This episode is the audio replay of our first Destination Morocco live Q&A session, on Wednesday, Sept. 13.
You can find the video version here.
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As you may know, we had been planning this event for the past few weeks, with a focus on how to plan your bucket list of things to see and do in Morocco.
The earthquake near Marrakech on Sept. 8 immediately turned our focus to sharing as much information as possible on the state of recovery, on whether people can still travel to Morocco and what they can expect there.
The short answer is: yes! People are still travelling in and to Morocco, and most of the country has been unaffected. Even in Marrakech, 5 days after the disaster, streets are already being cleared and businesses are reopening, if they closed at all. Most of the new city was only minimally damaged. The older, brick and mortar buildings of the Medina were much more susceptible to damage, but most of the riads remain open.
Destination Morocco's office manager in Marrakech, Sam, joins the call today with a report on-location, filling us in on the state of recovery, and how the company and its tours are adapting.
This conversation is also about the extraordinary unity and generosity that emerges from adversity. Hear firsthand how Berber/Amazigh people from around the world have came together to provide aid. Also, you'll get an inside look at the relief efforts orchestrated by the Destination Morocco team. We touch on the cultural respect and etiquette, vital to understand if you're planning a visit during the recovery period.
As we round off the discussion, we explore the rebuilding efforts, particularly in the mountainous regions of Morocco. We highlight the role of technology in visualizing the impact and the importance of donations in this phase. If Morocco is on your travel wish list, we assure you of its safety and rich cultural experiences waiting to be explored. From its unique architectural styles to stunning landscapes, Morocco beckons you with its captivating charm.
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Welcome to this live Q&A with Destination Morocco. In this live Q&A, we're going to be covering a lot of the questions that we have received from the listeners, the viewers, the travelers to Morocco, and it's going to be me, sam and Ted in the panel, and Ted is going to be basically the moderator for this Q&A. Ted, welcome everybody. You have the floor, thank you.
Speaker 2:Thanks, good to see you guys, especially Sam, who is joining us live from Marrakesh. So yeah, I'm glad you're okay. At least you and your family are okay.
Speaker 3:Yeah, thank you very much. Very good, thanks God. Everything is fine, everybody is fine, everybody is live.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and you are in the company office right now. How's the office?
Speaker 3:That's right, the office is fine. Yeah, unfortunately my house is not. My office is good, very good, excellent.
Speaker 2:That's good, yeah, well, yeah, we've got some questions and I'm sure we'll come up with some things in the meantime. We have a few audience members for sure. So if you are watching us live the way to participate I guess there's a couple of ways you should see a chat button and you can send us a chat message. It'll pop up here and then I can read your question. The second thing which is a little more fun, but it's up to you if you want to do this is that you can request to come on to the show, and that includes video. So if you do that, there's another button that says request to join live session, something close to that you can put in your name. You can even write your question in or what you want to talk about. So we kind of have a sense of what the topic is, right, and then me, as in the kind of producer role here, I would let you in and then, yeah, you can come on the show. So that's, of course, only if people want to. You certainly don't have to. You can definitely leave questions in the chat. We've been using Riverside here for quite a while a year and a half but we've never actually done this live thing. So we're kind of new to this, but it's fine. It seems to be quite user-friendly. So, either way, we'll see how that goes and, of course, we are recording this so anybody watching this afterwards can skim through and find all the questions, and we'll have it up on the YouTube channel pretty soon. So we're going to go for about an hour here, 60 minutes, and, yeah, really it's the well. Another thing, too, is the fact that we've been planning this for the past month or so, which initially was to just talk about general ideas, how to go about planning a trip to Morocco and any details about that, and now, of course, we're changing our focus. So we all want to know what's happening on the ground in Morocco, especially Marrakech the last few days. So anyone in particular who has a trip planned, who's definitely going, who's got the tickets booked, who's close to doing so, who's very serious about it and has dates in mind, probably the next maybe three or four months, but even in general, if you're really planning on going, you're certainly going to have questions Well, can I still go? What's it like? What's the state of tourism now? So we're going to talk about that, and then, of course, there's people who may be going in the future, maybe have already gone, not have any plans yet, but they want to know how we can help, how we can contribute from a distance. There's people joining and watching this from all around North America and Europe and probably Australia and other places. So, yeah, anyone from around the world who wants to contribute will chat a bit about that. So I guess the first question then, maybe for Azdeen and Sam too especially really, how safe is Morocco right now, especially where you are?
Speaker 1:I'll let Sam answer that first, please.
Speaker 3:Thank you very much, azdeen. Morocco right now is safe. Honestly it's very safe, especially Marrakech. Unfortunately, outskirts of Marrakech, the village is very, very damaged, especially there is so many villages which are destroyed Marrakech, some parts of it affected by the earthquake, so especially the old Medina, inside the old Medina. But most of the places, especially tourist attractions, are still good. The other parts of Morocco, for example, is Saouira, for example, like Azablanca, rabat, tangier, fes, miknes, Agatir, voli Bili, for example, merzuga those areas are very good. So they feel just a little bit movement, but it's not a big deal. So there is no houses far or something like that. There is nothing. So Marrakech is good. So for the, we still have tourists here in Marrakech. You can see, even on the square, on the monuments, like Marzory Gardens, like, for example, the Madrasa Ben Yusuf, like the museums, for example, they still work. In the Medina there are some parts of it, especially, for example, the Milleh, the old Jewish quarter, is damaged, inside the Medina, for example, but most of the parts is not Sam.
Speaker 1:Please forgive me, You're answering too many questions in one question.
Speaker 2:That's okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2:My next question here was are tourists still going to Marrakech in particular? So it certainly sounds like they are, and just for context, I should say we're talking here this Wednesday, September 13th. So we're what good five days after the earthquake, so you're still seeing tourists in Marrakech.
Speaker 3:Yes, there are so many tourists in Marrakech. Yeah, most of the people. They didn't cancel their trips, so they still. They still are in Marrakech, they still touring, they still going to the attractions, they're still staying in their accommodations, which is good, yeah.
Speaker 2:So a lot of people are asking then and we get a sense, I think, of the answer but will my trip continue as planned or should I postpone?
