Taxi's Toilettes and other things Moroccan

Well "the man" continues to ellude us.....but I am ever hopeful that today will be the day, and in the meantime i continue to learn all sorts of lessons :)

Taxi's in Morocco work completely different to taxis at home. You never call a taxi you can only flag them down and you must be standing on the side of the street in the direction you are going because i guess they can't change direction. If they dont like where you are going they wont take you. If you are a tourist or look like a tourist the meter never works and a 10 dirham taxi ride will always cost 30 dirhams. If a taxi only has one person he will stop and pick up extras but you dont split the fare you each pay your own fare.

Toilettes - today's lesson was always bring your cell phone to the toilette. I have a fear of using bathrooms in Morocco: will it be english or arab; if its english will there be papier de toilette? (lesson learned on my first trip to Morocco always carry tissue), if both of those things are ok will there be a toilet seat? Finally - todays lesson - while in Rabat i thought i was locked in the toilette and had a moment of panic since then i always take my bag with my phone. Today as Abderrahim was getting ready to go in search of the man i had to use the toilette and asked him to wait for me. He laughed and agreed - well sure enough the door handle was broken on the inside of the stall and I got locked in and I had to phone him and say help im stuck in the toilette come get me!!!!!

Crosswalks - they exist in Marrakech but they dont necessarily mean the cars will stop for you - what they do mean apparently is that the police will be much harder on a motorist for hitting you on the crosswalk than if they hit you when they are jaywalking.

Crossing the street here is an adventure in itself - if you can get to the middle of the road you are often trapped there where you can actually feel the car brush your clothing if its still blown up from the previous car and then you anxiously wait your chance to dash the second half of the road.

Well thats it for my ramblings today!!