Morocco
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I squeeze my lips together, holding my mouth tightly shut as a bucket of water is dumped on top of me. My left cheek is pressed against the floor of a public bathhouse. I am lying on my side nearly naked, sprawled in a lukewarm slurry of soapsuds and sloughed-off skin from the women who went before me. A strange lady with enormous bosoms holds my right leg at a 90-degree angle, scrubbing my inner thigh with a sandpaper-like rag and the force of a fire hose. A room full of local children, women and grandmothers look on in mild amusement. On the other side, an awkward group of Western women sit in a row against the wall, trying to avoid eye contact at all costs as they wait for their turns in their underwear.
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Driving from Fez to Midelt in Morocco, I was happy to stop for a Berber Omelet – eggs cooked in a spicy tomato sauce, served with flat bread and olives.
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Every menu in Morocco features tagine, a traditional dish cooked in a conical clay pot.
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Argan trees grow in only one location: Morocco. Argan oil co-ops are everywhere you go, and the oil is spreading around the world as a rich new beauty treatment.
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Moroccan women prepare argan nuts
Mint tea is a must anywhere you go in Morocco. It is served sweet and several times.
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The Incomparable Tahar
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