Speaker 1:Well, I'll answer that your trip should continue as planned and not postpone. So this is one of the other ways that people can help. If you have planned your trip to Morocco and it's booked, just go to Morocco, because your money will go long way so you will stimulate the economy. You will help a lot of people just by going to Morocco and also you'll see firsthand how things are, the areas that are affected and the areas that are not affected. So I'll definitely say don't cancel, just go. And luckily for us, we haven't had any cancellations. There's a lot of concerns with people that are traveling with us, in constant communication with them, and everything is good. We did not have to make any changes to any itinerary so far. So I'll definitely say keep your reservation and travel to Morocco for sure.
Speaker 2:Good. Well, what happens if I have a tour booked, and especially in going to Marrakech, and my Riyadh or hotel has closed? If they have damaged, what do you guys do? Are you able to find other accommodation?
Speaker 1:Yeah, some go ahead, because I think we had yeah.
Speaker 3:Yes, most of the Riyadhs still working. So, in big parts, few of them only affected by the earthquake, but most of them still working. We have our clients in the Riyadhs. There is hotels in the new part of Marrakech which is not affected, so everything is still good in Marrakech, honestly. So people still keep in their accommodations as it is in the Riyadhs. As I said, few of them, not all of them. Especially, we are talking in the old Medina, where there is many Riyadhs Outside the Medina, for example, in Gilles, in Ivernage. Everything is good, everything is fine, all the hotels are still operating.
Speaker 1:So we had a case which one of the Riyadhs was damaged, so all we had to do is basically just switch the Riyadh, and that took care of it. So it's really simple. If that's the case it happens to any of the reservations we have, we can always change accommodations. But so far so good for us.
Speaker 2:So there haven't been issues yet in terms of just availability and finding other places that are open where you can move people too.
Speaker 1:No, there's no issues in terms of availability. I know for us, especially September is our busiest month, but we haven't had any challenges doing so. Then we have other trips that are planned in October and, by the way, in Marrakech. Marrakech is housing one of the biggest events of the year in the first week of October and it's super busy and the city have been prepared for it in terms of construction, in terms of everything logistics, but unfortunately, with the earthquake, it's going to affect it. But the conference is still good, there's no cancellations and it's going to be amazing for the city as well. So it's really, really perfect timing for the city. It's going to help tremendously.
Speaker 2:What's the event?
Speaker 1:I forgot the name of it but I know some probably know World.
Speaker 3:Bank meeting. Oh wow, yeah, that's a big deal.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that is a huge vote of confidence. Then, if they're still planning, to carry on, of course, and still do it in Marrakech. That's great.
Speaker 3:Yeah, a thousand, a thousand of participants, by the way.
Speaker 2:Wow, okay, now what if my itinerary includes traveling to Merzuga or, quite likely, merzuga back to Marrakech? What are the roads like in the transportation? Is it possible to get through?
Speaker 1:That's a really good question. The roads are not really affected for the most part, so if anything happens I'm sure the road will be cleared and they are cleared by now. But I haven't heard any of those hazards. So we just had some travelers going to Merzuga. There's no issues on the road at all.
Speaker 3:And they reached out to all the guys I can see, to all the cities in Morocco. All the roads are opened because the part that is affected is the other side of Marrakech, so the other side, it's not the places where the itinerary is, so everything, even the road, if you will, is accessible right now. Yeah, they moved all the stones and all the rocks from the road, which is good.
Speaker 2:Okay, so then the buses, the trucks and so on can get through.
Speaker 1:Yes, that's good.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean at this point, especially if it's in the next three weeks or something, what would you recommend to clients, to your guests and anyone traveling? Should they maybe try to change their itinerary to spend more time in a place like Fazz or perhaps in the north, instead of going to the south or at least to Marrakech? If there's a lot of reconstruction and just clean up and stuff to do, at least in the real short term, what do you guys recommend?
Speaker 1:What I recommend. That's a good option. If they want to do that, they don't have to. You know Marrakech is hit, but it's not all of Marrakech. Like Sam said, there are three attractions that are closed. Everything else is open and when people travel to Marrakech or the itineraries that we built, marrakech sometimes have two days, sometimes three days and sometimes four days for travelers, but even four days, the attractions that are open, it's still probably not enough to go through all of them. So what I'm saying is Marrakech is still good. It's still an amazing destination, a place to visit. There's so much to see and do, even with the earthquake. And, like Sam said, the part of it is the old downtown, the Medina, which you know. Keep in consideration. Those houses are 100 years old, 200, 300 years old. So it is obvious you know that they got hit the most and unfortunately those houses are now gone. But most of Marrakech sustained a little bit of damage, but everywhere else is still just fine. The most severe hit areas are the villages in the outskirts of Marrakech, all the way to Terredent, which is a different city on the south. So, but again, like Sam said, it's on the other side, it's on the west side of what we normally go. We normally go up north, then we go through the desert and back to Marrakech and stuff like that, but this it's on the west side. So the west side is more affected with earthquake than the east side and most of the itineraries they contain the east side, especially the south, and then the north, which is unaffected Unaffected in a way that you know everybody. A lot of cities felt earthquake, but the damage varies from city to city. So they felt it in fast. They felt it in Sawera, like Sam said, in Rabat and Kazablanca, but generally everything else is just fine. So if your itinerary does not change, just keep it as it is. You want to make changes to it. You're 100 percent in control, definitely.
Speaker 3:Yeah, just to add to what I've been saying. When you say, for example, as three days, four days in Marrakech, there's still many things to do. For example, agafa is just 40 minutes, 45 minutes from Marrakech. There is Isawira, for example, for the day trip. You can still like a day trip, for example, to the Oslo waterfalls, for example, which is not affected. So there is many other places. You can see Marrakech for more than three or four or five days and there is so many things to do.
Speaker 2:That's good, sam, you touched on this a bit earlier, but can you just clarify, instead of maybe what's open, most things sound open, but maybe what's closed, what's actually closed right now in Marrakech that people can't necessarily visit right away?
Speaker 3:Marrakech the monuments. The historical monument that is closed is Bahia Palace. Bahia Palace and the Sadian Thames. The Kutubia Mosque they just make the. By the way, the Kutubia Mosque is not allowed for tourists to visit inside, just from outside. So they can take pictures because the mosque and the miner is still, so the miner is a little bit moved. They just make a precaution for people not to go close so they can still take pictures. But the other monuments, including the museums, the gardens, they still open for tourists to visit.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's good, a good question. Can you confirm if the cell towers are restored and cell service in general as far as you know?
