Thread: Marakech Bound

Originally Posted by spongebue

EVERYTHING is haggled for in the markets out there. If you pay full price, you're a sucker . Some people from my school in SVQ went to Morocco, and I guess someone offered 40 camels for one of the girls in the group. Whether he was serious or not, I have no idea.

Did she make it back??

First, I am NOT trying to tell you you won't like Morocco.
After all the research and emails and contacts wiht guides and previous visitors, I was totally prepared to like it.
One of the worst problems of getting opinions in sources like tripadvisor and frommers and fodors, etc, is that many of the people you deal w/in Morocco are the ones lying to you and dummy-ing reviews etc. I guess there must be some honest people there (look for the Berbers, I understand now)
I just ckd into TA for some info and it's rampant w/shysters and touts looking for prey. I do wish you luck, and I hope you don't need it. Shopping is the WORST Even when you get to the price you're willing to pay, it's still twice as much as you can buy the same thing online (and it is all available..)