vankhan wrote in message
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> This was this year. Before going (my sister and a male friend) were
> warned by two Canadian girls in Barcelona, they sounded like I do now.
> We assumed they had flashed a lot of skin or something. When we walked
> around with our (male) friend, the Moroccan men would leer and stare,
> but usually not anything verbal. With just me and my sister, wherever
> we went, it was unbelievable. Cars honked, men followed us into a
> pizza shop (the owner told them to get out), our hotel ect. Just
> walking down the street was draining, especially since I knew I had to
> ignore it. We went on a camel riding tour with 12 other backpackers,
> the guide crept into our tent in the middle of the night and tried to
> 'cuddle.' Hmm, oh yes, the topper, after getting robbed in Marrakech, we
> rode to the police station to give a statement. As the van drove, the
> main cop pretended to lose his balance and ended up with both hands on
> my chest. Nice move. "Oh sorry." Then he did it to my sister. I guess
> our long, baggy, covering clothing had us asking for it. None of the
> guidebooks say to wear head coverings, but there is an idea, not that I
> will ever return to that pit of sleaze.
>
We have been to Morocco many times and these accounts have to either be
wildly exaggerated - or in some unintentional way maybe you were 'asking for
it'.
We've never had more than the silly comments - and my wife is not that
unattractive!
The only 'serious' approach ever was once for the 'services' of my young
son! And even that was done 'ever so politely' - in the same way as a lad
asking a father for his daughter's hand in marriage! That was very much a
one-off.
Surreyman
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