Exploring MOROCCO’S FASCINATING Capital | The Reality of RABAT
but yeah you guys you don't want to fall here all right Johannes you guys were exploring here in the evening listen that's the call to prayer it's so cool to experience very first time oh it's such a it's such a surreal experience coming from the Christian World Europe to the Islamic world and just listen in the back Alleyways of historic Ally thank you was a French protectorate from 1912 to 1925. and then it became the official Capital before that Fez was the capital and so here it's rich in the sense that there's lots of International Investment embassies a well-developed tourism scene but not as big as the Marrakesh scene The Fez scene Casablanca I'll just listen to The Cult of Prayer what do you think about the cult of Prayer it's it's very um emotional somehow yeah the first one um call to prayer intimate intimate yeah and also official also public we're in the back Alleyways and you can hear everything really well and Fez it's very loud and chaotic it's hard to hear sometimes welcome now we are looking for the ocean the Atlantic Ocean to see the sunset the beach one tip I have is if you're lost looking for directions ask somebody who works in the shop which way is the beach La Playa French LaPlace don't ask a stranger or don't accept directions from someone on the street that randomly approaches you in the right direction tell him so the motorcycle helmets here look like a World War II helmet he's going to battle against a dead end yes another thing that makes rabbit interesting is the mix of European architecture and the Moroccan architecture hey buddy Rickman that's a puppy bye bye so here we have a mosque only for women and they're going to pray and this is the men's section now us as non-muslims we technically can't enter but anyways um I wouldn't want to go to disturb the prior anyways and while we have my city wall a medieval city wall here yeah there's a port here that I saw online there's definitely a port and here we have lots of people walking around nice and spacious and there's a bridge here CD means something with a diplomatic Diplomat and as I said there's lots of embassies here so many people from around the world are working in this city making it a rather International City is speaking so quite interesting um everywhere online said that rabbat is a little bit um less visited so that's one of the reasons we came here and yeah and it does not feel uh the slightest bit dangerous it feels very relaxed nobody has approached us and tried to do anything I like it so far all right you guys so you see this guy follow me he's going to want to ask for money but you just keep going okay all right Johannes Johannes come so um he wants us to go one way and just don't engage keep going uh he doesn't have to tell us where to go we're free to go where we want so that's how you deal with these guys um uh and like I said if you want to ask for help ask for someone who works at the shop here and if we would have went if we would have followed him yeah he would have eventually he would have he would have asked for money and he would have pressured us and changing money somehow yeah the most they're gonna do is try to intimidate you and pressure you but they're not going to assault you definitely not going to assault you but they will intimidate until you feel so uncomfortable that you just give them until you give them money so it's a tactic that is not representative of the Moroccan people and the Moroccan tourism industry this does not represent Moroccans like interestingly this city is a lot newer than Fez where we were before this was founded in the 12th century I believe Fez was founded in the central 8th century and if you think strategically this city is located on the Atlantic Ocean there's lots of trade Merchants going uh through this area the Spanish Empire the Portuguese Empire French English of course in route to the Canary Islands West Africa and later on of course um the Americas so it's quite interesting to see the richness and and culture and architecture and food because everything was so connected by the Mediterranean Sea and that's what makes this part of the world so fascinating to visit so Johannes what does this area make you think of in terms of the Fortress the coastal scenery uh first you can see the uh some of the colonial history then um just uh the point that it is very historical you can see that it's an important city now it's the capital of Morocco but what it also reminds me of is a a Greek Town at the Mediterranean Sea with all those small white buildings and Alleyways buildings and nice little atmosphere it's a lot it's a lot colder than fast it's like almost 10 degrees 10 degrees colder yeah nice nice weather and you can see guys all these people are normal tourists Moroccans International people and they're just chill nobody here is bothering you but again when you enter the city you're gonna have a few guys that try to become friendly with you but it's not them being friendly they're totally trying to take