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        <title>Re: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Why would you fly half way 'round the world just to get mugged in some delapidated old city anyway?  You can get to Portsmouth and back for under a tenner.]]></description>
        

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        <title>RE: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Where did you stay? I'm sorry you had a bad experience but wife would have a ball with this. I've been working on a trip to egypt for about the last week and have read that this is fairly widespread but any information on particular hotspots would be...]]></description>
        

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        <title>Re: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From what I've seen - if they're just trying to help you they definitely don't want your money.  However, if you're going to try to offer a tout or shopkeeper money, you might as well use their services, pay a little more a get something out of it cause...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <title>Re: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[That's for sure!!  Although people in Tafraoute are surprisingly tolerant of short sleeves and have no problem with non-mulims wearing scarves on their heads (it was really sunny that day and my head was getting sunburned).  For the most part, one has to...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:42:27 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <title>Re: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[I'm with you Alifbaa - if you're going to be rude, you should expect rudeness back (although I hate rudeness).]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:36:27 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <title>RE: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Um, I do realize sticking one's tongue out offends.  I therefore only do it when I am offended (e.g. hit on).  I think that's pretty damn fair.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:00:41 +0000</pubDate>

        

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            <description><![CDATA[Travel more in southern Morocco to see the offence you can cause to people's dignity. Not everywhere is Essaouira.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:12:17 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <title>RE: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Offering them money offends?  NOT offering them money seems to offend them more.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:07:43 +0000</pubDate>

        
            <author>medon@excite.com</author>
        

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        <title>RE: If only I knew then what I know now. Or, is Marrakech over-commercialised?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's pretty easy to make Moroccans feel ashamed or offended. Sticking you tongue out would be one way, offering them money would be another.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:53:45 +0000</pubDate>

        

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            <description><![CDATA[Yeah, I think it's funny that if a woman sticks her tongue out in the US she would get hassled more, or worse but in Morocco they will steer well clear of you.  I always tell women who are concerned about their safety travelling along in Morocco that...]]></description>
        

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        <jf:date>09-Aug-2008</jf:date>
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