You can buy individual teeth or a full set with gums from this tooth vendor in Djemaa El-Fna in Marrakech, Morocco. If you read my previous post on Marrakech's main square, you'll know that this guy is only one of a countless number of interesting characters (remember her?) who hang out here. … [Read more...]
This Is How You Cruise the Streets of Marrakech
If you ask 100 people, you'd get 100 different definitions of 'cool', but this Moroccan woman fits every last one of them. Watching her cruise through the Djemaa El-Fna (Marrakech's main square and the subject of this previous post) made me feel like real loser for walking across it all day on my own two feet. … [Read more...]
Dodging Monkeys, Snakes and Tattoos in Marrakech
In the mornings, Djemaa El-Fna in Marrakech, Morocco is just a large, mostly empty square, but that soon changes. As the day progresses, the square starts to fill up with storytellers, acrobats, snake charmers, dancers, musicians and food and tea stalls. Djemaa El-Fna has been the center of life in Marrakech for much of its almost 1000 year history, but in modern times it has … [Read more...]