Blind Man Roams the Globe: Marrakesh

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When Peter White jets, sails or walks into a new city, it is the sounds, not the sights, which assail him. In this programme Peter explores the twists and turns of Marrakesh. He listens to local radio; he takes in the sounds of restaurants, travel systems and the voices of the locals. He also meets other blind people and uses their experiences of an area to understand it better and to appreciate the aural clues which help guide them.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Over the past few decades Marrakesh has become increasingly popular with tourists and there's now a thriving modern part of the town but I'm
0:16.5	starting my visit in the Medina that is a centuries old part of this city and I'm staying at one of the reads.
0:24.7	Now they are very old houses, family houses, surrounded by lovely gardens.
0:30.3	I'm just going to go inside and meet our manager, Mohammed.
0:35.0	Just getting here has been very difficult because I said it's the old part of the town
0:40.0	and it's all little alleyways. I mean they just intersect and one of them feels
0:46.1	very much like another and I've already got lost about three times just arriving
0:51.1	at the Riyadh. Thank you very much.
1:01.0	Hello. Hi. Hi. Thank you. Hello.
1:02.0	Hi. Thank you. much. Hello. Hi. Hi. Thank you.
1:04.0	Hello Peter. Yes.
1:06.0	Ma'amie. Thank you very much.
1:08.0	It's a lovely place.
1:10.0	It feels really friendly.
1:12.0	Okay, good, place.
1:13.0	We just got lost getting him.
1:14.0	Yes, part of the follow the city.
1:16.0	Do you like to work some coffee, some tea?
1:19.0	That would be great.
1:20.0	Thank you very much.
1:21.0	I mean Moroccan tea or English tea?
1:22.0	Oh Moroccan tea or English tea.
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