I discussed my former career with Sid, who seemed to now be in charge of the cafe. He was the genuine article for the North African cafe, in that he was from Morocco. He seemed impressed that I knew that the current King of Morocco was the popular Mohammed VI. He told me this area was "very safe"...pause..."during daylight hours...be careful here at night, though". I told him I would be gone before nightfall. "Good" he said "there's people here you wouldn't want to meet". It wasn't that different back then, I thought.