Tam n pups winter trip 2022

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Des touristes français bloqués au Maroc pour avoir utilisé des drones

Quatre touristes français, originaires de Charente-Maritime, ont été arrêtés à la douane marocaine pour avoir utilisé deux drones pendant leurs vacances au Sahara, ignorant que ces appareils sont interdits au Maroc.
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Just aswell I never brought my drone

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Now in zagora , its even madder in this city for people touting for business , no sooner do you enter and there's guys on scooters riding alongside forcing you to stop, they then bang on about campsites ,garages and various other things . Then you've a million kids screaming bon bon monsieur, it's chaos , both Allan and fiona and Martin and Theresa are at garages , Allan wants a rear suspension lift and Martin has issues still with his gearbox as the garage in tafroute sounded a cowboy so I told him to.leave it . I left them at the garages and went I'm search of the market for some fruit and veg , it's one of those towns you just get harrased in . I don't think I'll ever get used to it and the crazy thing is there is things I want to buy but as soon as they start annoying me I just leave so they lose a potential sale.


Had to fill up with diesel today on route and they didn't take cards which is a right pain in the ass too.
 
Northernraider said:
Now in zagora , its even madder in this city for people touting for business , no sooner do you enter and there's guys on scooters riding alongside forcing you to stop, they then bang on about campsites ,garages and various other things . Then you've a million kids screaming bon bon monsieur, it's chaos , both Allan and fiona and Martin and Theresa are at garages , Allan wants a rear suspension lift and Martin has issues still with his gearbox as the garage in tafroute sounded a cowboy so I told him to.leave it . I left them at the garages and went I'm search of the market for some fruit and veg , it's one of those towns you just get harrased in . I don't think I'll ever get used to it and the crazy thing is there is things I want to buy but as soon as they start annoying me I just leave so they lose a potential sale.


Had to fill up with diesel today on route and they didn't take cards which is a right pain in the ass too.
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I'd have bought a few things in Marrakesh if I'd been left long enough alone to browse their goods. Like you, I walked away.
 
Alright big yin! 😁
Your well able for those harrasers! Lol
There's a great indoor fruit & veg Market in Zagora on the main boulevard same side as the Maroc Telecom shop and post office (which ATM machines take uk cards) and across from all the nicnak shops last time I was in there the butchers were selling goats heads for curries & soup and the women were buying them up hand over fist, often wondered where the inspiration came from for that Rolling Stones album 😂
Anyway here's a pic from the inside out for ya
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Got the wee van a quick clean Just smiffy 20 MAD (about £1.60 lol) before leaving the desert, heading up into the Atlas proper now, just to see what this wee yoke can do at climbing high & twisty mountain roads 😉
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Northernraider said:
, it's one of those towns you just get harrased in . I don't think I'll ever get used to it and the crazy thing is there is things I want to buy but as soon as they start annoying me I just leave so they lose a potential sale.
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Its what puts me off taking the van there & I'd want fully comp insurance. A few days in Marakesh was bad enough.

Asia not quite as bad but still hassle, they don't understand westerners and probably loose more sales because of it
 
Lenny HB said:
Its what puts me off taking the van there & I'd want fully comp insurance. A few days in Marakesh was bad enough.

Asia not quite as bad but still hassle, they don't understand westerners and probably loose more sales because of it
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Absolutely agree, tam doesn't like negative posts, so havnt said anything before but I just don't see the attraction of the place, all the hassle for something no better than in France and Spain.
Probably not even as good.
 
CaptainPaul said:
Got the wee van a quick clean Just smiffy 20 MAD (about £1.60 lol) before leaving the desert, heading up into the Atlas proper now, just to see what this wee yoke can do at climbing high & twisty mountain roads 😉
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Have a great adventure Paul… I’ll be doing the same next year…😎

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chaser said:
Absolutely agree, tam doesn't like negative posts, so havnt said anything before but I just don't see the attraction of the place, all the hassle for something no better than in France and Spain.
Probably not even as good.
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Shopping is only part of the experience. Some places worse than others and probably made worse by the ignorant paying more than they should for stuff so many traders think tourists are mugs , I buy too much stuff of ebay to even consider the prices some of these guys come out with. A vast majority of this stuff they claim is Moroccan is made in China.