Speaker 1:That's a really good question.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's working. All the operators are working In the villages, some part of it, for example. I can say, for example, in Imlil, for example in Wirgan and in the place where the earthquake happened, they still have some issues. From time to time, not every day. From time to time there is a but in Marrakech, no, everything is working.
Speaker 2:Okay, I was wondering too. When we were there in February, we stayed in the Agafay Desert. Have you heard anything from the camps there? Is there any damage or anything that they've had to close down?
Speaker 3:No, as I said before, you can have a day trip to Agafay Desert. It's not affected by the earthquakes. All the camps there are still operating and still working, and the guys there told me that they're still working all of them.
Speaker 2:Okay, Good. What about the airport? Maybe that's the last kind of big infrastructure type question the airport in Marrakech and any issues there.
Speaker 3:It's still working. It's still working. We received many help from the other countries, so it's still working Each hour. There are planes arriving every half an hour there are planes arriving, so which is good.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, this sounds very encouraging. I mean, I know we see a lot. It's filtered through the media and so on, and that's where we get a lot of the images in the news. I mean, they're doing their best, I'm sure, to be accurate, but we see the damage. We see when buildings collapse and there's piles of rubble on top of cars and it all looks pretty intense, which it is, but it's not necessarily widespread all over the place and the whole city is shut down. I think we're getting a good sense that things generally are open and trying their best to get back to normal as quickly as possible. I was reading something yesterday that they've already been cleaning up a lot of the streets, for sure, and you can walk through much of the Medina. The bricks and the rubble is starting to get cleared away, so that's a good start already. Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3:Yes, they already cleaned most of the. We talked about the big walls of Marrakech, All the parts that is fall. They all already cleaned everything.
Speaker 2:Everything is cleaned right now, the gates of the city. Well, let's touch a bit, then, on what people can do to help, to try to contribute and do something, and really, this may be whether you're going there yourself. If you have a trip planned and you have the chance to be there, let's say, in the next few weeks, or probably for most of us who are from far away and we might not necessarily be going soon, but we want to do something, how can we contribute? So, let's say, if you are actually there, is it safe to volunteer for aid work while you're in Marrakech? Will they let people come in and help? Is it kind of restricted to people that are, let's say, qualified or allowed to go in and help in certain areas?
Speaker 1:Okay, I'll answer that. Anybody can go and help. This is what we're seeing in Marrakech. When we talk about help, there's different types of help. There's the government help and then there's the people's help, which is regular people like me, like Sam, just regular folk, basically organizing everything, taking care of everything from A to Z. You can help in so many different ways when you're in Morocco. So definitely, there's a lot of opportunities to help when you get to Morocco. When you're not in Morocco, anyone can help. You can do that as well in many different ways. One of them in a lot of the major cities in the US, they have donations for Morocco. They have entities that you can donate to. They have drive for Morocco. You can drop off clothes, non-perishable food, all kinds of things, and that will be shipped to Morocco at some point. It will help the communities. Or you can donate to somebody, be involved with someone. In this case, we're doing it ourselves. I know a lot of people have been asking questions and I'm going to let that. When the question is asked, then I'll answer it accordingly as well. This is what I see from here, but Sam can elaborate a little bit, since he's in Morocco, in Marrakech, at the center of it all. He can definitely advise how people can help as well.
Speaker 3:Sure for the people that want to help. If you are in Morocco already, there are many associations here. You can even buy things, buy some stuff, anything you can help with, for example, give them money. But I prefer you to go with them to give the stuff that you buy to the right people, to the families, exactly as we did, as we are still the wind right now. We go to the village and we ask for families. We meet people in need and they will give them what they need. Especially, thanks God, all the Moroccans right now are gathering together and they are helping each other in a very amazing way. If you want to help, as Dean said, if you are in Morocco, you are welcome. I received a mini-call today for the people they want to help. We'll organize the day after tomorrow. We'll go with them to the villages. We'll go directly to the families in the place where the earthquake happened and we will give the help directly to the right people they deserve. They need not everyone. For example, maybe, as Dean said, as Dean mentioned in the beginning of this, live people, for example, they still have their houses, they are not touched by the earthquake. So priority for the people. They don't have houses, for example, they lost some members of the family or something. They don't have where to stay, they don't have where to eat. All those people they are in need and we will go to help them for sure.
Speaker 2:That's a good point. What do people need right now, in the next few days, especially now that we are a few days after this? So what do people really need right away?
Speaker 3:They still need anything, but they still need in priority. They need clothes, they need blankets, they need, like, tents, because they have tents, but many families stay in one tent. So if people can, for example, bring tents, for example, they could, for example, separate families, each family have its own tent with their kids. As I said, blankets, clothes, like they have enough for it For now. Maybe for the next few days they will need as well, but, as I said, all they need is this for example, like soap, like everything, everything.
Speaker 1:Really anything that you can think of, non-perishable food. When we say the people and just elaborate what Sam said, we cannot forget the animals, the livestock, especially in the mountains. Yes, it's part of the family, they are family members as well and they are also hurt. They are, you know, they lost their sleep as well, where they are comfortable. So, and I mean we need help with everything that you can think of, from diapers for babies, from socks, from shoes, perishable food. We have a shortage right now in blankets. The people that we're involved with we bought 800 blankets. There's a shortage of blankets, unfortunately. This is one of the disasters that nobody is ready for or prepared for. So, and I've seen the help from all over Morocco, going to specific areas, going to villages, going to Marrakesh, so anything you can help with when you're in Morocco. It's very helpful here. I have received calls and I have received messages hey, I'm going next week, I'm going in two weeks. Can I bring something with me? What Moroccan people like? You know, moroccan people like everything they really do, but unfortunately it's just going to cause you issues when you take it with you, the best way is donate. Or when you get to Morocco you want to donate, then you can do that as well and see what exactly the donation goes to. Just like Sam said I was wondering about that.
Speaker 2:then, if I had a trip coming up, especially in the next couple of weeks or something, is it possible, is it recommended, to bring some kind of supplies, maybe a couple extra blankets, maybe even some over-the-counter medicine? Is that possible? Is it a good idea? Will I have trouble with customs? Who do I know how to give it to? What do you guys recommend?
