what's up guys and welcome to a brand
new travel series in one of my top pick
travel destinations Kathy and I had the
opportunity to see Morocco over an
eight-day period but in today's video I
want to focus on the first three days in
the city of Marrakech and what is gonna
be like kind of a fun / informative
travel vlog guide it's got a bit of
everything it's definitely gonna be very
beneficial if you actually plan to come
see it without further ado let's get
started what's up guys we've just
touched down in a brand new continent
and a brand new country this is amazing
first ones to the luggage whoo
alright guys so this is kind of how the
SIM card situation is we just arrived to
the airport and there's two different
competing companies we're seeing here
these guys here Maddog Telecom it over
the orange one because that's what our
friend told us to do basically they give
you a free sim card but then you
immediately have to recharge it as soon
as you get outside of the airport it's
gonna be about 10 euros for 10 gigabytes
most convenience stores will set it up
for you but a bit of a disclaimer you
may need to know some French most people
did know a baseline of English but
French is one of the main languages
there aside from the Arabic language
maypole moi sadasiva Ceylon that's my
rusty French so we've just cleared
customs we're being passed off hello how
are you a Christian nice to meet you
thank you very much appreciate it I'm
sir look at this Airport guys it's
beautiful so as you may know you're not
allowed drones in Morocco and so I
basically had everything except my
cavity searched for my drone they saw my
propellers and they were like going
crazy they're like you must have it you
must have it I was trying to explain to
them I just
FedEx it at home she asked me five times
the same question I'm like ma'am like I
told you already it's been FedEx home
like got a little bit angry about in but
anyways it's all taken care of but
nonetheless I guess that goes to show
how serious it is they really take it
seriously that you cannot bring a drone
in now outside of the airport get ready
to go to battle because just like in
Southeast Asia you've got those taxi
drivers that are gonna try to rip you
off asking you upto 50 euros maybe even
a hundred if they're feeling lucky that
day typical price you want to pay is
around five and a half US dollars but
you will have to negotiate hard for that
you can also take a bus for half the
price and just cut out those
people let's let's keep it pg
fortunately for us we had our guide all
set up with travel link Morocco all
right here's the ride now I hit my head
on the roof now generally speaking taxis
in town won't be that expensive you're
looking at roughly two US dollars for
like a quick short trip up to five to
seven US dollars for like a 30 to
45-minute trip I should also mention
that in Morocco they use a currency by
the name of the dear hum and I'm going
to be referring in US dollars throughout
this video but dirham is the local
currency hello how are you hi guys this
is my first ever stay in a riad we've
just arrived at Maison AB and this is a
beautiful beautiful hotel coming in
around about $150 a night where the
average price in Morocco is about 50 so
definitely not on the cheaper end okay
the stairs as all things in life you get
what you pay for in this place was
beautiful here we are
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oh my gosh there's a turtle shell
tortoise tortoise to be the correction
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this is insane it is now just about
sunset and we're off to grab some dinner
here but the exciting thing is that
another couple has just arrived and I'll
be introducing you to them in just a sec
later that night we went out to enjoy
our first sunset of Morocco in fact
first sunset in Africa and we went to a
place by the name of Gemma elf na and
this is like the main market at night it
has so much life people come out for the
different activities the music the
street food and just like the liveliness
of it all later that evening we went to
our first-ever belly dance show at
LaSalle AMA
first off across the table again Michael
my favorite Instagram account one of
them right here and off man is the one
who is organized basically our entire
week here in Morocco so a huge thank you
my friend and this is his brother Sally
mom and the cool thing about Moroccan
food is that typically you'll have it
shared amongst a big group you got lots
of little things you can try he's got to
help yourself to all the different
platters and as you can see we've got a
lot of them no idea what we're going to
get but I'm gonna try everything
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so this place really turns up at night
we have the belly dancers so right now
we're walking through JAMA Elf nah and
