Photo Friday: Moroccan Kitty | Meganotravels
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Description: Like most tours go in Morocco, the guides want to take you to every possible shop around so that you get an “inside view” of how people live there. In reality, they just want you to buy stuff. Don’t get me wrong–sometimes it can be a lot of fun and you might find something you
Date: 2014-09-19T13:00:40+00:00

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# Photo Friday: Moroccan Kitty

Like most tours go in Morocco, the guides want to take you to every possible shop around so that you get an “inside view” of how people live there. In reality, they just want you to buy stuff. Don’t get me wrong–sometimes it can be a lot of fun and you might find something you really like, but generally, the guides and the shop owners are running a game together and are trying to sell as much as they can to unassuming tourists. And not only that, but they’re going to rake you over the coals to get as much money out of you as you can. Am I jaded? Probably. But after dealing with this time after time in my few weeks in Morocco, I learned their games early and learned to stand firm.

So, on my tour to the Sahara Desert, we stopped off at a house and makeshift attic carpet shop where our small group was given Berber whiskey (Moroccan mint tea) and shown a variety of carpets. I’d already purchased the one carpet my luggage could handle for my several-month trip, and I knew I wasn’t about to purchase anything else. After the presentation, my friend Chris and I found our way back downstairs and headed towards the front door so we were ready to go when everyone else finished with their purchases. On the way out, I found a room with a loom, where women would sit to make these colorful carpets. Only, on this pile of wool was a tiny little kitten who found the perfect sleeping spot. I quickly sat down in front of it and started shooting photos because it was one of the cutest things I’d seen on my whole trip (aside from the kitten who adopted me in Chefchaouen and came to find me a few nights in a row to curl up with me while I ate dinner). How sweet was this kitten?

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- I know what you mean about becoming a bit jaded with these things after doing so much travel in a place…I experienced it in Morocco, Israel, Istanbul, India…. you start to see all the warning signs from early on, but I think now I can deal with it much better and stand my ground without letting it get to me (usually)..
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  - Yeah, it’s easy to let it get to you, but I think at some point you just sort of harden up and try to not let it bother you.

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- I am definitely a sucker for Moroccan kitties!!
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  - Hahah, I remember, Jill! I think we quickly bonded over our love for kittens! :)

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