Jeff's Travel Stories
Morocco is a great place to visit. Before I arrived I had heard stories from friends and fellow travellers and as such was prepared. Maybe I was there on a off season but it wasn't that bad. Sure there were a lot of beggars but still it seemed less than I had experienced in the middle east, south east asia and later in India. I didn't experience any true scams or threats. One I had heard of, which had no defence, was the bloody HIV needle trick. This was apparently done in Tangiers, where you are shown a needle with blood and threaten with stabbing unless you pay. Not really a way to defend yourself on that one. Another friend had a scam artist harass him the entire day, following him everywhere. The next morning he left the hotel hoping to have a quiet day and within seconds the guy showed up again in his face and even more aggressive! My friend surprisingly gave him some money to get rid of him. Not sure if I would ever be pushed into that. But the more time they "invest" in you the more aggressive they can be to get a return on their investment.
Getting water in the Moroccan Sahara
Other than normal begging, I only experienced the market harassment. This is where they relentlessly follow you everywhere in the market for money. This happened to me in Marrakesh. When this happened I would simply watch them with my peripheral vision and steer myself back and forth accordingly so that as they tried to follow they would walk (or run) into sellers tables or wares beside or behind me. It worked very well and eventually them seem to give up on me.
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A Tourist Steam Engine in Turkey
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[shapeimage_1.png]Travel can be tough, different food, different bugs, different diseases. To me this is what makes travel interesting.
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I have been involved with quite a few bribes while traveling. I remember always having bribe money tucked in my sock for the year I lived in Turk...Falsejeff2011-01-06T22:22:29+00:00Added tag - hotjeffjeff2011-01-06 01:04:56+00:002011-01-06 01:04:56addTag7jeffjeff2011-01-05 21:36:41+00:002011-01-05 21:36:41updated6Added tag - zimbabwejeffjeff2011-01-05 21:36:40+00:002011-01-05 21:36:40addTag5Added tag - coincidencejeffjeff2011-01-05 21:36:21+00:002011-01-05 21:36:21addTag4Added tag - australiajeffjeff2011-01-05 21:36:14+00:002011-01-05 21:36:14addTag3jeffjeff2011-01-05 21:34:09+00:002011-01-05 21:34:09updated2First createdjeffjeff2011-01-05 21:31:02+00:002011-01-05 21:31:02created1weblog2011-01-05T21:36:41+00:00groups/jeffstravelstories/weblog/3cc1eFalseTravel Coincidences/groups/jeffstravelstories/weblog/3cc1e/Travel_Coincidences.htmljeff7 updatesTravel Coincidences
Everyone has their travel coincidence stories. It was quite common to meet someone on one side of a continent and then not knowing anything abou...Falsejeff2011-01-05T21:36:41+00:00hot/groups/jeffstravelstories/search/index.rss?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcomelist/groups/jeffstravelstories/search/?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcomeRecent ChangesRecentChangesListUpdates?sort=modifiedDate&kind=all&sortDirection=reverse&excludePages=wiki/welcome0/groups/jeffstravelstories/sidebar/RecentChangesListmodifiedDateallRecent ChangesRecentChangesListUpdateswiki/welcomeNo recent changes.reverse5search
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