Taghazout

Taghazout is the most amazing little town. We are staying at a resort right on the beach for roughly $6/night and eating amazingly for around $10/day. And the people here are so much different than the people in Marrakesh! We took a local bus to a nearby city to get some cash, and the whole back of the bus broke out in song - it was incredible. Other highlights of our day:
○ Surfing
○ Beach volleyball
○ Being buried in the sand
○ Learning my name in Arabic
○ Akmed professing his love for me (it's a good story, but better told in person)
○ The chicken traveling with all our luggage (very reminiscent of Borat)

Random tidbits about Morocco:
○ People here speak Arabic, French, English, and Berber
○ There are four sounds that cannot be translated from Arabic to French, and thus, numbers are substituted when these are used
○ Typical foods here include tagine, couscous, omelettes, pizza, orange juice, almonds, amlou, mint tea, and pistachio ice cream. Bread is eaten with every meal.
○ A one-humped camel is called a dromedary
○ There are mosques everywhere here which call Islamic people to prayer five times daily

For anyone considering visiting Morocco:
○ As a general rule, you should aim to pay about half of whatever vendors initially offer (and shop around so you know what's reasonable!)
○ Although it's pretty easy to get by knowing little to no French or Arabic, you should at least know "non merci" or "la shakran" ("no thank you" in French and Arabic), as that seems to be the only way to get people to leave you alone
○ Plan on no more than three days in Marrakesh, three days to see Merzouga, and at least two days to visit Taghazout.  Skip Essaouira unless you really want to shop (better prices and less aggressive vendors than Marrakesh).  And from what I've heard, Fez is better skipped, as well.
○ Stay at Equity Point in Marrakesh - it's relatively expensive by Moroccan standards but amazingly cheap considering how nice it is