Vanlife Morocco In LOCKDOWN - We're stuck here!

This video is sponsored by BetterHelp. What is happening guys? We're Craig and Amy and you are watching Clean It! And if you watched how much of a mission it was for us to get to Morocco, now we couldn't get out if we tried. All flights and ferries in and out of Morocco are cancelled. Oh sh**! On the 14th of November, we finally arrived in Morocco in our bus Custard. We're in Africa, baby! Last week we jumped straight into the chaos and spent the week exploring the streets and medinas of Marrakesh. Watch Amy get scammed about 40 times. Scroll for you now. Morocco has halted all inbound flights. But from the 30th of November, the Moroccan government has closed their borders. This closure is initially for two weeks, but locals believe it will last a lot longer. After the news was announced, a lot of tourists panicked and left. But we've decided to stick around as we have three full months to explore and if and when the lockdown is extended, then we'll have a decision to make. This week we learn how to cook like a Moroccan. We meet some rescued fluffy locals. And we experience a traditional Moroccan Riyadh. So click subscribe and follow our adventures through this amazing country and follow us on Instagram for live updates. Morning lads. So today we are going to head back into Marrakesh, see what trouble we can get into. Our squad of friends is growing, so let us introduce you to our two new van life friends or four new van life friends. Meet our friends Rachel and Harry and their 2013 long wheelbase Peugeot Boxer. So this is our van, Lam and Sizi. This is our little kitchen with our little cooker which came off a canal boat in Birmingham. And then we have the seating area and then at night, that's our bed. How do you cope without toilet? Well, you don't have to be polite. Go on, tell me what you did, what you said yesterday. Sometimes we sh** in a bag and other times we make use of facilities on the campsite. See, we're not animals. Yeah, when we say we don't have a toilet, we're kind of... And then you put the bag, the bag goes here and then this like seals the bag on and voila. I bet you had some great views with that toilet. Oh yeah, we normally do it here and one of us will leave. And this is Chloe and James and their Mercedes Sprinter van. Welcome, this is Biscuit, show you around. This is our living room, turns into a table as well, dining room. Toilet in here, managed to use the scrap. And you built all this yourself? Yeah, and this is a second build. It's all a bit easier this time. I think you can see the dishes. Van life reality. Here's our bed, bedroom, storage under here. That used to be Nina's bedroom, but she's not with us on this trip. So, a bit more van life reality. Tidy van. Messy car. Oh, Chloe's hiding it all. That's where it all goes when it looks so clean. I do love having a little look inside other people's vans because I'm nosy and I know you guys are nosy. So, it is really cool to see what everybody does and how like they put their personality into their build and their style. I won't lie, I feel like Custard's a bit bland. But everybody's got like little intricate bits that they got from different places around the world and Custard's like, she's like Ikea born and bred. I feel like I want to like spruce her up a little bit. Get a few bits from Morocco because this is the place. If you're going to do like interior design, you want to come here. So, let's see what we can find. You're not buying nothing, love. Thank you very much. So, we've been getting these little creamy numbers. Yes, please, the square. In and out of Marrakesh. Marrakesh is about 20 minute drive from where we are and it costs us about eight quid. Don't know if that's good or not, but that is a set price from the campsite. So, happy with that. So, we dived back into the medina with the crew on the hunt for some more sh** we did not need. What have you got? Just some little tea glasses. Oh, oh my God. Your hat, your hat with this colour. It's nice. How much is your jacket? In Arabic. How much is it? 500 dirham. Yes, lovely. But that's very expensive for me. We've made our way like miles through the medina and your man's turned up with the shirt and he's going 280 because I know you're broke. 