Got to sleep in a bit which was a nice thing – traveling can be exhausting! I got up around 930 to catch breakfast at the hostel which was delicious! We wandered out around 11 to start our bartering adventures! I didn’t really have anything set in my mind that I absolutely NEEDED to get but with all the bright colors and cluttered shops you HAVE to buy something!
In the souks (shops) prices are set really high and most of the shops don’t have the prices listed. A blanket that a shop keepers says is 500 dirham (about 50 bucks) can easily be bartered down to 200 dirham (20 bucks). For instance on the first day in Marrakech I ended up getting a beautiful blanket (bright orange of course!) and a green throw for 400 dirham. And on the second day I scored a wicked cool camel skin back pack for 120 dirham (which was originally set to 400 dirham) – I’m just waiting for that lovely Moroccan shop smell to disappear! Haha. Some of the girls wanted spices so we stopped in the shop. The guy was showing as all the different kinds they have & having us smell them. It was really cool! He even made us some mint tea (I miss it so much already!) while the girls shopped.
Needless to say – I’m glad I brought an extra suitcase. The group of us are pros are bartering now. A big purchase that I think about every SASer on the ship got was linen pants. I got a few pairs and I love them – sooo sooo comfy! I’m wearing them in my camel pictures. The lowest we got the price down to was 40 dirham (they usually start at 150 or 200) for one of the pairs! Score!! Bargain shopping ;)
Anyways – enough about shopping. Like I was telling you before about the square – At night it transforms into a HUGE outdoor restaurant with entertainment and very competitive vendors. The night before we didn’t go to far into the square because we were just so tired. But tonight we wanted to eat in the square & I guess we stood out - 6 hungry looking girls with shopping bags in our hands- like vultures, the men waving their menus in the air started to swarm towards us! Being so hungry we didn’t even look at the menus and just went with the first one to reach us. I got couscous and it was delicious as usual – it’s really popular in Morocco and soooo good!. After din din we headed back to get the final things we wanted (more comfy linen pants) and then went back to the hostel for the night to hang out there. We went swimming and played with the underwater cameras which is always a fun time! We had to be up early the next morning for our camel trek which I was sooo excited for!
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