On the way back to Marrakech, we were very hungry. We wanted to eat at one of the many roadside restaurants but our taxi driver wouldn't let us. He has his favorite place. Maybe they give him a free meal when he takes clients there but we did invite him to eat with us. They don't eat with women, not foreign women. I remember a similar situation in Cairo. After all the pyramids, we were so hungry but the taxi driver insisted on taking us to his friend's restarurant. Here we can see why this restaurant, it was perched on a hillside and had this spectacular view of Mt Tougbal with snow still on top. Wow!
This was a trip of many 'wows!'Lunch consisted of a salad, a tajine and fresh orange slices with nutmeg sprinkled on top. In Morroco we can eat fresh salads because the water supply is safe to drink. Not so, in Egypt or China where you can only shower or just brush your teeth with the water. In Cairo we were advised not to eat any fresh salads or fruit that is not peeled.
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