150. For me, I really want it, but I can only pay 150. He's gone, he's gone, right? He's gone, he's gone. The actual scale of this place is unbelievable. We spent two, maybe three hours the other day just wandering about. We've come back, we've spent another two hours wandering about and everything's been brand new. We've just found new shops, new people, new people to annoy and barter with. I still haven't grown in confidence with my bartering yet. Rachel's really good. So if I want something, I'm like, where's Rachel? But yeah, it's such an experience, isn't it? Yeah, it's mad. I've like got anxiety from that guy now. He's pretty unhappy with Amy. They're on top, but you have to. You have to stick to your ground. You've got a price in your head and go with that. Most of the time they'll go, yeah, no problem and then shake your hand. I think they know with me, I just don't want anything. I try to sell myself. I'm just like, I'm right. Cheers, drive. You are a good man. I know you're a good man. You're a happy 230. It's too much for me, but thank you. 220. I do 170 tops. You look jacket, but you don't have 220. This is from a charity shop. You know charity? Yeah. So cheap. Less than 50 dirham, cheap. So I'm not expensive at all. Not a very expensive lady. No gold. No gold, no silver. You're not a lady. Okay, I'm not going to fight with you. 15 minutes later, our man popped up with yet another offer. How much? 190. Okay, okay. I gave in. Look at his smile. I mean, he's a gentleman. He's a gentleman. He's like the cutest person I've ever seen. Hey, look. You like it? Nice. Thank you. Are you friends now? Yeah, yes. All time is friends. We don't mind it. Okay, show him some money. Happy? Yes. Thank you. We literally were so far away from where we first saw him. And he's made his way through. And all you hear is 190, 190, 170. Oh God. But we're here and this is us. And we're hoping it says love and hope on the back. But it might say Taurus Banker. I think he swapped it for Taurus Banker, yeah. All right, lads. We're all done in the market. We're all pretty tired. But we got cheers. We got fruit and veg. We got some more cheers. We got a bag. And veg. More fruit and veg. And a jacket. We're all shopped out. So we're heading back to Custard. We're going to do a little cinnamon night with some snacks. And probably not come back to this market again. Because we've probably seen every corner of it now. We'll definitely be back. Because there is a few things that I do want to get. But yeah, we're shattered. We've been out for about three hours. And it's just such a tough day. Like bartering and... Serious knackering, man. I haven't even bought anything. And I'm tired just listening to people. Yeah. But yeah, it's a great day out. I know we've said it before. But it's worth coming. It's such an experience. This is how you cross the road in Morocco. Just walk. Hope you don't get hit by anything. All right, we've got the cinema screen now. Got some popcorn getting burnt by here. It's rather smoky, Craig. I'm waiting for some friends. How is it? Rachel's talking ---- about my popcorn. Barbecue, barbecue, barbecue. A little bit burnt, Craig. It is a little bit burnt. But I tried my best. I'm good for you, carcinogens. All right, cinema night about to commence. Craig, what is it we're watching? 14 Peaks. Brilliant. Yeah, what's it about? It's about a man who climbed the 14 highest peaks in the world in 18 months, I think. Amazing. I've heard it's very emotional and very motivational. So yeah. Not that I'm going to climb 14 peaks ever. You can see the world. 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Chef's just checking our tagines. I think they're cooked. So we're going to have our first homemade cooked tagine. I can't wait for this. It smells outrageous. It's 12 o'clock and I didn't have breakfast this morning because we did wake up quite early to get here. So I'm so ready for this. But it is just a little bit of a shame that the border's up close now and there's nobody else here. The ladies really do rely on like donations and people taking part in the cooking class experience and coming here and seeing the ladies. So, yeah, if you're thinking about coming to Morocco when everything opens up, make sure you come here and you buy lots of things. They've got cookbooks and aprons and things. I think we might get one of these. They're really cool. Yeah, just such like a humbling experience and I think it's going to be a delicious one too, Craig. Or mine is anyway. So this is mine. The better one. No. That looks great. I'll give it to you. You still got your tomatoes in the middle. Mine, mine have ran away. And now we're going to get some lemon juice. Cheers. Cheers, babes, to our first Moroccan home-cooked dish. It's like lime juice with mint. But there's no sour. They've like curved the sour. That's really sweet and lovely. They've curved the sour. All right, all right, stop talking. We've also got some fresh bread. The best part about Tijoune, you get your fresh bread and you dip it in. Yeah. You get all that oily, tomatoey, garlicky, herby goodness. They know how to do bread in Morocco, don't they? He's done it, ladies and gentlemen. So good. It's a real art, this Tijoune making. It is. I could put my carrots in and she was like, no, they're the wrong way. So all that hard veg needs to go at the bottom because that's where all the heat