The Stray Cat Flophouse

Without having this post descend into overly infantile animal sex jokes, I just want everyone to know that I sleep no more than 15ft away from what can accurately be described as a seedy stray cat, pay-by-the-hour motel. Last night, these cats were at it until 2:30am, sans cesse. For those of you who haven't experienced the copulation noises of a female cat in heat, let me put it this way, it doesn't sound like an altogether pleasant time for the female. Basically, it's this constant screeching, followed by one huge yowl after a few minutes. Admittedly, some of us found it funny at first, in a whole, "dude! those cats are totally having sex!" kind of way. However, you'd be surprised at how fast the noises get irritating.

Speaking of noises, as we were leaving the apartment sunday morning, we were beset by two Moroccan men outside of our apartment who played some rather obnoxiously loud music for us on their drum and metal hand clappers. After giving them a dirham to leave us alone, we were left wondering aloud why that type of a tourist trap would find its way into a residential neighborhood in Rabat at 9:00am on a Sunday. Turns out... that these guys make their living by playing their obnoxiously loud instruments outside peoples' apartments until the residents throw down a few dirhams to make them leave.