A Day in Marrakesh

[@specialcircs]

You should not indulge those snake charmers - it's cruel and harmful to the snakes, it inflicts severe physical and psychological distress on them. They physically abuse them - defang them, destroy their venom glands, etc. Disgusting and barbaric.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you for sharing this🙌🏻

[@decordelights_]

Hey Freddie I might be one of your only Moroccan fans , I'm glad you finally visited my country (I was part of one of Thursdays at dobs's , bandit 1250s owner) .Let me tell you that you came just at the perfect time nothing beats Morocco at this time of the year the sky gets magical in the evening , coffe and tea taste so good when it cold .The backdrop of the Atlas mountains both from Ouarzazate and Marrakech is quite a spectacular view the beautiful red walls and green threes with the white backdrop AHHH so good . Enjoy !

[@zakovich]

Salam aleikum, not the only Moroccan fan, but yeah not a lot of us here :D

[@FreddieDobbs]

I loved your Bandit 1250 story and remember it very well😀 I’m delighted to be here, thank you🙌🏻🇲🇦

[@robmcsenior6282]

Yes Mr Dobbington! Enjoying this mini series very much.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Rob, delighted you’re enjoying it!

[@felixd7818]

I’m watching this report in my small town in snow covered and freezing northern Illinois, USA. I am envious of your experience. I am also wishing that I was not too old to join you, but the reality of the matter is my best days of adventure are over. That’s not a complaint. I’m happy to have my memories just as you are collecting yours. Keep going, don’t stop until you’re out of money or can’t move any more. Things like your tea pot become sacred in a few decades. Well done. Keep safe.

[@GamingGrenade1]

Loving this series. I never realised Marrakesh had such incredible architecture

[@FreddieDobbs]

It’s a visual feast everywhere. The interior design and arts and crafts are so unique, all hand made and very well priced

[@tides2002]

In April 2019 we spent a week in Marrakesh staying in the same area of the city so this video has brought back a lot of memories.

[@martintaylor5879]

Love the content on Marrakech look forward to your trip to Atlas Mountains

[@FreddieDobbs]

Really glad you’re enjoying it, thanks Martin

[@elsubtilo5364]

Freddie please be careful if you’re planning to cross the atlas tomorrow. I advise you to leave after 10:00 am when visibility is good. There are reports of some snowfall these days and icy temperatures. So beware of slippery roads and don’t drive after sunset. Keep some warm blankets with you in case the tichka snow barrier is in place. Some 15 years ago i got stuck at the snow barrier. Traffic was blocked for some 14 hours. Keep an eye on the weather forecast and traffic forecast. Take care

[@FreddieDobbs]

Oh WOW😳 This is incredibly useful advice- thank you so much for this

[@elsubtilo5364]

But above all else enjoy trip and your stay in Morocco

[@SquidwardhatesEVs]

Great video Freddie, I love your sense of adventure brother👍🛵🚙

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you sir🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@BronsonBronson-x2r]

Monaca's (and your) videos are outstanding.. You both have quite the eye.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Bronson 🙌🏻

[@tonyfrewin4822]

Great video as always Freddie. When you were thinking snake fight, I was thinking pocket pickings.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Those snake charmers were unpleasantly aggressive hustlers!

[@paulcalvert2099]

Freddie Dobbs the Judith Chalmers of the bike community.

[@FreddieDobbs]

🤣🤣 this isn’t lost on me… but I did have to explain it to Monika

[@neilurquhart8622]

Bet she needs more make up than you Freddie😂

[@biker_dale]

It's bringing so many memories back, we stayed in a room overlooking that square, at night it came alive and was beautiful but yes, you have to be strong and learn to say no we ended up buying a carpet 😂 but what an experience. It can be dangerous like any city, just don't wander too far from the beaten track. Great video, I still have my Djellaba to this day

[@mantarayal]

Nearly 40 years ago. Same place. Looks the same. I'm sure it isn't, but it sure does look the same. Thanks guys. We haggled over a unique dagger in a sheath for AGES. Bought one (I still have it) thinking what great hagglers we were, walked out of the alley into the square, and there were literally dozens of the things for sale on mats. And yep. So cheap. Good luck with your teapot!! :) All good fun!! And yes, you will have it for ever. Travel safe both of you.