is. But it's so nice, we're sat outside. Even though the sun's out, it's really chilly this morning. So we've got this nice warm food. 10 out of 10, mate. 10 out of 10. I'm available for bar mitzvahs, birthdays, wedding events. Yeah, that's what you'll get. One of them. One of those. Let me just try yours. Knew you were gonna do that. You know what? I have a finger. So now that we've learned how to cook like a local, we're gonna live like a local. This is a traditional Moroccan Riyadh. This is it. 60 quid a night, A, B and B. It's 42 pounds a night. Is it? Yeah, babe. 42 quid? Is that a bargain? What do you mean 60 quid? I don't know. I think that's what you said. Nice big bed, cupboards, shelves, nice little lantern. En suite bathroom. And we've asked for another little blanket because it's really cold in the nights here in Marrakesh. We've been finding ourselves like, waking up at four o'clock in the morning and turning the heating on in Custard. But I do miss Custard. We just thought that we'd leave her for one night and experience this while we're here because it just looks so beautiful. But don't worry, Custard, we'll be back tomorrow. We're only staying for a night. Even though the room was 42 quid, pretty cheap, the tagines are 12 pounds. So we're gonna go elsewhere. She's lovely. It's a class. Yeah. A few little sandals and socks. I knew you'd cave in. He actually got that style from me. I just know the comments are gonna kick right off now. All the way to the top. Vegan burger. Yeah. As much as I love a tagine, we peaked this morning when we cooked our own. Yeah. Best one in Morocco, mate. It is. And we're all tagined out. So I'm like dying for another meal because we've probably had 40 tagines in the last week. That's all they offer, isn't it? Breakfast, lunch and dinner. So yeah, burger me up, love. Vegan chocolate mousse as well. Really? Oh, you're gonna have such a nice time. Plant-based, baby. Oh, you can't have it, can you, babe? I can't have it, no. That's a shame. I'll have two for you. Just for a quick background story, somebody bet me 12 years ago that I couldn't stop eating chocolate and I've done it for 12 years. So I won the bet. Vegan parmesan, vegan parmesan. Can you, will you please? Mate, burger. Can't believe it. That looks lovely. It's been too long. Yeah. I'm gonna cry. I'm literally gonna cry. So the guy that served us, who was just beautiful and cute anyway, he was like, the moment. Because the borders are closed and because you cannot leave and nobody can come in. We're just saying, if you have no money to pay, you can have the food for free. So nice, like that's just so lovely. We're okay. We're gonna pay for our food because it was lovely and the service was great. But I might have a little cry later. Probably the friendliest gesture we've had in Morocco. So if you're gonna come to Marrakech, make sure you eat here. I brought you a treat, babes. He's brought me a treat. Can I eat it? Has it got sugar in it? You can try. Oh, reunited with the shared toothbrush. Toothbrush? People have a go at how I say toothbrush. It must just be a Welsh thing. We share the bottom, not the top. The top bit comes off and we've got separate ones. Mine's got an A on it. You're absolutely loving your life, yeah. Isn't this what you're supposed to do? Sitting in a Riyadh like a little Sultan with your walk-to-walk delivery. I know we're just there but we've just got to take away because we're starving. We're too busy posting our new merchandise which is probably still for sale. There's still some sizes left, limited edition. So head to kingof.com to get yourself some new garms. Yeah, they're really cool. We designed them ourselves with our friend Jess. I'm just really excited. They're so limited edition. We haven't even got them yet and I cannot wait to get my hands on it. But thanks to everybody who ordered last week when they went live, which is now. Yeah, so if you don't follow us on Instagram, you need to because that's when real-time stuff happens. Here we are. Oh, Craig, I haven't got any cutlery. Oh, nightmare. We're going to have to drink the noodles. So we're going to scarf this and we'll see you tomorrow, lads. It's bloody freezing, mate. First order of the day, breakfast. So breakfast is on the roof, not by the pool. Back up upstairs. Oh, look at the consistency of that. We've been asking what that is. What is it? I'm guessing it's yogurt, Craig. Here we have crepes with I'm guessing like a caramel sauce, which is great. Crepes, you mean? Crepes. Did he not say crepes? Whatever. A cake. I'll have both. Bread, a little bit of bread. And then he said that this was made out of vegetables. It's called a Moroccan pancake. Moroccan pancake. And then, you know, jams and stuff. Yeah, a healthy, hearty, carbified breakfast. It's a bit spicy. It's a bit of a spicy