Top 10 Surprises about Morocco:

So, now you know the basics & have seen a few pictures. Lets get into the heavy stuff. 

Top 10 Surprises about Morocco:

10. There are fossils everywhere! Our region was once underwater, so while hiking in the mountains, one should always be on the lookout for funny looking rocks. I already found 2!

9. Moroccans are genuinely the nicest group of people I've ever encountered. If you're fluent in Berber (not Bieber), French, or Arabic, you're bound to make a new friend in minutes. If people were this friendly in America, you would think they were ill intentioned. 

8. The cost of living is super low here. A moderately upscale italian meal, which might have cost $15 in the states, cost the equivalent of $2.50.

7. Goats sound like crying/ whining toddlers. 

6. Every male under 25 has a few FC Barcelona and Real Madrid soccer jerseys in his wardrobe. They're mostly knockoffs from the souk (the market), but whatever. Close enough. 

5. More a religious observation that regional - God, or Allah, is in so many words in everyday speech. 

English - "Hey, how are you?" --> Arabic - "Peace be with you."

English - "That's good." --> Arabic - "Praise be to God."

English - "If all goes as planned." --> "Under God's will."

English - "This food is awesome." --> "Thank you God."

4. Turkish toilets. Don't want to elaborate much.

3. While riding around in a taxi, the driver chatted with us the entire way. He said he was in an awesome mood after recently coming back from a vacation. As we were getting out, he gave us his cell phone number in case we needed any more rides while in the city. (GOT SUM DIGITS) Hichem assures me that this is a common occurrence in the Arab world.

2. People here love America. We met a guy wearing a blue baseball hat with a United States flag on the back that said "Oklahoma" on the front in big letters. It wasn't for a sports team, just reppin a mediocre state. In morocco, It doesn't matter what shirts say, as long as it has English letters, people love it. And they like it even better if they don't know english…

1. The biggest insult is calling someone an donkey, or ass, especially the combination ass-head. Insult someone's mother, but never call them an ass. We learned this while watching our friend insult the guy driving this car - 

Brent

P.S. My email address is at the end of my last post. I dont want to write it too much; those cyber robots might send me fishing supply discount codes and online dating promotions...