this is actually like the main market in
the center of Marrakesh it's all within
the gates inside the walls because it's
laid out and especially with it being
Ramadan it's quite Lively everyone's
broken fast they're getting food they're
enjoying a bit of social life and the
cool thing is that I've actually been
told it's very safe here in Marrakesh so
I don't have to be too concerned with my
camera I do have a firm grip on my strap
because I would do that anywhere in the
world I feel relieved knowing that it is
safe here
that even carrying around expensive
goods shouldn't draw too much attention
to you for the most part Marrakech is
actually very safe
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good morning guys it is our second day
here in Marrakech and today we've got
our city tour and Aggies actually gonna
be trying Ramadan today so she's not
doing it for any religious reasons she
just was curious what it was like to
actually fast for an entire day but
Cassie 9 we're not fasting I will never
stop eating good morning guys
oh sorry so right now we're gonna be
doing a walking tour through minute of
Kesh and we're actually in the old town
right now what's the name of it Eddie
atlatl Diablo Road you're already seeing
very much like the typical Marrakech
living like people are going by on their
hearts being dragged by donkeys tons of
people on their motorbikes on their
bicycles quite a happening city a lot
going on because it's a flat city
you plan to use motorbikes yeah inside
community so it's easy to get around
easy usually with the narrow streets
okay now one thing you'll definitely
need to know is if you're planning to go
to the markets you also need to put on
your negotiating hat because it's just a
part of the game even locals need to
negotiate but especially if you're
foreign
they will just crank up the price it's
your job to bring it back down
handcrafted metal goods and you've got
jewelry there checking out some of the
silver goods here or at least the claims
are silver but let's be honest it's not
it's definitely not so I came in here
just looking for a cool photo
I'll be leaving completely blinged out
actually think I'm probably gonna look
at getting one of these slimmer bands
definitely could go with my current
leather setup this one's just huge so my
friend how much for this one right here
yeah so how much just for this one I
want to go with the big hand cuff 1200
ago she ating but truth be told I don't
really want this one it's too big I laid
this one yeah yeah I like it so here we
go Simon negotiate a little bit so how
much for this one here no there's not a
chance this one 700 there's no way what
I can do for you I can offer you 150 150
so this one is 700 and now look at the
size of this one very tiny
I just need one too much no there's no
way I can do 150 for this one no my
final offer will be 200 for this one
because I wouldn't pay more than
20-years oh no I can't do 500 yeah thank
you 200 you can't do
see I only have i have a 200 right here
that's all I can I can't do no to
hundreds of mostly no I know
fifty no book 200 is the most alright
fine my very last offer will be to 250
you can do 250 no profit who your give
me cookies have baked food
I promise no profit I'm sorry 250 is
really the most like a dude that's 25
euros it's a lot for a bracelet my
friend gave me money take 250 thank you
very much thank you very much guys I'm
so stoked on my brand-new bracelet part
of the collection the family once I get
a bracelet I pretty much wear it until
it breaks or falls off and this one
right here is actually from the
Philippines two years ago now I haven't
taken it off once not even to shower
nothing and I cannot believe that this
coconut bracelet has held up so long and
by the way a great bargaining tip is
actually to take your money out I've
learned that psychologically and when
people actually see the money they kind
of just want to take the deal can you
use your tips in practice because I
really want this kind of egg but I don't
know how to bargain please okay let's
try what did he ask he's making chess
pieces by carving between his toes
so I helped Cathy negotiate a handbag so
that she could help carry around my CAS
I should have gotten a bigger one you
should have yeah so check it out guys
handmade chess set I'm super stoked on
that very pretty we will need another
suitcase no I want to buy everything I'm
actually very tempted to buy a rug from
my place in Bali but I just don't know
how I would get it there right now it's
kind of inconvenient one euro for one of
these so really great I love it go go
now pretty much anyone that goes to
Marrakesh will make their way into the
markets the medina but I must tell you
it's important to know where you're
going so either do a lot of research
online to know the best areas or hire a
