Our last day in Morocco and this morning we said our goodbyes to some of the wonderful people we have met on this tour. As I said previously, this is our first organised tour and I am quite impressed. It's funny how a handful of people are thrown together by a common interest such as travelling to a particular place and learn, grow and become friends in such a short time. We exchanged email addresses so hopefully there will be some ongoing contact being made.
K decided to spend the day with those in our group that remained and visited the Jardin Gardens. She then went to the Matesse Museum but it was closed as was the Berber Museum.
I, on the other hand, went for a walk back through the medina which dates back to the 12th century. I also walked through the market square which was almost as lively as last night. There were more snake charmers playing flutes which seemed to antagonise the cobras which I guess is the whole purpose. There were some people with monkeys dressed in clothes which they would try to put on me as I walked past, a man with a rooster and dove on his head that tried to collect money for his effort, some performing magic, fortune tellers, many women wanting to apply hena and the usual canvassers pushing the hard sell.
We met up with some of the remaining group for dinner in the square and decided to encounter the madness one more time before we left. Eating dinner was constantly interrupted with saying no sometimes to two people at a time begging or attempting to sell us something. Very often children, as young as four, begged or tried to sell us something.
Tomorrow we head for Malaga, Spain which will be very different from our last nine days. We have truly loved Morocco and met some wonderful people. We will really miss it.
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