Kif in the Rif
Our last stop in Morocco was Chefchaouen. A town in the Rif mountains, which is supposedly the largest acreage of cannabis cultivation in the world.
We had thought that it would be a really chilled and laid back place, but you get hassled EVERYWHERE to buy hash or kif (marijuana leaf)! Even the waiters will ask you if you want tea, coffee, desert, or hash. Em went on a walk into the mountains and was asked to buy hash off a goat herder! Crazy! We did behave ourselves though, partly because Gwil had a terrible flu and Em was dosed up on immodium for the entire time we were there. "No thanks, we don´t need any hash. We don´t smoke" became our mantra. Over, and over, and over, and over again.
Chefchaouen is a really beautiful place though. The walls, doors and floors of town are painted blue - creating a very interesting streetscape.
From here we took the bus back to Tanger, and the ferry to Spain. We had a great two and a half weeks in Morocco... but don´t think we´d do it again during Ramadan.
posted by Emily @ 12:58 am
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What fabulous photos!!! Don't know why you would bother with the hash.......being surrounded by blue would give you a "tripping" feeling.
Lots of love,
Hey Ozzies its the Kiwis you met in FEZ here, just checking out your blogspot... very cool. we only have dial up at the place we are working at the moment so might have to explore it more at a later stage. We made it back to the UK and we to are dosed up on immodium, think we are getting better. I'll have to email you at a later stage and send some cow photos. Take care from sherryn and dale xx
Great to hear from you guys! Can't wait to see your cow photos. Hope you're getting over your Morocco-belly.
Em and Gwil
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