guide for us we were luckily taken to
the best areas where there was almost no
tourists we probably saw maybe five
other people in the two hours that we
were wandering around in there so this
is what we just ordered this is a tangia
not a kit mad Akasha
Alexia Mirage Chia attentional it's very
cool oh so he's gonna empty it oh that
looks so good
one of the biggest things about
travelling is of course the food trying
new foods from different places is one
of the highlights and it's no exception
here in Morocco some of the main meals
that you'll see are going to be tajines
and couscous now for me my favorite was
the tagine and what it is is essentially
they take this big pot and they put
inside of it meats they put potatoes
they put vegetables and they really slow
roast it the meat becomes very delicate
very tender and you barely even need to
cut to pull it apart now just to give
you a bit of a rundown on pricing what
you can expect to see is a very
inexpensive restaurant you're looking at
about three and a half US dollars just
for an entree three and a half to four
and a half for a beer for a mid-range
restaurant with maybe an entree and an
appetizer you're looking at about 10 to
15 dollars ahead now cappuccinos for me
a daily ritual about a dollar 85 for a
bottle of water and you'll definitely
need it that's going to be about 50
cents per bottle
so we've just arrived here at the Museum
of met Akash
and this was formerly one of the rulers
places basically there was an uprising
from the north of Morocco he got kicked
out and in the state inherited his
palace now it's for everyone to enjoy it
is absolutely beautiful you can see it's
a traditional riad
so typically Riyadh's actually don't
have windows to the outside but the
opening comes from the top so this would
typically be an open concept and that's
how they got the air flow but kept the
privacy from the outside world and it is
just stunning
the amount of intricacy and the tiling
on the walls all of that hand painted
hand power hi guys I'm gonna believe I
love leather bags there's a man carrying
and all the fresh leather everywhere you
look guys
beautiful leather shoes leather purses
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guys I really don't like walking tours
but this has been one of the coolest
walking tours I've ever seen this is
like real Morocco we've seen probably
95% locals the only negative I will say
is that a lot of the locals
want you to take photos and videos this
is one of the most challenging places
I've ever filmed because if you point
your camera at the wrong person they
will give you a middle finger and they
will give you some sign that they're
very displeased so you do need to be
respectful mindful I'm doing my best but
yeah a bit of a challenge at times but
when you get the shot oh my gosh so
beautiful
later in our walking tour we went to a
place by the name of Lee Sheldon success
it was actually in like the dead smack
middle of Marrakech one of the most
valuable areas in the entire city and it
was owned by a minister and so the crazy
thing was nobody on the outside knew
about it so he had his own private
sanctuary and I think the craziest thing
of all of this is that it only became
publicly available publicly aware about
three years ago when they opened it up
been a long time held secret and it is
very stunning it's a peaceful little
sanctuary
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it is seriously sensory overload right
now we've been in Medina the shopping
area for a little too long now I think
it's been close to two and a half three
hours I think I'm ready to get out yeah
I want a bit of space I'm chopped oh
this is a mound of food oh my gosh look
at all the bees give I two biscuits to
get a free bumblebee it was ridiculous I
feel like he's just been building up
that mountain for years now no one's
bought us food so they just keep adding
more and more and every day he needs a
taller stool so I only just realized
this is actually the very same market we
were in late last night but he just
looked a totally different so the mini
pig didn't work out but he just left you
with it bin Laden Shalala would look for
farming in Charlotte
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now one of the final stops of our
walking tour that day was to go to the
Royal manse our in Marrakesh and I've
never seen anything like this if you
could appreciate the Moroccan
architecture then you will be absolutely
dumbfounded by the front lobby it makes
no sense the amount of detailing is out
of this world now I will say that this
is one of those expensive spots you can
do for like a drink and lunch you're
gonna see at least 75 dollars ahead and
easily so much more but if you really
don't mind spending to see something
incredible then this is something worth
adding to your itinerary all right so
