Saturday, June 30, 2007

Chefchaouen

Three hours away from Tangier is a little town in the mountains named Chefchauen. Its narrow crowded streets are filled with shops selling all sorts of trinkets. Cheap jewellery to giant authentic works of art. Sadly this town has been exploited by tourism. The little townspeople survive by selling things that tourists would want. The town is also over run with hippies (apperently Morocco is big in the marujuana industry). Chefchauen, lke Assila is also covered with the blue paint that contains cobalt that I guess wards off bugs. I supposedly bought a buffalo bone bracelet from a tribe in Malwai....but then I also think this guy is probably lying to me just to make some Dirhams (the currency in Morocco). I can just see him now laughing and saying "Stupid American!" hahah well at least it looks cute. He also threw in a free leather bracelet. Oh yea, and on a final note it was unbelievably hot and I don't understand how Muslim women can stand to have their heads covered. Its sooooo HOT!

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