Tichka pass and local kids

[gren_t]

HI all
I have just returned from 3 weeks touring morroco in all the times i travelled around the pistes i found kids of various ages pretending to moving stones from the road as i pass and asking for sweets, dirham or stylo etc in return.

Personally i never give anything not 'cause i'm tight or hard faced but after seeing a kid get roughed up in senegal last year over a rubber ball i gave him I swore never to do it again, however on the road to the tichka pass from Ait-Ben there was a distinct change in atmosphere, as i passed slowly the kids banged the panels of the discovery and one actually kicked the rear panel.
How long before if you dont give sweets they throw stones?

never had this response in the past,or other roads but am sure it is due to the large number of tour 4x4's that use this road.

am I alone in not giving?

PS.was also flagged down( hands out and palms down) on piste to merzouga by a guy on a moped, I stopped to help and was asked for in order : cigarettes,tobacco,dirham, water. i got back in car and drove off.

any views?

regards to all

Gren