Speaker 1:Here's the thing. We don't want to cause you any trouble, any problems. Everything that you have mentioned you can get in Morocco. So if you go into Morocco, anyone will help you. You don't want to donate here in the US. You don't know who to donate to. You don't feel comfortable donating to anyone. You know just when you get to Morocco you can go to the pharmacy. And the good news pharmacies in Morocco are different. In the US, you can buy diabetes medication for the people that need it. You can buy blood pressure medication for people that need it. You don't need a doctor's prescription. You can buy so much from the pharmacy and it will go a long way. So that's the good news about Morocco, the system. I want to explain a lot of things to people here in the West. You know the US, canada, europe, latin America, new Zealand, australia. The system in Morocco is a little different than the West. In some ways are good, in some ways not good, but we've seen the movement of people. We've seen how people got together and they help each other. It's a web of network that is unprecedented. The people what they are doing it has never been seen before in any other country and the people that are hurt right now are the Yemezia, are the Berber people. And when we get an item or request, everybody, the number one request what do you want to see, what do you want to experience? The Berber culture, then the Jewish culture. So people, I know they feel the pain because that culture is our culture and we see the movement and then we see the solidarity, the help, the love and support from everybody. But we have to give credit to the Yemezia people. Nobody can do what they are doing right now and you'll see it, they help that they are getting, it's not by the thousands, it's by the millions from Moroccans all over the world. Yes, yes. So you know, probably, if I have to guess, maybe close to a million well, a billion probably in aid will come from the US, just from Moroccans and other communities, and also us. We stick together and I talked to Sam about this many times and I think I mentioned it to you. We are very tight as a community. As a Berber, as a Yemezia, we love one another and the reason why we come together is because of our culture. That's who we are. We are very hospitable and now we're in pain, we're hurt, but we do what we need to do. We say it. It's one of my weaknesses and I know Sam is the same, and it's in a lot of us, the Berbers. It's really hard for us to say no. It really is, and this is one of those opportunities that no one will say no. I mean, everybody wants to help. Whether they have or they don't, they will help, and we have been extremely fortunate and lucky. We have received calls, emails, text messages from previous clients, from people that are traveling with us right now and people that are traveling the next couple of days, the next couple of weeks. Everybody wants to help and it's something that I have never expected in my life. It's just really, really overwhelming and we're beyond grateful. So, yeah, the Moroccan people are just. I don't even know what else to say.
Speaker 2:It's a moment, it's a very profound moment and seeing everybody come together like this, I think what you're handing out in terms of it maybe a little different is what you've told me over the last couple of days is that you don't wait for the government or anyone else to get organized and get all their stuff ready together Like you just take action and you do it, and that includes the whole expat community, people around the world.
Speaker 3:This is the most important, because the people, they didn't wait for the government to act by themselves. They did what it should do before the government.
Speaker 1:The government eventually will help and is helping in doing everything that they can. But when you go by the book, when you go by the steps that you have the ladder of the system, we can't wait. Every second is precious, every minute is precious. We cannot wait. When the help comes, oh, it's going to help tremendously, but for now, everybody's moving, everybody's moving. We cannot stand still.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, let's talk about what you guys have got set up there. I mean Destination Morocco and your team and your contacts on the ground. So you're raising money for this and I'm gonna share that. We have a donation page, but just fill us in a little bit about the action that you're taking right away in the next few days.
Speaker 1:Okay, I don't wanna talk from. This started really in the pandemic. Me and Sam and the people that are involved with they are distant family. We are extensive family. We are family. So, in terms of trust, I do trust them with my life. I do trust them with my wallet, so I don't have an issue. I don't get involved with somebody who's gonna scan me or steal from me. It's just no. We have helped as an entity and we have done it quietly. We don't firstly, I don't like to be known hey, so and so, donated the source or helped this or built this or whatever. That's not us, that's not what we do. We do this because we have to do it. Success, it's meaningless if it doesn't have a purpose, and our purpose is to help. I mean, I've said it, tom and again, I will never get tired of saying it I'm a servant, we are servants.
Speaker 3:This is what we do. We have. It's not even for the earthquake. We do this for a long time and we will keep doing it for the next, for the future. This is our people, this is our villages, this is what you're telling me too.
Speaker 2:You had something already kind of lined up for this fall resource drive.
Speaker 1:I don't remember some of we had the meeting on Monday or Tuesday, but I know that the earthquake hit on Friday. We set up 2023, we set up for 2024, we set up for 2025, we have the agenda, we have everything lined up and so many things we want to do for the village. When I say the village, it's just ground zero, it's the beginning, but then everything we do in one village copy paste to the next village. So in terms of help, it's endless. People made help today, next year, decade from now, generation from now. And you know, this is a good day for us to start. This is a good opportunity for us to start. What the earthquake did is just really accelerated the process for us. So this plan to have an ambulance in the village, to have transportation set up for them, to build, to take the wheels. Because water is gold in those mountains To donate blankets, and do you know to what caravan as we did back in 2021, which we do? The winter clothes, the blankets for the kids. We do school before school. So there's so many things to do, but this, it just pushed it to the surface for us. We have two tons of relief on its way to the villages. When I say the villages, it's the, it's the, what it's in the Yaskar. So what is that? Which is kind of forgotten area, if you would. So just think of it. In three or four days, since the earthquake, two tons, we have secured two 18-wheelers and the caravan is supposed to be leaving today or tomorrow headed to the villages. So it's in terms of results. None of us expected this at this level. I mean two tons, and it's just. It's us Again. When the international help comes, it's going to be outstanding. When the government helps, it's going to be incredible.
Speaker 2:But this is the immediate relief that people need.
Speaker 1:This is two tons of clothes, baby clothes, medication, water, food.
Speaker 2:Right, so how far will that go and how much more will you need?
Speaker 1:Oh, it's going to go far, it's going to go very far, but here's the thing people are still giving and we're talking. Just regular people like me, even people that are hurt, are still giving, people that have nowhere to stay, are still giving Because they see that other people need the money, needs whatever they need, more than they do. And again this goes back to we cannot say no, it's our culture. It's all about the culture.
Speaker 3:Excuse me, that's the verbal culture.
Speaker 1:Yeah, some people.