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

Excellent team, with your concise narrative and Monica's smooth camera work I feel a need to visit Marrakesh now.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@Frenkentime]

When I first went to Morocco and stayed in Marrakesh in the old part, my senses were completely overloaded. The first thing I had to do is find a roof top cafe to slowly take it all in. Day 2 we found the new part and couldnt quite believe it. It was like being home but with colour and incredible smells and crafts people like you encountered. The Atlas mountains are incredible! But the roads up there back in 2015 were rather ... unpaved in parts so I hope you find the better roads :D

[@kaizen2049]

Truly a cultural hub with so much diversity in food & customs truly remarkable ❤

[@coldfrog6542]

Thankyou Freddie and Monica for showing a taste of Mareketch. I feel like I have been there after watching your amazing video. Enjoy your tea.

[@kevinshaffer1047]

its beautiful there...i bet Monika is in heaven...i would be loading up what space there is in that Jeep...beautiful teapot.😂..another excellent video...always greatly enjoy watching your travels...

[@FreddieDobbs]

Really glad you enjoyed it! The car’s now packed with stuff😆

[@fernandoprpinheiro]

Last time I did the trip from Marrakech to the desert I got stuck in Atlas due to an avalanche, luckly after 7/8 hours a snow plow came and we could continue the trip, I thought I would have to sleep in the car that day, without food and with just a small bottle of water... Great memories, great villages and people along the way. Enjoy!

[@FreddieDobbs]

Wow! And it gets really cold at night up in the mountains🥶

[@fernandoprpinheiro]

@FreddieDobbs we got caught by a snow storm up there in the afternoon, the avalanche hit a truck and the road got blocked, once we became aware that we would be spending the night there a snow plow show up and they manage to clean the road at around midnight. Major relief and everyone in the road started to celebrate 😅 no doubt Morroco its an adventure. Now I am wondering when to visit the country again 😂

[@colingoldthorpe5918]

At 4:44 the dude sparked out in the little hand cart 🤣🤣🤣 priceless 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@RoadmanRides]

What an incredible-looking place! I love the series, and poor Monica, shouting because she was so worried about how close you got to the Cobras.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Snakes are a colossal phobia for Monika, so a 20m distance was as close as she got🐍

[@specialcircs]

@@FreddieDobbs extremely cruel for them to be capturing them and treating them like that though

[@neilurquhart8622]

@@FreddieDobbsI’d be at least 100m away Monica, you are very brave!🐍🐍

[@markwilliamson2795]

Looks beautiful there....very colorful , I guess maybe you heard Malcolm Smith the motorcycle racer and one of the stars in the movie On any Sunday has passed away , there is a tribute show on KZbin called On any sunday tribute...some of his lifelong friends talk about him...kind of skips around near the end...fast forward to see and hear more

[@markmolloy1497]

Dobbsie, I have news for you, that teapot is not 50 years old.

[@neilurquhart8622]

Probably made last week!

[@OneZeroAlpha]

Recently I parked up out in the countryside to walk my dog. It’s a picturesque place and usually very peaceful; a regular destination and my chance for solitude away from the city. To my shock on this occasion there was an Arab man who pulled up in the lay-by. He blasted out some ott music and bellowed into his snake charming flute! I could still hear him a k away. In all honesty, it ruined the rest of my day; time & place for everything. Great vid Freddie 👍🏻

[@FreddieDobbs]

Haha yep- this last sentence is bang on😆👌🏻

[@SteveJohn-w9q]

Yep. Intrusive feckers aren’t they? Stay where you belong to do as you do.

[@Uncle_Tijikun]

Wonderful video man. There's something in Marrakesh that reminds me of my home town of Naples

[@FreddieDobbs]

I totally get this

[@05gt99]

Great video, thanks for sharing your trip.

