Friday, September 4, 2009

Please Sir, may I have some More-occo - NOT!

Sigh - It just goes to show that one should update more frequently so as not to get overwhelmed and also forget all the good little stories (mostly horror in this case) to tell and blog about. Thus I am giving yet another "yawn" worthy entry to keep the hate mail at bay but I PROMISE that I shall be a more diligent blogger nerd mid next week when my life is a little more in order...

Morocco was a multitude of smells (not good ones), sweaty armpits (again not great), heat (deathly), yelling (loud), nagging (annoying), lack of food (Ramadan) and various other unpleasantries... I wish that I could write nicer things, but this is the honest truth...

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We arrived in Tangier on Friday and went straight into prepping for shooting the next day. The first thing that we noticed about Tangier was there is a CRAP load of construction going on and no one finishing them or even living in them. Therefore vast areas are like ghost towns (very strange)...

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They also have strange way of keeping foundations up - with sticks??!!

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Anyhow, we arrived at the airport and were soon blasted by the hot air. We were then bussed to our hotel the "El Mizah" which is right in the middle of all the hassle and bustle.. Loud and crowded do not even begin to describe it...

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After prepping, Ryan and I ventured out to see some of the streets and taste some of the food (even though we were advised against it).

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We found this great little "Churro" shop (only they were round like Doughnuts) and for 7c you could get a little cone of them and they were delightful!

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We were actually really exhausted so we had an early night. The next day we started shooting (again cant talk about it)... but here are some funny pics of people on "set"...

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We had the worlds smallest trailer - this housed the production office, the AD's, PR, Chris and myself!

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Monette still managing to look fabulous despite the dust, dirt, smell and heat

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Cookie rocking her new water pack like a true Ghostbuster!

It was a LONG shoot day and we were in the sun the whole time so by the end of it all, we were all black, tired and cranky! Poor Ryan had grouchy old me to look forward to at the end of the day. The bonus? Because Ramadan started the first day of filming, when we wrapped there was no place to get food!! The streets would go from being packed...

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To empty...

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Therefore, Ryan and I shopped to get some clothes...

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Sadly, I did not find anything, but Ryan did manage to get some linen shirts...

Finally we had a day off on Sunday. Tawa, Hoodie, Ryan and I went to the Medina to explore...

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Hoodie had to get her sunscreen action on prior to departure - we could only find "blue" sunblock so we did a test to make sure that it soaked in... it did!

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We found this great store where the owner took us to the roof and we saw this amazing view of Tangier...

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That night, we also went to dinner with Chris Brigham's (my bosses) family to this great Moroccan restaurant that had a band - the food was great (the first place that we had a real mean and one that tasted fantastic) and it was quite relaxing...

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On the way home, we discovered this little bakery where they had these great little sweets that this guy made by hand...



We did not try them, but it was interesting to see how they were made (so damn labour intensive!).

Ryan was then on his way to Marrakesh - but not before soaking up the "El Mizah"...

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and not before visiting the "Blue City"...

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Where he purchased me this winner...

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Ryan was then off on his trip (which he hated) and I was stuck to fight of the men that would grab my boobs and bum all day (joy) and beat the heat. One morning on the way to the set I saw this...



Aghhhhhhhhh

There is in fact one last chapter of Morocco that I shared with Dan and Stacey - it is in fact the one chapter that includes a little fun. I shall have to download those photos from my camera and do one more Morocco entry before moving onto Los Angeles.

Boy oh boy it is good to be home!!

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