Speaker 3:they don't have money, they don't have what to participate with. They just help with their hands, just moving guts from this place to this place or just starting the trucks. Yeah, this is how the culture has been saved. You don't have, for example, money or something. You just help with your hands. You use your body to help. This is kind of help as well.
Speaker 2:Yes, so if people want to donate who aren't there in person to use their hands, which would be great, but if all of us who are abroad, if we want to donate, so the money you send, you guys have a special account for this and then you make sure that it goes to buy the things that you need, and including gas, I'm sure, and things for the trucks, right to make sure, yes, the stuff gets there. And talk a bit about safety and security, because we want to make sure that, oh, it's gonna be safely delivered to the right people.
Speaker 1:Yes, you know it's, it's a really important. I want to go back to what Sam has said before. We deliver the goods in the hands of people that need it Because there has been cases recorded, cases that people are looting, are stealing. You'll send a truck, you know there's just the driver and the truck and and people will stop and and steal all those goods from that truck driver. Unfortunately, those things happen. Then you see the politicians that are in that are really corrupt. When they receive the help that is supposed to go to their village, they just stuck it in one of their rooms or one of their houses and that's it. But they they have been some rests in few of these cases. So what we're doing? We're not gonna send two tons of relief with two drivers, it's just there's, there's, there's about at least 20, 30 people with those trucks Because, like Sam said, it has to be divided, it has to be Sent specifically to certain houses. What this house need may not be the same as this house needs. Yeah, this house has six kids, but this house doesn't have any kids, so it's dispersed accordingly to the need of those families. It's very, very important when we, when we deliver a truck, there are people, our people in that truck. So there's, they're not afraid that somebody's gonna bob them, somebody's gonna stop them. No, that's, that's not our way, especially in those areas where we, you know, in the mountains, where we are from, yeah, that's not us. So.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's good. So you kind of avoid the intermediaries. In a sense, the stuff comes off truck and directly to the people who need it.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, and also I want, I want, sam, if you would please explain to the audience because we were talking. Every village is different. The access to the villages are very different. Some, in our cases, some of them are right there and you have access to the boat, and sometimes it's paved. Sometimes it's not paved, but in some areas it's. The village is far, far, far away from the pavement or where the truck has to make that stop. Sam, can you share with us, with the listeners and the viewers, please, the story that you were telling us about when the load gets to the village, what happens next?
Speaker 3:Yeah, Most of the people right now. They go to the accessible villages. Some of the of the villages they are really need they are not accessible. For example, we take we take, for example, an SUV, we go to the off-road until the end of the road and we have to take mules and Bags on our on our backs and we have to walk Like for four or five hours to reach to other villages. There is some people there. They need more than anybody else. So this is what we will do in the next few days we will go to that places and we will reach out to that to those people, because right now nobody reached them. So we will go there and we will check out of after that that those people and we give them what they need. We will take on our backs, as they say, and the mules because there is no roads, nothing, because there is only mountains and we have to climb the mountains and go down to the other villages to help people there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, Ted, I just want to. I just looked at the chat and I see some questions. I see Lynn Kirk has now. They have some questions. I just want to make sure that we read them please.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, yeah, we've covered most of them. I mean, kirk had a good one ties in. Well, coming back to people are especially there, you know, on the ground, if Travelers like, how can we as tourists be most respectful in this time, sam? You know you're on the ground, but just how can people you know show respect? We want to help but we don't really taking pictures and stuff, you know very good question.
Speaker 3:Yeah, because most of the people right now in the outside, some of them, they just stay outside and they don't have tents. Just, just, please, don't picture them, don't take photos for them, because what they're going through is enough. So, please, just, if you can, if you can help help, if you can just help, just say hello, that's it, and go your way. Don't take photos for them, just don't bother them. What they going through is enough for them. That's what I want to go and please, respect people. They need a respect.
Speaker 1:The other thing that I would add some really good point, kirk. Amazing question. Thank you for that. Just smile, you know. Yes, you know. In our culture we say smile is a charity. When you smile, it's, it's. You know. It's really really amazing what it does. Smile is contagious. It doesn't matter how hard they are, they'll smile back at you. It's just, it's Incredible question. Thank you for that, thank you very much for the question Is it so maybe related?
Speaker 2:if you are there on the ground as a tourist, is it safe to go out to the mountains, then to some of these villages yourself, maybe even with Sam and part of the team of volunteers like you guys are talking about Carding in things on your back and so on to the villages? Is it possible someone can help with that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's, yeah, definitely. But the thing is I don't recommend anybody going on their own. Yeah, when we talk about village, we're talking about, you know. I don't even know count of how many villages have been affected. Probably over a hundred for sure, over a hundred two hundred probably. But you want to help, just go with the local, help with the local, be involved with the local. Yes, and you know, like Sam said, you know the In our culture, the presence of a tourist or somebody for another being there is priceless. You don't have to donate, but just you being there, it's, it's, it's worth its weight in gold, just you being there. He means much to the community, means so much to the people, you know yeah, to add what to what?
Speaker 3:as Dean said, if you go alone, you will meet some people, maybe, for example, the nearest villages which are not affected with, they don't need, for example. They will stop you, yeah, what you bring and they will take it. They don't need it. So if you go with someone, with locals, you will reach to right people to give them the right, the right help to the right people.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's good to know. Okay, I'm curious about this time of year. It's mid-September, sam, can you give us a sense of the temperature right now, the climate and the nights, and what kind of weather people dealing with, especially in the weeks to come?
Speaker 3:The way right now is good. No, warm and Not hot. I want to say not, it's warm, sometimes in the night, in the mountains it's. It's a little bit, little bit cold during the nights, but during the day is amazing. Yeah, just like spring time. The weather is just, it's just amazing. It's the best time to come to Morocco, right.
Speaker 1:I just I want to add something to what Sammy said, and it's a really really good question. By the way, the weather patterns change, so the weather in Marrakesh is different than the mountains. The mountains, this is where it's. It's the fall Sometimes you'll see snow by October which is upon us, and that's why it's really, really urgent and we're very grateful, you know, the air-handed blankets Came in at the right moment. It's just unbelievable. So and again we talked about it last time, if we don't get the help that they need, even though there's no casualties in most of these areas, they will be casualties in November, they will be casualties in December, they will be casualties in January and February. So, unfortunately, unfortunately, this is a good time to make the move.
