driving the road from Settat to Marrakech, truck drivers crazy skills in the mountains, some guys passing themselves as community workers with false ID just to look after your car asking for some money, some regions are very poor, you’ll see a lot of kids not being respected and treated as children, Ketama region and it’s drug smugglers, garbage on the streets, lack of respect towards animals, some big and odd insects, dates are pretty much better back home where they are selected by its quality, freshness and washed properly.

This is just a brief idea of 10 worst things about Morocco. I will expand this topic in future entries.

~ by Joao Leitao on February 11, 2007.