journal indo-china 2008
Indo-China 2008 Travel Journal
Marrakech MedinaOct 15, 2010 Fri | |
| Morning | |
|---|---|
| 05:00 | |
| 09:21 | The taxi this time is 10 d, the taxi driver seems satisfied at whatever you give them, as long as it is more than they normally charge.
The same ride has been 10, 17, 30 |
| 09:30 | Time seems to have stopped in the souq, characters covered in hooded robe staggered across the narrow alley.
Brass ware and silverware which has no practical modern use... Tired old man riding on tired old bikes no one invite her to visit their shops, not even the snake charmers would take a picture of her... There must be more shops than all the shoppers in the world... |
| 10:14 | Mosque is closed |
| 10:39 | 3 mounments for 60d, better price
or else each cost 50d |
| 11:55 | |
| 11:58 | Aziza Alaoui
Les Muses, 2008 |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:02 | |
| 12:06 | Les Femmes du Maroc, Revisited |
| 12:16 | |
| 12:18 | Forme Legerement |
| 12:21 | Plantes - Planetes 3 |
| 12:23 | Mounir Fatmi
How Muslims depict Jesus made of wires |
| 12:42 | Quite surprise they actually have vegetarian options
Price: 45d total Simple but good |
| 13:10 | The only reason people visit this site is because people bought the combo ticket
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| 13:45 | A chopped camel legs (or goats feet?)
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| 14:00 | the guide is a jerk, he asked for 200d
Windows shape like a key because key to heaven mosque is about 1000 years old Like those in Granada and Seville We are unhappy because we are trying to judge and doing a stupid job of it... |
| 14:29 | |
| 14:30 | |
| 14:52 | |
| 14:54 | |
| 15:00 | |
| 15:33 | only 4d, the most fairly priced in the world |
| 15:53 | Sitting above the Medina, enjoying my milkshake.... the milkshake is mostly milk...
So am I here a saver, giving the poor money and expected to be respected? The Djemaa el-Fna in the afternoon, does the Djemaa el-Fna know what time it is? Medina is not just a concrete plaza. It is an organism of people, like micros, conglomerated in an open area. The plaza is a mixture of stray cats and stranded backpackers Is this medina real, or is my cubicle the true reality? Do I really exist here? Or eventually I have to return to the real world. 17:55:59 - The medina roof top cafe really don't care how long you stay, in fact, even when you ask for the bill, they don't seem to care and rather you stay a while... Some musician dancing with a duck on his head... |
| 16:48 | Collecting garbage, only friend with stray cats |
| 17:10 | |
| Night | |
| 18:17 | The simple dinner turned out to be rather expensive.
Price: 80d, a tourist trap, avoid It looks like the market is a place for tourist rip off, even for local Moroccans. |