Speaker 2:Because these every these villages especially, they're gonna need shelter, I mean right away, but certainly as the nights get colder and the snow and like that's got to be a top priority.
Speaker 3:It is. It is so, as I mentioned before, if someone, for example, want to bring something in the in the future, tents is a priority, yeah. Blankets is priority. Clothes is priority, yeah, thank you?
Speaker 2:Do you have a sense it's early, of course Do you have a sense yet of how long recovery might take? I mean you can kind of separate Marrakesh Is the big city and the tourist areas and the villages. But how long is it gonna take for Morocco to recover from this?
Speaker 1:That's a really good question. That I mean, especially when we talk about the, the attractions you know, especially when we talk about the world heritage sites that have been damaged, then Marrakesh, I would say it will recover the the fastest Because it's it's a major city. For some villages it's definitely gonna take a long time because some villages they just did Some people that they're gone. Yeah, the complete village is gone. You have one person survived. The whole village is gone. What are they gonna do? What are they gonna live? It's just so many questions. But in terms of recovery, I could speak for my village probably within one year, within one year and one year it's. It's it's extremely aggressive and the reason why I say that it's because I Feel confident, because of the team behind us. We will rebuild within one year, definitely one year. It's tough, it's challenging, but I want to give people the reason why I said one year. Houses in the mountains are different than the city, is different than what the West and how the West built it in. In the mountains you want to build a house. You have access to clay, it's everywhere. Then you have access to rocks which are free. That's how they build. Then then you know they use hay For some parts, for most parts with the clay as well, to hold it together. So all the resources 80% of them are local, unavailable. Then you have the labor. In these cases the labor is free, everybody helps, everybody just volunteer. So you're gonna need a little bit, maybe cement, maybe you know some iron and stuff like that, but those again with the help we don't pay retail price, we pay a whole, a wholesale, and sometimes there's a lot of things we get from the government for free, from associations for free, so and that's what's gonna help us tremendously recover quick. So that's why it's for me, I'm very fortunate and I cannot emphasize enough on the team. When I say me, it's just, it's the team behind me and this, I have a team of ninjas. I feel extremely lucky, sam, it's not a deal. I mean, the guys are just, they're really they're, they're ninjas. I would they do. Then we have the other associations. You know from to what from? You know two villages that I'm, we're supporting them cause of Lanka. Then it's just, it's, it's the network. It's just beyond incredible. We will rebuild and we will probably be Rebuild the quickest. Okay so this is my personal opinion, but I want to also hear what Sam has to say.
Speaker 3:You know, that's right, yeah, that's right. For the villages, they really need time to recover. For the big cities like Marrakesh for you, when you talk about Marrakesh, it it will be, it will be, uh, restored as as soon as possible, very fast, especially this Not big, not big like historical monuments that is affected, for example, three, three monuments. They could restore them maybe in three months, four months, for example, and they will be good. Yeah, because there is like a special units that is dedicated to this historical World heritage, uniscoe world heritage sites, and they will take care of them very quickly. For the villages, as Dean said, um, unfortunately, maybe a year, some of them in the high, in the high Atlas mountains, which is very difficult to transport, as, as Dean said, the materials to build New houses as well, it is, it's very difficult, it will take a long time, maybe one year, two years, three years, uh, as well, there is some of them that doesn't exist anymore, all of them that destroyed they I see there. So it's yeah, yeah, that's it, yeah.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna try this here. Um, we've been talking about all these areas and to give people a sense of where they are, I'm gonna share my screen. Can you see the map here? Is it working?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I see, oh, I see it yes.
Speaker 2:Okay, we didn't test this beforehand, but this just occurred to me so because People might be familiar with some of this, especially been watching the news, that here's Marrakesh. Of course this was the epicenter of the earthquake, was it kind of southwest A? Lot of the villages that have really been damaged Now, whereas Dean's family, I know you guys and Sam, I'm not sure exactly, but the villages around here are Tilewet. That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1:That's it.
Speaker 2:So the point is that you can see I mean it's not right next to the epicenter, it's kind of due east and I don't know maybe 60 miles in a straight line, but so fortunately it sounds like not quite the number of casualties, but a lot of damage, a lot of damage still. So that's why you guys, besides having the connections there, of course, you've been putting the emphasis on this, because as much as the people over here and the epicenter need a lot of help immediately, we can't forget about the other villages around here too, around Tilewet. So this is where you're focusing your efforts.
Speaker 1:The trucks have to come up through the mountains here. Yes, that's right, that's right. So there's Tilewet and within Tilewet there are other villages. You know, I think what I'd do is probably the most famous one, but it's not severely damaged. That's according to Sam just a couple of hours ago. And also, this is something that I want to talk about, but it's significantly important. Thank God for technology. And the reason why I'm saying this because at some point, maybe six, seven years ago, when you pull up this map, we're not going to see none of these villages that you mentioned. They did not exist in the map. So just let that sink in for a second Interesting. Those villages did not exist. Us as people, as culture, we did not exist in the outside world. Yeah, you can see Marrakesh on the map, you can see. You know what is it that you can see the major cities, but the villages we did not exist. So this is significantly important. So people can see exactly where the help is going, exactly the villages, and you can see them. Yeah, it's just, it's unbelievable. So seeing is believing. So for people to say, yeah, I helped a village in Tlewet and it's Osleim, it's Afdreq, it's Taratan, it's whatever they know, they can see it on the map and thank God for technology and again, I cannot emphasize the importance of this A few years ago. There's nothing to show on TV. You can see it, but you don't know what it is. You have no idea what those villages are. So, luckily and fortunately now you can see exactly what those areas that are hit. It's pretty big area but, as you can see, tlewet is very far from what the earthquake hit. It's pretty far from Marrakesh, but they're not going to get the help that they need right away. So that's left up to us, the locals, people who have connections, who have families in those villages, and that's exactly what we're doing. So when I say us the team is over 100 people, you know. Then you know Sam is getting involved with other people, hasina is doing the same thing, everybody else is doing other stuff on their own, helping different communities. So it's just beyond incredible the help, the support, the love that we have received from everybody. It's just. We feel very fortunate and we're extremely appreciative of all of it. And I'm appreciative of having this platform, having the podcast where we can get the message out there, you know, be able to reach people. Oh, absolutely, I'm glad we started it. Thank you, I will never let an opportunity go by when it's about you, ted. You know, for the last two days since the earthquake hit, I can't thank you enough. I mean, you probably will get tired of me saying this there's no podcast without you. There's no destination local podcast, absolutely hands down.