[@pleun315]

Excellent video.as always Monika and Freddie ❤❤ beautiful country for bikers too ! Thanks for sharing, hi from Holland ❤

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you🙌🏻🙌🏻🇳🇱

[@lesterthorpe4190]

Hi 👋 brilliantly done ! So good you mentioned that artisan centre , ( near the ancient Katoubia mosque tower ) which is selling crafts at a fixed price , and quality controlled , and helps prevent the confusion , and need to “ haggle “ or negotiate inside the myriad of outlets within the old “medina” / centre of the City . Did you pop into the YSL gardens too ? Enjoy the adventures into the High Atlas Mountains, and beyond !!! Also, perhaps try to stay in a RIAD , old converted courtyard home within the Medina next time ? Check em’out when you get back to GB 🇬🇧

[@FreddieDobbs]

It’s a very good point- it saves a huge amount of hassle with haggling having those fixed prices. Interestingly, the prices in that artisan centre were the best of anywhere we visited (by quite a big distance)

[@paramarky]

Freddie - I'm disappointed no one on the streets recognised the man, the legend "Dobbs - Freddie Dobbs"

[@decordelights_]

if I meet him. I would do hhhahah , tbh honest its good no one does he gets to enjoy his travel .

[@FreddieDobbs]

Monika did notice my ego was reduced by the end of the day😆

[@balance3201]

That teapot is modern made to look old

[@FreddieDobbs]

Damn it!!

[@outofthecage]

Loving this series, I remember having dinner on the second floor of a restaurant overlooking Jemaa el-Fnaa square as it started to come alive at night, it was amazing. The souks are insane to navigate, kudos to both of you for finding your way back out. And as someone else mentioned the snake charming is a nasty business, banned in a lot of countries, some have the venom glands removed, have been defanged or have had their mouths partially stitched shut, terrible practice. Looking forward to the next phase over the Atlas mountains and wondering if you guys will be doing the desert camping based out of Merzougah? If you can you I would recommend doing the quad bike rental thing in the dunes, lots of fun and pretty awe inspiring once you get out into the dunes. Thanks

[@rishishekhawat9873]

superb video dobbsy 💥💥

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you Rishi🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@milliewilkie1969]

we are siiting with the patio doors open at our holiday apartment in Cyprus so know how you feel getting away from the cold of UK

[@FreddieDobbs]

That sounds glorious! Have a brilliant time and enjoy the warmth☀️

[@johnnythefox9830]

Dobbsey on a Thursday? Still brilliant! Thanx.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Of course😀

[@joedudz]

Great video. Haven't watched it yet but needed first comment.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Joe, I hope you enjoy it!

[@joedudz]

@@FreddieDobbs Top Hole Freddie, thanks.

[@SophiaSmith-w9m]

Your videos always bring me tons of fun and positivity! Thank you for your unrivaled geony and wit!👢🌗🥂

[@StevenKendall-m9w]

Keep safe and next time you come Up North try the North York Moors same Yorkshire just a bit different

[@haxan6663]

As someone who has visited Marrakesh twice, with a 36 year gap in-between, I can say that it is a place that is well worth visiting. However, after 3 or 4 days, you need a break from the sensory overload!?

[@StevenKendall-m9w]

Just like your trip to Yorkshire

[@FreddieDobbs]

Isn’t it😆

[@simonbirt6121]

Did he by any chance antique teapot in Yorkshire.

[@edwardsenesac]

Morocco is simply amazing! I have a Honda SuperCub 125 in Japan--you should get such a small bike!

[@KVenturi]

Is that a cobra just on the square? that's crazy

[@mikerider58]

A Visual Feast

[@simonbirt6121]

This reminds me of the Indian trousers odyssey, they weren’t antique though.

[@RichardParsons65]

Lovely to see Marrakesh - a real feast for the eyes! Was your mic switched on? Difficult to hear in parts.

[@FreddieDobbs]

I think I was speaking a bit too quietly up in the restaurant unfortunately🎙️

[@grahamcuthbert783]

Freddie, wonderful, first thoughts were you should get a job then you wouldn't have all this spare time to hang around street markets and spend your cash. Second thoughts, I must drink more tea and go to Morocco myself, there are some wonderful eagles in the Atlas Mountains, great vlog and hopefully you will keep giving us the entertainment we enjoy. Thanks to Monica who saved you from the Snake Pit!! I first thought she was warning you against being sucked into buying that long white garment.

[@mum0007.]

Morocco 🇲🇦 great country love it 🇬🇧🇲🇦♥️

[@sbsbsbsb7575]

fez, marakech , casa blanca, esouria , rabat, marzouga, chafchouen, tanger, asila, IFRAN and more . welcome!

