So I've figured it out. Whe na Morrocan in Tangier asks "How are you today, my friend?" he wants me to buy hash. When he asks "Where are you going?" he wants to be my guide. I love the order of operations.

It goes something like this...

1) Hello, my friend how are you?
2) Where are you going?
3) Want hash?
4) Change please?

I had more than a couple use that same talk off. They are pretty good. A little boy even offered me hash. He was multi lingual like most of these people. Hola? Hello Mister? Bonjour? Deutsch? They go down the list till they get it right. I gave this one gyu a headache when he went through evrey caucasian ethnicity including english/american and I shook my head no.

This is actually a fun day and the relentless hassles made it that way. I hopeto have it lay off once I reach Marrakesh. I can't wait to relax in an actual hotel room with a bathroom and shower .

Lets see, what other strange stuff did I see today.

-kids 12 and under huffing something off of a rag
-extremely friendly waiter at "Sea Rainbow" who gave me his email address when I asked him how to get to the internet cafe just so I could email him and let him know I found it alright.
-lots of friendly people mixed with some nasty ones.

The only situation that almost got out of hand was while I was trying to get a taxi to take me to the statoin where I a mat the moment. A man came to me and asked me where I was going. He asked if I needed a taxi but he had no car. I politely replied no. This escaladed to "please leave" and had to tell him several times to go away but he wouldn't. H easked me where I was from but I didn't respond, he told me to go fuck myself just as a taxi drove up. This guy was making me nervous. He asked me if I wanted hash. He knew I was American because he said something to the taxi driver as I was getting in. Apparently it upset him that I didn't take his service and then flagged this taxi down. I got in but the man was yelling at the driver telling him not to take me. He was demanding 3 euro from me. I told him he did nothing for me and I would pay nothing. He still wouldn't leave. I don't know exactly what he said to him but it made the driver think I was trying to rip the other guy off. I told him to leave for the final time then I told him he offered me hash and I would yell "policia." At that time the driver handed the man 3 euro and drove off.

Like I said, I expecting all of this stuff prior to going so it really didn't bother me. I leave for Marrakesh in 45 minutes. Stlil very little sleep and it is catching up to me.