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EPIC Moroccan Street Food Tour!
Today we head on a food tour and taste some of the street food in beautiful Marrakesh!
Big thanks to Marrakesh Food Tours for the incredible day!
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Good morning everybody, it's Vell here from beautiful Marrakesh here in Morocco
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Today I'm doing something super exciting. I'm here with my friend Luke and an amazing guide and we're going to go around
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hopefully to taste some of the most iconic street foods here in Morocco
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So first stop is just in front of me. Yalla, let's go. How is it
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Yeah, it's very flavorful. And the meat is... So this is a sheep's head
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They don't actually serve both of these with any spices. Don't cook it with any spices
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So they serve it on the side with salt and cumin. Are you going to go for it? I'll give it a shot
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Okay. Luke's trying the sheep's head. Again, I'm really bad at eating it
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I'm very... Ow! Is this against the rules? No
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Try it with the salt and cumin too. No. Yeah. Oh, it's nice
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It's a good time. It's good. So that's a cheese. Let's try the cheese
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It's cheap. Yeah. This is the best part of the head. I had this in Iran, very similar
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Wow. I love it. It's not very delicious. Yeah, really good. And there's only salt and cumin on the side
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It has so much flavor even though it hasn't been cooked in any spices
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And this is the tongue. So this is the tongue. Here, the tongue is full of cumin
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I like it. It's my club. It's your favorite. I like it. It's my fault
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It's your favorite. So we've just been informed. I never knew this about olives, and I love olives
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This. Oh, I'm sorry. This is like the in-between ripeness stage for an olive
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And the green olive, right, is like the fresh olive. And the black olive is the most mature olive
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I thought they were different olives. Turns out I was wrong. This one's really good
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I'm not obsessed with olive. There's parsley, coriander and parissa. And this one
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This one is with garlic, oregano and pine. Oh, nice. I don't know if you ever need me to do this with again
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I don't think I tried that one. A lot of people do like this one
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So we're going to try it like other ones. Most of the two from this one. I love garlic
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That's really yummy. Yeah? Perfect yummy. I'm not going to kiss anyone today
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Rosemary. Okay, this is a black olive with thyme and rosemary. I'm gonna give it a go
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Oh, yeah. It has a different flavor. I think I like it better
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It's more like a palatable. This one's the best one. I like it
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Okay, I made it. Here you have all the olives. Wow, beautiful
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Where's the garlic one? This one, two of my favorites. I'll present it with a concierge
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Okay, what do you want? What do you have for me
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21 kilos. Really? 3 kilos. 3 kilos for 50? Really? You have that on camera
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Yeah! I will buy for 3 kilos. How much? You said it. 3 kilos
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for 20, I'm coming. 20 euros. Or 20 pounds. What do you have
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Some crazy negotiations going on right now. This is for me? Yeah. Thanks
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Okay, next up we're trying mixed which is mochalab. And this is a mix of sausage, turkey, beef kofta, wal-pamatas and some other vegetables
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also with cheese and sometimes they also add egg on the side of the street
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Just here in America. Let's try it. One more? One more? More
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No, one is good, thanks. Good for it. Mmmmm
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Wow, that's incredible. Oh, I love it. So much meat
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So much salt. But it's worth it, wow. What's the price? Amazing
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What's the price? 10 dirham. 10 dirham? Yes. So 1 euro. This is more frustrating
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It's good. It's very salty. Super salty. All you can have lunch is tender
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Yeah, tender. If you have a backpacker coming to Morocco, this would be easy
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I love it. It's one of my favourite things I've had here. Thank you bro, nice to meet you
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So we're having pasta. Take a break. Take the inside. This is salted butter, by the way
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Put it inside. Take one of this, Kefter. I'm not going to tell you
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He's not going to tell us which meat it is. We have to try it and see. Smash it inside
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And then some tomato, onion, and olives. And this is the hot sauce
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Harika. Yes, we love hot sauce. And your sandwich is ready. And you're still not going to tell us what meat is
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I'm still not going to tell you. Okay. What meat do you need
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I'm only nervous that it's like a... You have hair. I'm nervous that it's like not meat
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And it's like an organ, which I don't do super well with. Yeah
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But, you know, in these instances, I'd rather just not know. Always
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Oh it is? Oh I can do it with that. It does have a fishy smell to it
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That's a little less intimidating then. I've no huge fan of fish. It's fish, you can see the skin
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Okay, that could be kind of good. Yeah, some kind of fish. I think not a fish guy
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Kind of. I'd rather have a big chunk. What is the..
