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Adventures in finding your way around Marrakech with no directions, at night, while holding a streetname-less map out

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January 4th 2010
We arrived in Marrakech and we welcomed in a truly Moroccan style: by being haggled, hassled, and asked for money! I love it already!! We met a girl from Hong Kong, YiYi, at the airport who was incredibly agile off the bat at haggling with our taxi driver to get to Djemma El Fna, where our riad was. We would have taken a bus, but I forgot to print out directions, and Moroccan maps don't really ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Marrakech

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more