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Ginger losenges
Some of the people on our tour, including Bill and I, were sick. Our guide recommended ginger candies they were selling on one of…
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Cute!
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Christmas trees!
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Shopping
A little Christmas shopping!
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Scenic Madeira
Today's tour is called "Scenic Madeira." Our first stop is a church on top of the mountain. We walked past this pretty bridge when…
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Up the mountain!
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On the bus!
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Santa Maria
You can sail on a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship, the Santa Maria. It was very small! Christopher Columbus moved to the isl…
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Off the ship!
Going to find our excursion!
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Casablanca
Before we got to the ship we drove through Casablanca and took a little tour in the dark.
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Open late
I'm sure the place closed as soon as we left. It wasn't a gas station. They only stopped for us to shop.
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Fossils
There was a store selling "fossils" there. Curiously, all the fossils looked almost exactly alike. We think they were made of conc…
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Hanging meat
There was even hanging meat in one of the shops.
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Cat!
We stopped at an out-of-the-way set of shops on the way back. We think another kickback for our tour guide. We got some drinks and…
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Leaving Marrakesh
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Back on the bus
A 4-hour ride back to the ship.
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Abdul
He was nice. He didn't speak much English.
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Sales
The problem with standing still to wait for the bus is, anyone who was selling anything came by: art, people tried to put necklace…
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Back early
Most people came back before the 40 minutes were up. The bus wasn't there so we waited by the wall. That's our tour guide Najit in…
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Monkeys
We made it around to the corner with the monkeys. There was even a monkey in a pink dress.
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Food stall
Steam and probably smoke coming from a food stall. They started cooking for the night.