advantage of your innocence and pressure you into giving them some money bring you to a dark alleyway so again do not engage just say Le chocol and that means no thanks and keep walking and they'll leave you alone I guarantee because the penalty for them uh abusing tourists I should say is very serious and if you do report it to the police or they get caught in the act there are severe consequences for them so they're trying to get rid of this in Morocco but you also have to keep in mind that Morocco was devastated by coronavirus two years without tourism it's not like the European Union so you have to understand both sides but just don't engage keep going and enjoy your time here because we've been enjoying our trip in Morocco it's absolutely incredible they all say welcome to Morocco they try to show you around they want to be friends with you and they just have good intentions and I'm saying that with all sincerity what's your name where you guys from where are you from We're from here you're from uh you're from yes and what do you want people from outside of Morocco foreigners what do you want them to know about Morocco and the people what do you want them to know about you guys your country firstly welcome everyone it's a pleasure to to be here it's a great country you can you can be here wherever you want in whatever season in winter or summer it's all it's always beautiful yes you can visit like Casablanca Tangier or Marquez why do you have this on your on your phone my friend big muscles always big Arnold Schwarzenegger is your hero yes so you want a role model Your Role Model yeah so you want to always go to the gym nice so you want to be the greatest bodybuilder on the planet so it's my uh all right I was going to ask your dream what your dream is and it's to be like Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger the Moroccan Schwarzenegger don't mess with this guy yeah it is hey man how are you I'm fine and you good uh wow you guys all speak wonderful English so you learn in school you learned English in school yeah schools didn't didn't teach you well it's online online or from Netflix movies YouTube video games Netflix of course all right I'm very impressed yes we will go to the restaurant but a pleasure to meet you yeah okay thank you no steroids and you'll get the greatest American woman of your dreams I like it I really like this Market life any country that has Market action is a great country to travel to so now we're looking for some food but uh the only thing we see is clothes so I might have to buy my girlfriend a Moroccan dress here and give it give it to her in in Spain so she can wear it around and she will convert from Catholicism to Muslim hey bro so if you have a girlfriend or a wife oh sorry you can uh come to this part of you can come to this part of rabbat to get your girlfriend a nice Moroccan dress right information the Moroccan clothing is absolutely phenomenal here's a tip you guys if you're from the Midwest the midwestern United States and someone asks you where you're from in the United States you just gotta say Chicago because everyone worldwide knows Michael Jordan Unfortunately they don't know the Milwaukee Bucks Indiana kumpo not everybody like they know Michael Jordan so lots of times I tell people I'm from Chicago but just to the north so I got a shoe Shiner here um interesting that I used to shine shoes at a job and Milwaukee at a hotel Athletic Club and it's actually kind of a fun thing to do and my shoes you know they've been dirty from walking in Fez this guy gets spotted from a mile away he came up and he's charging 50 cents so I'll give them a little tip I appreciate these people who are trying to make a living like this potatoes coffee shotgun I think it's mine yeah oh meat meat potatoes cheese wow try it oh how does it taste all right we got some fries some cheese almost potatoes a flavor of spicy Pizza I don't know it's good pistachio wow it's spicy yeah I put some oil on it okay okay okay yeah what is this tagine okay okay wow my first taste of Tajin and it looks like it's gonna be spicy there's a lot of sauces some cheese potatoes and beef I'm not sure let's give it a go and some herbs has a the flavor of a Indian dish so red pepper I think very flavorful very flavorful juicy succulent you have to try it yo-yo wow they've got fresh Stingray there he said Zimbabwe and sardines I think sardines they would say espetos espetos wow yes okay wow he wants to take your banana peel for you my banana yes my banana yeah he took your banana okra okra oh tuna tuna tuna yes great some shrimp some bigger fish some calamares squid squid wow a real Street Market the street market action is alive in the morning the fish market hello some nuts some dates eggplants Mediterranean plants wow this is the best market we've been to thus far right this is a very original the Saturday Morning Market I think or Sunday what day is it uh Sunday yeah Sunday Morning Market okra oh some Moroccan police protecting the tourists of course because they do protect the tourists here there's