But you do not get this same experience in France I guarantee it , and you don't get diesel there at £1 a litre either. I learned fairly quick Morocco needs to be experienced but its not like Europe....that's half the appeal
 
Northernraider said:
Shopping is only part of the experience. Some places worse than others and probably made worse by the ignorant paying more than they should for stuff so many traders think tourists are mugs , I buy too much stuff of ebay to even consider the prices some of these guys come out with. A vast majority of this stuff they claim is Moroccan is made in China.


But you do not get this same experience in France I guarantee it , and you don't get diesel there at £1 a litre either. I learned fairly quick Morocco needs to be experienced but its not like Europe....that's half the appeal
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If you don't go that far ,you don't need that much fuel anyway ;)
 
chaser said:
If you don't go that far ,you don't need that much fuel anyway ;)
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That's not really much fun though eh. There's a lot of world out there , I'd prefer to see as much of it as I can , and that includes places a little out of my comfort zone
 
Northernraider said:
That's not really much fun though eh. There's a lot of world out there , I'd prefer to see as much of it as I can , and that includes places a little out of my comfort zone
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Not arguing mate, just not for me though I'm afraid.
 
Fantastic photos! Some of the ones driving through the desert do rather remind me of a certain Walter White & Jessie Pinkman driving out in their RV to conduct their "endeavours" though...... ;) :LOL:

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Lenny HB said:
what puts me off taking the van there
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Yeah us too. I'd love to go to Morocco and have an experience like that. We would have to buy an older van though. Something we could afford to write off.

Great to see Tam is finally having an adventure.

I agree with him you could not have an adventure like that in France or anywhere else in western Europe.
 
chaser said:
Not arguing mate, just not for me though I'm afraid.
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It's a shame as you have the perfect van for out here and campsites are dirt cheap. Food if you avoid European imports is also dirt cheap. The scenery inland is outstanding. The people ate in most incredibly friendly, their culture is different and tourists are often a novelty to them. It takes a bit of getting used to .

Morocco is definitely marmite at times , some bits you love other bits you dislike

But I would never be put off of somewhere on other people's experiences because they all differ.


But it isn't somewhere you come for 2 weeks , you do need months to see it. I've barely scratched the surface
 
gpat said:
Yeah us too. I'd love to go to Morocco and have an experience like that. We would have to buy an older van though. Something we could afford to write off.

Great to see Tam is finally having an adventure.

I agree with him you could not have an adventure like that in France or anywhere else in western Europe.
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Yeah I have to admit I'd much rather have had last years old iveco or the merc I have in the drive on this trip as I'm not wanting to damage this van before I sell it. A lot of the roads I've done you wouldn't want to do it in an expensive van really. I will be back though and I'll build the merc to withstand it or I'll buy a van that can
 
Well that's me bought the last big bag of dog food off the doggy fund , took me a while to find somewhere in zagora that sold it but 15kg for 400dh in the end ...on the plus side there seems to be less strays inland than on the coast or they hide themselves well as not had any at the last 2 parkups so this bag will probably see me through till I leave Morocco in 18 days.

Managed to get phone data too as I was running low but wasn't sure how much I had left as all the info that comes through in text is in Arabic. But I should have enough of that now to do me aswell.

Just had to withdraw some more cash from the atm too as nowhere around here accepts cards for anything which I find a pain if I'm honest. Im So used to using my card for everything and don't like carrying loads of cash around especially when the notes have so little value so you've to carry loads , most places won't change a 200dh note which is the biggest one they have and its only about £15
 
Looks like you've got a feather sticking out the top of your head scarf! 😄

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