breakfast to start you off. Nice and like oily though. It's like a great like fried pancake. Good for the bum holey. Tell you later. Good old brave Captain B's going for the full Riyadh experience this morning. I am. She's going to get out of the pool on her own because it's bloody freezing. I love a cold water dip, but you know when you're just nice and cosy. I've had my breakfast. I had a nice tea. Yeah, that's how I feel. So she's going to take one for the team. Give it a bum though, Trev. Goodbye, Riyadh. Great experience that, wasn't it? It was. I'm not going to lie, Craig. We really did miss Custard, didn't we? Yeah. It got to like nine o'clock last night. We'd finished posting all of our live merchandise, which is still on the website, and we were like, oh, nice cup of tea now. But it wasn't there, you know. The beauty of van life. We also got hungry and had to order delivery, but, oh no, I just stepped in poo. Oh, gross. Look, you see this, bro? This is why you shouldn't blog and walk. I just felt that proper squelch then as well. Oh, sick. Well, I'm not walking with you. What a nightmare. Probably on my sock too. Heading back to Custard now, but before we leave, this kid wants to buy herself a little souvenir of the city. Two, two please. No, no, no, it's too much. I will do, I will do 50. It's too early for bartering, man. Don't want a barter for breakfast, do you? No one wants that. That's the one she wants. Couldn't choose an easy one, could you? The second purchase is this little number. I've got this thing about like getting to a country and getting t-shirts with their names on it. Like, I hope that says Morocco. Hopefully it doesn't say Nobed. But yeah, we got it for 50 dirham, which is probably still quite expensive because it has sun damage. But it looks quite vintage, you know? What state did we leave this in then? I don't even want to know. Ah, it's even worse. I love, sorry to have left you. Project cleaner. That's better. Nice t-shirt, babes. Do you like my sun-damaged t-shirt? I was going to say, shame about the sun damage, but at least it was cheaper. I thought it was cream and then he got it down. He's like, I'll give you a new one. And the new one was white. And I was like, it doesn't have the same vibe. Do you know what I mean? If anyone can read Arabic, what does it say? Does it say Nobed in Morocco or does it just say Morocco, Morocco? I don't mind either way. She's thirsty. That's again, good and clean. Poo boy, poo boy. Emptying the grey waste. Bittersweet to be leaving the campsite today, but we've been here for way too long, living in luxury. So we need to find some wild park ups. So we just need to settle the bill now. I think it was like nine quid a night here and they can arrange laundry and all sorts, but great place if you want to come. But before we leave Marrakesh fully, we've got someone we'd like to introduce you to. You know that's him because of the tail wag. Bless him. He's got holes everywhere hasn't he? Bless him. So we called him Truffle because when he first came over to us, he did like a little truffle shuffle and kind of, he had his tail wagging. Bless him. But it was along the floor. So we fell in love with Truffle and went and bought a bag of dog food for him. We've looked for him every night, but he just hasn't been here. As we're leaving, he's there. Adult complete. I'm watching him turn his nose up now. I know. Oh, good boy Truffle. Is that nice? You happy boy? I know, I wish I could take him. Oh no, he's ours for life Craig. I'll show you around the bus. I'll let you know where the toilet is and stuff and you can move in right now. Unfortunately, van life isn't going to be forever for us. That's why we don't ever get a dog. But apparently it's really hard to like adopt a dog from Morocco as well with quarantine and stuff. So it would never be that easy just to nab him. But I would love it. I really would love it. Hi guys. Bye Truffle. He's not even looking. He doesn't care Craig. Not a care in the world. All right, we're finally leaving Marrakesh. We are heading for somewhere extra special. We're done with the animals for today because we ate. How does it feel to be driving in Morocco? I'm buzzing to be back on the road because I'm so chilled. But you've got to be locked in when you turn this car on. But don't be afraid if you're thinking about coming here because it's not that bad. You just have to keep your wits about you. There's some really weird donkey noises to a guy because he didn't speak English. We're now following this lad and he's going to take us right to where we need to be. Oh, Craig, what a welcome. Just get them all in and we'll go. We'll go real quick. This is Jarjia Donkey Sanctuary where Charles, Susan and their wonderful team rescue and take care of over 150 donkeys and mules. So this is what Charles calls