she's got but one more hour and then she
can eat she can drink how's it feeling
so far it's no great University and yeah
I was really feeling it
what's the hard part and not drinking
water yeah that was hard too yeah yeah
we're eating all this good food in front
of her it's gotta be torture but props
to you you're almost there almost there
yeah it's gonna be good very cleansing
experience about that come carrying your
ego I would be very humble at the end of
this trip yes I hope maybe she's got a
long way to go and so we're going to be
doing iftar right here at one of the top
hotels and restaurants
in all of Marrakesh and the column
ammonia we're actually gonna be staying
here for two nights
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so we just heard the call to prayer in
the distance the Sun has now set and it
is time for everyone hear that break
fast including myself and so what you're
gonna see here that's quite common is
people have some milk they'll have a
hard-boiled egg and often it was just
explained you kind of eat all the things
you haven't had throughout the day so
you're making up for the meals you
missed out on like breakfast lunch and
dinner you've got a French touch here
with the puzzles have you had your first
bite yet yeah you're patient you've come
this far why now right let's go another
day so normally you start with the dates
it's it should be a dates and there we
go that's the date right there and I've
got to say it's like next-level
deliciousness
schibetta yeah yes what is that picked a
Moroccan that's like a bread fried fried
bread yeah bread with honey so so good
so I got a cappuccino we have this like
carrot yogurt it's very thick and then
over there like Moroccan pancakes I got
make some skewers
actually Helen I have brain it's one of
the options I didn't order
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we're getting the royal boot from Mother
Nature the wind has picked up so much I
don't know how this is Morocco because
it feels like I'm back home in Canada it
is cold right now
you know if tar is not your typical kind
of meal but overall pretty tasty and as
far as Iftars go this is definitely one
of the more upscale ones I think all in
all it'll be around $50 per person so
very expensive later that evening we
went for a swim here in the hotel and I
have to say this is one of my top pick
hotels in the entire world if you can
afford the 5-star price tag or even if
you can't and you want to splurge on
something big this may be a good place
to do it because I absolutely love my
experience here and welcome to the third
day here in Marrakech right now we're
actually just outside of the old gate
it's a defensive structure that used to
keep the center of Marrakech safe we'd
like he's carrying all the leather to be
tan what is it going on here this is a
rough looking landscape oh my gosh this
is the tannery so this right here is
Mohammed and Mohammed works here at the
tannery what he's doing right now he's
actually taking these goat pelts and
he's dipping them in this like liquid I
think he said it was called mimosa
sound-alike mimosa and essentially what
it does is it actually softens up the
pelt it makes it smell better which if
you could smell what I'm smelling you
would know that it could use a lot of
that right now tons of different odors
going around and that is pig in poop
that's the major process of soft in the
leather so that it can be treated again
doesn't smell very good so we're kind of
not running away but definitely leaving
very very quickly everyone's kind of
fighting right now as soon as you take
cameras out in Morocco there's something
about this place everyone wants to get
paid and so we actually gave a guy 12
euros he was being nice at first showing
us what he does and he didn't ask
anything of him but basically the second
we gave him the 12 years he's like this
is nothing which by the way that's
actually quite a bit of money especially
here so he was trying to play his cards
trying to get paid even more and then
all of a sudden everyone else got
involved had like five people coming
over they all wanted a piece of it and
now
all fighting over that 12 euros maybe I
have no idea they're over there shouting
and shouting and screaming at each other
I absolutely love this place it's been
so beautiful to shoot but it's one of
the hardest places I've ever shot
I definitely feel there's a bit of a
hostility as soon as the camera comes
out well guys I hope this video helped
you with your upcoming trip to Morocco
or if you've never even thought about it
then maybe it's been added to your list
in the next video I'll be showing you
guys some really awesome day trip
activities just outside of Marrakesh
some of my favorite things to do in all
of Morocco so stay tuned for that hit
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