Speaker 3:You are the one. It's a great project.
Speaker 2:I'm happy to be a part of it, thank you. Well, I want to share this. If we've come up with a donate page, there's a donate button I'm putting in the chat. Will be sending out an emails and you know, an episode show notes and social media and all these things is a page here that People can refer to what you guys are doing, and there's a donate button there too.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'm sharing. Just said thank you, you're incredible. We love you. I love your messages, I love your texts. We can't wait for you to go to Morocco. We can't wait to to have dinner with you. We cannot wait to share our country, our course, with you. Sharing it's just, it's, it's really overwhelming. It's amazing and I get a lot of text and I get a lot of questions. I know Karen, I'm Heidi, lauren, lori are about to go to Morocco right now and mean Karen have been in constant contact on on a daily basis almost. You know from the airline any changes to her flights, to the accommodations, to the activities, and she's been amazing, asking a lot of really, really, really important questions. I'm gonna share some with you, if it's okay, please, ted. She said that you know I want to help. Let me know how is there anything that I can take you know to, you know, to Morocco with me? They're Moroccan people. Like I said, take the whole United States. No, I'm just, I'm just joking, but the thing is there's a lot of people they want to help but they don't know us, they don't know whether we are a scam, we just doing this to collect money for ourselves. And I said, no, this is not a scam. It took me a lot of courage to be involved and get involved, because I know what can go wrong and I know the effect of it and I know what it could do to us, to our company as a reputation and many, many other things. But we are involved because we care, we are involved because we love people, we love our culture, we love, we love Morocco, we love each other, you know it's. That's the reason why we're doing this. I am involved with other international, you know, associations, the relief, yeah, the, the, the help will get there. But the help we're doing is individual by individual by individual, and most of them, you know, small charities in nonprofits. Some may may not have even a website. They'll have a Facebook page, but it's, it's gonna be an Arabic there's. You know it's not in English. So If you want to help us but you don't trust us, it's perfectly fine. You can donate to other entities. There's so many and the movement that I have seen is people taking it upon themselves, especially us living abroad. I've seen just individuals doing amazing things, you know, collecting donations, and those donations they will go to the right people. That's exactly what we're doing. So what we need to help with today, right now, is the donation it's. If it's a five dollars, it'll go a long way. If it's a twenty dollars, it'll go a long way. If it's a thousand dollars, it'll go a long way. So we were calculated. Personally, I'm supporting families. You know two villages. When I say me, it's destination Rocko, it's our staff, it's, it's the team we are supporting 40, you know, 40 in each village. So that's 80 families and that's it's. It's, it's, it's, it's not, but it is huge, but we'll get it done. I have no doubt we'll get it done and I feel very confident I will get it done because I honestly did not expect, I honestly did not expect the support that we have received in the last few days. It's just people ask me I want to donate, I want to help. What can I just give me a couple days, let me figure this out. I'm gonna have a link, I'm gonna have donating, you know, link with a strap and it'll go to destination Morocco account, but that account will be transferred to to Morocco, yeah, basically. So that's how we do it. If you go into Morocco you don't feel comfortable donating with us, just donate when you're in Morocco. Just like Sam said, you know, just you know, with your labor, with your help and just you know, talking to people, that conversation can go a long way. You know that. You know that that strength, that support, that physical support, the mental support, everybody needs it.
Speaker 2:It's really important, you know, yeah especially the kids.
Speaker 1:So it's we're going through a lot, but we'll get through it. You know it's. You know we lose as a team, we lose as a team.
Speaker 3:And, by the way, they will not ask for help, even if, if you find, like people staying in and the dance industry, they will never, never ask you for help, especially for money. No, never. Yeah, as a tourist, just smile as I didn't say it, say hello, you want to help? You can go to supermarket yourself by the more, by the anything they need diapers for babies, anything and you are good. Yeah, you know the biggest help that you can do is to help your children, you know. You know. You know you can help your children. You know, you know you can help your children.
Speaker 1:You are good yeah you know, the biggest help that you can do is you being there. Yeah, really, that's because, because they see you physically there's like you're very special. You have not abandoned us. You're here for us, you're supporting us. They know you're supporting In so many different ways not the financial part just you there physically. Yeah, physically. You're there because you care. So that's, yeah, that's a good point.
Speaker 2:That's a good point to wrap up on, even because you know we started off here an hour or so ago talking about can people, even are still people Still going to Morocco? And it's pretty clear that they are. They're still there, they're still going and it's arguably the most important thing you can do, if you have the chance, is to be there with your presence and your energy and all the smaller little things you know on a day-to-day basis as you walk in through town, just to Acknowledge people and make sure that you recognize them and you're there for them. So the only way we can do that, you know, for foreigners is to go as tourists. So anyone watching who has that opportunity, go for it. And and hey, if you want to tell us about it afterwards, we love talking to people on the podcast. You've been to Morocco, course, and then won your tours, so keep that in mind too without your story, absolutely, before I do forget and I do apologize, jeff.
Speaker 1:Jeff asked me any updates and I completely forgot. So, in terms of Jeff is going with us, let me look at he's going with us. I Would say, yeah, next week, in six days. There's no change to wait to your itinerary, jeff and I will also reach out to you personally, text or email. There's no change to your itinerary. Your itinerary is still the same. Jeff is going for probably he's staying in Morocco for about a month, almost for about a month. Yeah, so there's no changes to your itinerary. Everything is good in terms of the accommodations where you're staying in, in all the cities. There's no change at all. So Itinerary is still good and still valid. But, yeah, thank you so much for that. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Cool, sam. Do you have any last thoughts before we wrap up?
Speaker 1:Okay, I see I apologize. I see Kirk has. Oh, oh, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much, kirk. We really appreciate it. Just read your message, thank you, thank you, we really appreciate you. If you go to Morocco, kirk, and you need help, please let us know. Please reach out to us. If you're gonna be in Marrakesh at some point, we would love to invite you for dinner. You know you'll get to meet Sam. This is the least that we can do for you, please. We would love. If you go into Morocco, we would love to see you if that's an opportunity, please.
