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The Medina In Fez

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One highlight in Fez, Morocco, is the Medina. This is an amazing network of alleyways and passages in the Old City. Ten thousand people live in this area of Fez. It is a confusing network of passages that have businesses, restaurants, and homes off them that seem to be hidden. It is recommended that you have a guide who knows his or her way around as you could very easily become lost in the maze. My guide had lived there his whole life and still got lost sometimes! View of the Medina A wool business in the Medina Chickens for sale There is lots to see, hear, and smell in the Medina. You also have to watch out for local traffic in the form of donkey carts, motorcycles, and trucks! If someone yells "Belek!", get out of the way fast! It means that something is coming up behind you and it is best to move off the road. My group was waiting outside a spice shop for people who were purchasing items when a truck came along the pathway. We all had to hurry out of