Last Day in Morocco:

Well, we slept in again, which wasn’t too bad. We headed out, tried to use the phone card we’d bought yesterday, and finally succeeded after like 100 tries and help from two different groups of people. It was semi hilarious, but not at the same time. Anyway. We switched our hotel reservations around, and cancelled some stuff. We called out parents (or tried), and then went back to the hotel we had originally and got some more last minute internet stuff done. We also spent the rest of money. I bought a little travel bag. Lol. Which I needed at the first port, but didn’t get till the last day of the last port. Typical. ☺
We got back early, but that was good. We finally got a shuttle again, but we still waited for about thirty minutes to get on. It was the last port, and the last day, so security was nuts and they had some serious bag checks. We were lucky we got in early. They were afraid they’d have a lot of people be late, and instead of dock time, they punish by not letting us go to the Alumni Ball. Bad news bears. Lol. We hung out on the ship till we left. We watched us depart from our little dock windows and then I went to town on studying. My marketing test is the day after tomorrow.
Woop.

Overall thoughts on Morocco:

I liked and disliked Morocco. There were a lot of things about it that were just like Egypt: the religion, the way that people acted in certain ways, the cabs, and the bargaining. But there were some major differences. The modernity that they’re working on is interesting. The king’s father was not so great a king, and the son is trying to restore the monarchy and the order while bringing Morocco into a global market place. It’s doing pretty well I think. The women have more rights, which is good, and there are new laws that prohibit the men from having all out power in government and things like that. The multiple languages are interesting. There are so many people who can’t read in Morocco, but at the same time, they all speak three languages. It’s an interesting dichotomy. That’s for sure.
Most of the people were really nice. There is definitely anti-American sentiment, but we didn’t feel it as much as we did in Turkey. There were a lot of people who went really far out of their way to help us (the phone and the pizza hut). There were people who were rude (but they’re everywhere). We had a lot of fun at the beginning, and despite our disappointments, I’d say that Morocco was amazing. The place is beautiful. There is a lot of history. There are some amazing architectural achievements. I’m not sure why it’s a popular honeymoon location, but then again, I didn’t get to Marrakech, and I think that’s where it’s at. ☺
We’ll definitely be going back some time.