the hospital district. So all of the little donkeys that are in these sections, they've either been run over or attacked by dogs and they're my love. And they've just been settling in here to try and get better. Well, he actually saves them because they get abandoned a lot of the time, doesn't he? Yeah. We'll take this one, Craig. You want to come? So there's a little lady in here who actually had a caesarean last week. The baby didn't make it, unfortunately, but they can do all that here. And the baby was breached. So they had to give her a caesarean and take the baby out because they think that maybe it had died maybe three days before they had taken her out. So Charles was saying that the boys went to the market and got all of this. So this will last less than a week. I'm moving in. We've got about 150 donkeys and that will feed them all, but not even for a week. Charles has said also that we come at the right time as well because we're going to get to see them getting fed, like their main meal. He's like, it's such an ordeal. I'm like, I cannot wait. Well, hello, everyone. Hi there. Oh, you're just the best. You're just the best. You've only got one little ear, bless you. Oh, he's just got one ear. He said it's mutilation, so we need to chop his ear off. What? Some horrendous stories about these donkeys. I know. What's happened to them. But Charles was saying they're just so forgiven and resilient after all the ---- that some of these donkeys have been through. They just take such good care of them. They get a huge bowl of food four times a day and it costs thousands and thousands just to feed these donkeys and mules. But yeah, Charles has got such a good heart, hasn't he? He really does. Such a nice guy. I'm going to ask him if he can adopt me. I mean, what's one more, you know? Six thousands to feed you every week, love. Come on boys, it's dinner time. They know where they're going. Everyone find a bowl. It's like a big donkey canteen. What a lovely day. Charles and Susan are the nicest people ever. Yeah. So if you come to Marrakesh, make sure you come and visit this place. We'll leave links below. If you can, make sure you donate because it takes a lot of money for them to run this place. I think they've got 150 donkeys and mules and they just work so hard. They've got a team of 14 people who are caring for the animals, giving them medicine and all kinds. So yeah, click the link below, donate and help them take care of the animals. Do you enjoy that, babes? It was amazing. My face is really hurting from smiling now. Same. Listen to them. Yeah, just so humbling. So gorgeous. I just love people like that because they care so much and I care so much. And it's just like, oh, thank you. Thank you for doing that. And now jumping back in Kesterds. Amy fed the dogs treats and now they're all following us. But we need to find a park up. I think I found one by a lake. So we're going to try and test that out. Bye, guys. Oh, no. We've got a major leak. Where's that coming from, though? Don't know. It's stuck there. I can't turn around. I definitely didn't sign up for this. It doesn't look it right now, but it is quite a dip. Easy does it. So there's two possible options. We can take the right or we can go down to the left. Wait there. Wait for me. This is off-roading. Everything's popping open. There's flying everywhere. Slowly does it. Gorgeous. So the mission begins. Find a wild camping spot in the middle of Morocco. A desert there's nobody about. That'll do. Chef Amal on the mic. Nice apron. Thank you. We got it from the cooking class. We bought it. It's only ten to eight, Craig. I'm so tired. This doesn't actually look that nice, but shoot. You just had a cooking class. Why isn't it nice? Yeah, no, no, no. Wait, wait to taste it. Chef's speciality, purple tofu. You be nice. Be nice. Taste a bit of the veg and tell me if it's got all the flavour. You know when someone farts like straight away? It's cabbage, bro. Taste a bit like that. Like a fresh out the bumhole fart. That's a lovely thanks, babes. Yeah, whatever. So lads, that is it for this week. Thank you so much for tuning in. Hope you've had a wicked time. And I just want to say that travel is wicked. It's like probably one of the best things you can do. And I fully believe in you that you can do it yourself. Save your pennies and put it all away. Create a bucket list and then go and do it. Like it really, it can be done. And if you're thinking in your head, it can't be done. You're not prioritising yourself, okay. So pick it up strongly. All the overtime you can get in. And just think about where you'd love to go in the world. Write it down. Envision it. Manifest it. And one day, you sat there right now watching this. We'll make it happen. Always remember, guys. Always, every single day. Rule your own world. 1, 2, 3, bite!