Matt is a bit generous, so here are some guidelines!
€1 is currently worth 11 dirham, and £1 is 15 dirham. The best way to make change is to ask for 120dh of fuel (cent vingt dirham SVP) and give 200dh. This way you get a 50dh and 20dh note and a 10dh coin in your change.
When wondering how much to give someone or pay for things, bear in mind that a manual labourer in Morocco earns 80-100dh per day, whilst a woman doing menial work may earn only 40dh.
In deciding how much to pay an overnight parking guardian I take into account how many vehicles he is looking after (and can expect to earn) and pay either 5dh or 10dh. Once I was asked for 40dh, so I took back what I had given and refused to pay anything.
A pack of cheapo chocolate biscuits costs 0.50dh, a loaf of bread is 1.10dh. For 2dh you can get a local equivalent of a KitKat bar. A 1.5-litre bottle of water is 4.5 to 5.5dh, tea about 3 or 4dh, milky coffee 5dh. A tin of sardines is 3dh. For a good guide to other prices stop off at a Marjane hypermarket.
Tim
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Last edited by Tim Cullis; 23 Feb 2008 at 12:01.
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