Sunday, 25 January 2004
Morocco I - Bellydancing
You will NOT believe what happened to me today!!! I went to Africa and got a marriage proposal for rugs and 3,000 camels! Ok so it all began when I woke up this morning at 5am (ew) to take this hour and a half hour busride, with the hottest tour guide (or en espanol, ¨como un tren¨)I´ve seen yet to Morocco! Oh yeah by the way I am in Costa Del Sol (I am getting much better with this fantastic SOL and PLAYA!) OMG! Then we take a ferry ride into Morocco, which is a total dreamworld...I felt like I was entering fairyland it was SO beautiful. When the waves hit the sand, the water mists everywhere making a thousand rainbows with each wave (this doesn´t happen in Cali)! And then I saw how poor it was there was trash and all of the buildings looked a little...dilapidated (except for the governors of course..his was lavish). Anyway, all of the women were wearing scarves over their heads and Arabic signs were everywhere, and at every street were fully decked out bodyguards with huge guns. We met our really shady other tourguide who spoke Arabic, who I just KNOW was some kind of Morroccan thug (which was confirmed later by Hottie tour guide who said he was a thief) who proceeded to take us on our tour. He was soo evil! He said that if Spanish me got sick of their wives, they could go to Morroco and get a women, but that she would be second class. (I was like ew you´re third class, just for saying that). Then he said that the belly dancer that we would see was short and fat (I can´t believe he was so non-chalant about it). We drove through this gorgeous country at top speed, and as we passed by the sights the Thug tour guide would call out the names. We found out later, the reason for this was he was in a hurry to get us to the bazaars so that we could buy lots of things (cuz he got commission). We step out of the bus and all of these people are outside dressed in these crazy African outfits smiling, oh-so-happy to see us, banging drums and cymbals. There were camels standing there perfectly waiting for us to ride. WOW! I felt like a reina! Then after we all took turns riding camels, we went inside this huge white tent, where they had prepared a Moroccan lunch for us. We sit down to eat cous-cous, lamb, some kind of stew and arabic drinks. In the background, these guys were playing music and serenading us, then they brought out a belly dancer. She was NOT short and fat, she was gorgeous! (She probably rejected his @$$, and he´s still upset about it) She did a dance, really provocative, which is kind of amazing considering all of the women are so conservative. Then she took one of the guys and started undressing him! Then she put a skirt on him, put a bra with two oranges on his chest and made him shake it and dance with her! HAHA! It was great! After that we went to the Moroccan bazaars, which was the craziest part!