Speaker 3:Absolutely great. What I can add personally is that I'm telling people just everything is fine. Come to discover Morocco, come to enjoy the country, come to meet the people, don't cancel your trip. I'm most welcome, everything is fine, everything is good, and it will be more than happy to welcome you and To show you our culture, hospitality, the traditions, the heritage of the country. The country is amazing and there is so much things to see, to do and to discover.
Speaker 1:Okay, thank you. I want to add something. Kirk is going to Morocco next week, so I just I shared my cell phone with him on the chat. You can reach out to me on WhatsApp and I'll share with you Sam Sam cell phone. That way we stay connected. That way we can, you know, at least meet face to face. That that'd be outstanding, if we can get that, please, kirk. So, yeah, you can text me, you can call me anytime and I'll share Sam's information with you. So, for anybody who's listening To this or, you know, listening to it afterwards, after the recording, and you go into Morocco next week, next month or for the rest of 2023, and and Mark is part of your, your passage or your itinerary we would love To meet you. We you don't have to be traveling with us we would love to have a cup of coffee with you, you know, cup of tea with you, maybe lunch, maybe dinner on us, please. We're very grateful, trust me, but ultimately our goal is for you to go to Morocco. So if you're passing by Marrakesh or Marrakesh, you're gonna be there for a day or two. We would love to meet you. That's yeah. So Thank you. There's few more questions in the chat. There's there's reina right now I know she asked she's. She, I think she went to Marrakesh in January but I think she's going back, but she's going through through 10 year this time. But also jewel asked he has some recommendations. If we can refer back to those two questions, please, I don't want to, you know. Thank you, reina, she just confirmed it. Yes, let me see what are some recommendations for 10 year, particularly if I'm a way early January by by the boat from Spain. So this is reina, this question. Then I have jewels question afterwards, please, okay, sure so a fourth year.
Speaker 3:There is so many things to do, but what I recommend to the intention is to visit the Cops part L, which is a meeting of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Ocean. It's amazing. There there is so many amazing views where you can see for example, when it's clear, you can see spins and Gibraltar from the other side of Morocco. There is the Erkalis caves. There's cruise waves, which is like it's a mythic, I don't know something they did back to the hundred centuries ago and it's something which you have to visit. So there is the old Medina of Tangier, which is dated back to 3000 years, 3000 years ago and there is the Amrika legation, the first building established outside the United States, and there is an amazing museum there where you can visit and see as well. You can have like, enjoy a meal by the Cornish they have a very, very clean and nice Cornish in Tangier and, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, see the ships coming from Spain and from Europe. It's amazing.
Speaker 1:And also just want to add to the American Legation. It's the only building that it's that it's a US property outside the United States and it was gifted to the United States by the Sultan At some time ago. And also Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America as Independent country back in 1776. Every year. So we have a long-standing relationship with the relationship to the USO. Very grateful, yeah, okay, the next question that I have from from Jewel Do you have it dead by chance?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's true. He says he'll be in Marrakesh for five days I'm not sure when but the option of staying in a Riyadh in the Medina or in a hotel in the new city. I will have stayed in Riyadh's. In other cities visited. Which would you recommend, or maybe both?
Speaker 1:That's a good question. It's really obvious, but some can answer this.
Speaker 3:Yeah, sure you can stay in both of them. You can have, as I said in the beginning of this Q&A, live a the Medina. Most of the riots 98% are still accessible and still working. But, for example, if you don't want to stay in the Riyadh of the Medina, for example, there is so many luxury five stars, four stars, three stars to even two stars. That is outside the old median, outside the walls in guillies, in Ivernage, in like Road to Urika, road towards the start, road to fast. There is so many hotels and accommodation where you can stay. You can rent villa, you can rent an apartment. Everything is available in your market right now.
Speaker 2:I Guess, comes down to your style. Then, if you want to stay in the Riyadh, which is very intimate, cozy, or basically, often the family lives there too, or it's certainly their old family home, right, so there's that style then the hotels are the more modern thing, for sure, and different kinds of amenities. So, yeah, and I guess, if you have the time, you could try both. Yes, yeah, that's right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:Excellent.
Speaker 2:Thanks. Well, these last couple questions, I guess, are a good taste of further things. We'll talk about another sessions like this. You know, any end of some of the details things can do and options and trip planning. So that's, that's a good teaser for next time, but it's great to know that people are listening. And my last point here is about our month, the Q&A session. So this was always going to be the first of recurring ones and it's the second Wednesday, I think it did.
Speaker 1:We decide yeah, second ones day of every month.
Speaker 2:Yes, like Wednesday, every month, we'll be doing the same thing, different topics, and we'll see where things are out, of course, next month and what, yes, what will have updates for you, but yeah, so we'll be back and okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, get more to interact with our listeners.
Speaker 2:I think we'll wrap up just to say I'm glad that, sam, you're doing okay in your family, the office seems okay and that things are happening to recover here and do what needs to be done to To to get everyone back on their feet. So Thanks very much for all the information.
Speaker 3:Yeah, thank you very much. You are, you are amazing, most welcome, absolutely, thank you, thank you very much for all of you. Thank you very much as team. Thank you very much.
Speaker 2:They are amazing so thanks very much everybody for attending today to thank you also.
Speaker 1:Just before we go, we're gonna have more updates about earthquake, about the help we're getting, and we are open book. If anybody wants to see the donations they can. All you have to do is ask. We have, you know, the trucks on the way To the villages and I didn't answer the question earlier, so it does not end here. There's gonna be more trucks next week and the week after that and we cut to that. So this is gonna be continuous for us being involved until it ends, until there's no more trucks to go, until you know we're done. But our work will not stop. Our work will continue behind the scene and we're getting a lot of questions and hopefully in the next couple of episodes, this is what we're gonna be focusing on. And also Thank you for mentioning it we're gonna be doing the Q&A live every second Wednesday every month and we hope to see you there. And, like that said, if you're traveling to Morocco Now, between now and then, if you want to share your experience, you're more than welcome to reach out to us. We'll have you as a guest. You can have your own episode or you can. You can be in the panel Answering questions as well. So thank you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you everybody.
Speaker 3:All right thank you very much, all right?
Speaker 2:We'll see you next time. Thank you everyone. See you next time.
Speaker 3:Thank you not really much straightaway.