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I gotta say... I'm not a huge fan. I'll be honest. It's definitely fish. Yeah. Macro
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I think what's throwing me off is the texture here. It's very... it's like mashed up
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Very soggy. Any idea? Mackerel? Fish. A sea bass. Sardines
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Everything's lining up. But it doesn't taste actually like sardines. Yeah, I thought it was a fish because it smelled like a little skin
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Yeah, yeah, it was a skin. Not bad. This is famous on the coast right
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Yes, on the coast. So the coast city, the nearest coast city to Marrakesh
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there are both, Issavera and Asafi, both of them are 160 kilometers from Marrakesh
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Issavera is very for surfing? Yes, exactly, very famous for surfing. Last week in Issavera, we did some surfing
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Lee, offer work. Interesting Oh you can smell it it smells great Yes smells smells great This is what cucumber and carrot It cucumber and orange salad Oh and orange
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Cucumber and orange soup. What do you mean salad? It's like actually soup
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It's a soup. So it's essentially a juice. Yes, a juice. A juice in a bowl
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I like it. This is my jam. Juice in a bowl. This is my jam. Ready
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This is how we do it. Oh, you do it like that? Yeah, you drink it like a juice. So what is a spoon for, kind of like a tea
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It's also really good because cucumber has so much water inside it. Yes
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So it's good if it's hot for hydration. We use the Spallock to mix it. Look at me with the facts
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This is very nice. It's good? That's really good. Super good. Let's chat
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Yup. It's like a detox juice. It's like the epitome of refreshing
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wow yeah it's really good in Ramadan i always eat carrot because it's so good for hydration
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so if because you don't drink water in the day this keeps you hydrated we eat here and like that is still fast so sometimes we have like
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there's like a food market the families they come here to get like a
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much energy that they want to keep it warm in All the fresh fruit
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Olives, of course, spices. Motorbikes everywhere. Of course, we're ending with Moroccan tea
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Luke looks really excited. Whoa, the mint smells so good. Yeah. So good
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Super down. for this next round of indulgences. I thought you were going to come around and say something
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Thanks. She's very famous here in Marrakesh. This lady here, there is a mom and her daughter called Fatima
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And she's very famous in the souks. So the mom of the souk, people here like the shop owners
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that they don't have time to go back to their houses and have lunch, they come back here and they start making orders
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for what they want to have for lunch. It's like you're telling your mom or your sister
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I want this and I want this. So when she finishes with the order, she goes to the market, she buys everything
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she comes here and they make different dishes and she sends them to the shops
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No one eats here. So these two ladies right here are celebrities here in the souk
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And right now we're going to have couscous. We've also got this beautiful fresh Moroccan mint tea
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It's really good. Actually, one of my favorites I've had here in Morocco. wow look at this i asked for a small portion but that's not what you get in morocco that's the
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small one this is small are you crazy yeah the business gotta be like yeah no as you know like
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in our families we have like a big one and everyone like eat at the same dish yeah i mean this is
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wow everyone like eating his triangle yes wow their own sections yes this is pumpkin yes this
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With pumpkin, carrots, and zucchini. Oh, zucchini. Which meat? This is meat
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This is beef. Beef? And this is turnip. Wow, with carrot. Wow, let's eat
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It looks amazing. I got to get some of that pumpkin. What else
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Ready? Yeah, let's do it. She's waiting for your approval behind you
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Nice. Good? Very nice. What's the spices in the sauce? The spices, this is curcuma, cinnamon, ginger, cumin
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Butter milk. Thank you. This is butter milk. This is butter milk. Butter milk always goes with the couscous
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Oh, okay. And the couscous, it's like for Friday. Do I just dip it
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Yes, you can dip it. okay we've got fresh buttermilk, pumpkin, carrot, couscous with the amazing sauce
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yeah wow that's so good yeah that's incredible because I imagine couscous is the friday dish
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everyone is making couscous like during this day I love these vegetables. It's like home in food
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You're right. This is true comfort food. Try one. This is the sesame right? Yes