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you so much🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@radicalcartoons2766]

50-yr-old teapot, sure, Freddy! At least you're enjoying yourselves!

[@FreddieDobbs]

I got sold the dream😆

[@blacksquirrel4008]

@@FreddieDobbscould easily be 50 years old. Looks like the boss for the handle might be leaking. A plumber can solder that up for you.

[@sosochannel-t3e]

أنا من المغرب 🇲🇦❤

[@FreddieDobbs]

Sending you all my best❤️🇲🇦

[@sosochannel-t3e]

@@FreddieDobbs شكرا جزيلا لك حظ موفق متتبعة جديدة 🇲🇦❤️👊

[@mattJsy1]

مرحباً بك أخي. مراكش مكان رائع.

[@johnsmith-zf1fd]

This guys the new James May

[@greenteaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You should check out Essaouira

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you for this tip- I’ve just saved this👌🏻

[@JacobSmith-rd8hl]

Are you going to visit other Moroccan cities, besides Marrakech?

[@FreddieDobbs]

This was the only big city- from here, it’s heading into the Sahara🏜️

[@JacobSmith-rd8hl]

@@FreddieDobbs If you decide to stop by Agadir and spend some time there you let me know, I'd love to say hi. Anyways enjoy your trip mate! Great vids btw

[@jeddavies6230]

Did you know your MOT has expired. Hope you are home.

[@paulshelley4670]

Tomorrow

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks🙌🏻

[@LocoArt]

Are these green screens?

[@64keego]

Don't worry Freddie. Those cobras are no longer poisonous. They are taken care off😅

[@FreddieDobbs]

Ahhhh I was wondering this

[@jamesonpace726]

And if ya rubs da teapot & makes a wish, a great, blue genie will emerge....

[@gzk6nk]

On your way back from the Atlas and the Sahara you must see Fez. Far more interesting than Marrakesh.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Interesting- appreciate this tip👌🏻

[@simonbirt6121]

But a bit chilly in January.

[@michaltrivium]

🎩🙏👌

[@georger7967]

Hope the guy in the cart at 4:45 was sleeping 🫣

[@FreddieDobbs]

Me too😆

[@rayysalwa8141]

💯💯💯💯👍💯💯💯💯💯😍😍😍

[@MaxUtley]

Crossed Atlas on 411 Himalayan and down to Western Sahara and coast amazing - then a KTM enduro tour in Sahara - so much fun kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqCUqJqeZsyiaZIsi=tBUchSodAkd38nea

[@leeandjancruise]

Only been to Morocco once, it was from our cruise ship to a popular commercialised resort that I can't remember the name of now, it wasn't as modernised as the city in your vlog and I refused to eat or drink anything offered. Back there next year to two resorts from our cruise ship, one being Marrakesh.

[@RichardParsons65]

Hardly culture vultures are you. Why do you travel?

[@FreddieDobbs]

Monika’s more picky than me for places to eat- I will usually just eat anywhere if I’m alone. Marrakesh has a good selection of eateries👌🏻👌🏻

[@mrglassbadguy485]

So you visited a place and when ppl were hospitable, you behaved like a... i think you know the world. do us a favor, stay on your cruise ship

[@leeandjancruise]

@ If you have travelled as I have then through experience gained you learn where to eat and drink and where not to eat or drink without being disrespectful to the locals.

[@IbecomeU]

You're sitting In Marrakesh looking over that great city and you're trying to flog us some crapy magazine? Come on bro.

[@garryclarke-kray4071]

I’m totally against the ill treatment of animals so wouldn’t of even given them camera time

[@othmane767]

سبعمية درهم؟ مساخط هاد مراكشيين هههههه

[@jade.99]

la rah maymkech o bakiyat dyal atay b 800dh?? narii!

[@othmane767]

@@jade.99 80 machi 800dh ghi ghlet

[@LindaTruman-b8s]

Keep surprising us with your ideas. Your videos are a real source of inspiration.🚢‍♂️🛞

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[@LinaJustis]

Each of your videos is a small masterpiece! Quality, editing, presentation of information - everything is top-notch. Thank you for your hard work!📸🎯🪀