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The three things you would never do again thread got me thinking about Morocco and why I’d never go back.
It’s a country I visited three times and enjoyed each occasion, especially the food, but two terrorist incidents put me off ever going back. The first incident was a cafe bombing in Marrakesh which occurred about two months after we’d visited the city. These things can happen all over the world and I put it to the back of my mind.
A couple of years later we went back. On April 28th 2011, just before noon, a bomb went off in the Argana Cafe in Jemaa el-Fnaa Square killing 17 and injuring another 25, four seriously.
We were flying home later that day and had been in the cafe, for a tea and light snack, before checking out of the hotel and heading to the airport. We left the cafe only about 30 minutes before the bomb went off!
It was way to close for comfort and we haven’t been back since.
Are there any countries on your list that you have visited and will not go back?
It’s a country I visited three times and enjoyed each occasion, especially the food, but two terrorist incidents put me off ever going back. The first incident was a cafe bombing in Marrakesh which occurred about two months after we’d visited the city. These things can happen all over the world and I put it to the back of my mind.
A couple of years later we went back. On April 28th 2011, just before noon, a bomb went off in the Argana Cafe in Jemaa el-Fnaa Square killing 17 and injuring another 25, four seriously.
We were flying home later that day and had been in the cafe, for a tea and light snack, before checking out of the hotel and heading to the airport. We left the cafe only about 30 minutes before the bomb went off!
It was way to close for comfort and we haven’t been back since.
Are there any countries on your list that you have visited and will not go back?
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