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Oh my god. There is a little plastic in it Oh it plastic I thought it was like honey This is plasani Okay let try this This is the sesame one
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Really good. They sell something very similar in Turkey. Yeah, they do
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Okay, I'm keeping fed. What is that? It's so nice. No doubt
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That's handy. This is like peanut one. And this is almond. Oh
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What's this one? This is Nougat. Peanut Nougat. Oh it's so good
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It's like tough marshmallow. Yeah, I would like to say that. Very dense marshmallow
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It's too sweet for me. Finishing with more sweets. So here, this is our last stop in the tour
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We are in the Patrisier, Bossa Noir. In this place here, we are going to try some smoothies with sweets
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For the sweets, this is the famous one here we have in Morocco. This one we call it the hope of the gazelle
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This one. Say again? Hope of the gazelle. Hope of the gazelle. Yes. Ka'iborzel in Arabic
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Oh. Ka'iborzel. So inside, it's almond and orange blossoms. Wow. Okay, nice
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Orange. Most of this one are almond pastries. This is called the briwat
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The triangle one with almond as well. Very similar to baklava. Yeah, this is like actually we call it like a broken baklava
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Broken baklava. Yes. And for the sweets that we're going to try, we're going to try three different kind of sweets that are like very typical here to Morocco
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We have the mixed fruit with orange, mixed fruit with milk, and avocado, dates, and almonds
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Wow. That sounds amazing. Good. Okay, let's try it. What do you think I should start with
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Start with this. It looks like... many different ones he's having a great time
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this one is good that one's like more mild this one's a little bit less sweet
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right what's the name of this again so we don't have like specific names like
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For everyone, this is called just like almond pastry. Almond pastry. Yes
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Yeah, this is good. It's still so sweet. You know what, dude
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This one isn't that sweet. But this is great. It has also honey
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Yeah. This is really nice. Yes. You can see the honey here
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Yeah. Yeah, this is actually nice. Okay. We also have about 20 juices right now
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Alright, here's one. Thank you, bro. These are actually my favorite dish
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Yeah, I finished all of them. This is strawberry blueberry, avocado and something, and orange
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And orange, exactly. Did I get that right? This is the mixed fruit, all mixed fruit with orange
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Yeah, and this one? And this is avocado, date, and almond. Okay. This is avocado and date
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Oh, that's so nice. Tell me it doesn't taste like banana or type slightly
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That's insane. You like it? Yeah, it tastes like a smoothie. A smoothie
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Something about it reminds me of banana. Like a texture or something
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I think because people put date and banana together. Maybe. I love that
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Yeah, this looks great. This is banana, strawberry, what else? Pink fruit
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Pink fruit. Yeah. And orange. Apple. Good. This one's the best. This is the best. The avocado
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It's so thick. It's like the avocado on dry food. This is amazing. We never put avocado in a smoothie
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but it makes it so creamy. It is really a nice... The dates and the almond
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and the nuts make it more special. My new favorite dessert. Your new favorite dessert
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You would like this because it's not so intense. It's good. Wow, super good
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Okay, bro, thank you so much for showing us around. You are welcome. It's been such a good experience. You are welcome, guys
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I hope that you enjoy your tour. Loved it. You enjoy most of the places that you like the food
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Yeah, it was amazing. And getting to meet those two elder women who cooked us a couscous was an amazing moment
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One of my favorites here in Morocco. How was it? It was..
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We got to try a little bit of everything. I think we had the principal dishes of Morocco
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Yeah. Some sweets. It was good. I'm so full now. I need a nap
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I need a nap I need a nap I need a nap I need a nap I need a nap Yeah, time for a nap
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And this is actually my last day here in Morocco I'm going to be leaving tonight
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So thank you so much for watching You're welcome Thank you so much
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You're welcome guys Have a good day Enjoy Thank you Thank you
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See you soon
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