marrakesh medina

i'm always relieved when in a new city i eventually get to where i am staying. most of the time i can find the place on my own with the given directions. for this hostel in marrakesh, there essentially were no directions to the hostel, just what area. so, i thought i would chance it and see how it goes. took the bus from the airport to the medina. started walking around hoping the hostel would pop up in front of me. after wondering around having no idea where i was going i finally let a boy take me to the hostel. paid him a bit more than i should, but oh well. the center plaza in the medina as shown in the picture is pretty amazing. tons of vendors and some performers too. wondered around checking out all that i could. so here in marrakesh, most guess that i am japanese, probably more of them come here than any other asians. one did guess that i'm vietnamese, but i wonder if it's cuz i had told some one and the word spread. good tactic cuz it got my attention. anyway i headed back before it got too late/dark to find my way back and have it pay another boy to lead me back.