Hi,

I haven't had a chance to visit LCT in at least a week, but I finally did today, and saw your question. I was in Morocco on my Med cruise in May, so I can tell you what I remember. We didn't even have an opportunity to exchange our currency, and honestly I don't even remember what the currency was, or the exchange rate. But we did go to a Berber market (in Taroudant), and all the vendors accepted US dollars. They more or less figured the exchange themselves, so who knows what kind of formula they were using, but in the end that doesn't matter because it's all about the haggling! You just have to get an initial figure from them and then talk them down as low as you can get them to go.

I actually bought quite a few things -- a silver and copper tray, ceramic candlesticks, a camelbone box, heck I don't even remember what else, but it was enough that I recall having difficulty carrying it all out of the market! LOL! As for how I did price-wise, really who knows? I do know that I never paid more than half what they originally quoted, and I walked away from a number of items when the merchant wouldn't meet my price. The items I bought I first walked away from after extensive haggling, but then the vendor eventually met my price. So I'm deluding myself into believing I did good! ;)

I agree, Morocco really was an exotic, alien world, and I too loved it!