been a few occasions where police uh were watching us and when someone approached us the police came up to shoot them away so we've had good experiences like that over here some Moroccan bread like a crepe almost I'm sure it would be delicious we'll have to try one later I think we're gonna go on a shopping spree later in the day because we have like um 50 local 50 euros of local currency left that I want to spend some all right so today's mission in Rabat day two the four the first full day is to explore some beaches uh some landmarks see if we can make some good deals in the market so we've already made some good deals we got two coffees for and we 14 yeah two coffees for 14 Dirham which is one Euro 40 cents and four pastries for seven yeah non-muslims are allowed here okay I'm not sure I'm not sure about the religious but we can come on all right you guys so this is what a Muslim Cemetery looks like I've actually been in one of these before in sayuta Spain so slavery to Spain was 50 Muslim 50 Christian and a guy showed me uh where his parents were buried and this is next to the Atlantic Ocean now if you were to travel South along the coastline you would eventually get to the disputed territory of Western Sahara or Morocco as the Moroccan government and King says and just to the northwest of there would be the good old Canary Islands so while this territory uh is just great in terms of the Age of Exploration history in fact there was a lot of piracy going on in this area and Robinson Crusoe in the novel Daniel Defoe wrote about his uh encounter with pirates here and the Saleh river which is the river that dissects rabbat and Saleh so we're going to see that later as we continue our tour also went to uh Northern Africa yeah and he was captured by Pirates here and enslaved I just read the book wow you would not want to fall down here you guys so this is of course the Atlantic coast the Atlantic Ocean so it was here in the 16th century and thereafter that the Pirates at the time that navigated this area lived in these lands they would capture all sorts of people including Spanish Sailors going to the Canary Islands English French and whoever else they came into contact with wow it's almost uh volcanic like whoa the most muscles oh wow come here okay all right muscles Johannes come yeah look all right you guys we're gonna try some muscles they caught these here in the rocks they're super cool Cheers Cheers Cheers Cheers enjoy the Atlantic Ocean mussels he's cooking them right here wow from taste fresh from the Atlantic from fisherman I don't I'm not exactly sure what they're fishing for but yeah you guys you don't want to fall here maybe there's some Pirates here cooking them yeah he's he's boiling them maybe there's some Pirates here you guys I give him some money I'm gonna give I'm gonna give him some money just you're going to just for sharing yep uh do you have some some points yes no no no no no no no no no take it take it take it all right you guys so he uh boils them here on this little makeshift fire in the volcanic rock okay thank you Messi awesome so they are fishing for a month like that's how you catch mussels I'm not I no no you have to go down and get the muscles off the rocks I think they're catching a bigger fish we have the old historic Medina that way behind those walls and the beach here well not even a beach deadly Cliffs of Morocco definitely these are deadly I'm sure there's accidents every single year here Salem what's this what's this bait bait it's bait uh-huh what kind of fish fish Melissa huh I don't know how to say any of the fish in in French or Arabic that's a problem I need to study much more before I come back oh Salim bonjour bonjour so oh there's a a swimming pool a pool wow yes nice bait great so you guys there's a lot of trash here unfortunately and the problem is is there's nowhere to put the trash along the beach and throughout the city there's very few trash bins yeah it's not nice to see but unfortunately it is what it is oh I think he's got a fish I think he's got a fish oh he's got a little fish let's see what kind of fish it is Morocco's greatest fisherman oh whoa what is it whoa shiny ah okay in English do you know no French okay let me know in the comments what this is you guys wow it Comer yes oh yes very nice thank you wow so cute the street kitties performing a street show how much how much here money money money good kitties oh money money here you go there you go buy some buy some tuna buy some tuna my name is Ali ah surfing surfing Ali and you're from Morocco or yeah great beaches Plaza all right Ugandan Congo let's give it a taste um very pure Fez you can I try can I wear oh oh like this like this okay how do I look guys this is The Fez hat that people thought this originated in Fez but there's been studies and they don't really know where it started but it's called a fez hat although we are in Rabat it's a coffee place they're the same bro bye all right the market Spring is getting underway whoa all right
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