the kasbah, the medina.ave a european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we throw up. we'll, will tangier's unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco. and recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it. in all its ill reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bong rips in portland or peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in, that's here to stay.

the kasbah, the medina.a european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we throw up. we'll, will tangier's unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco. and recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it. in all its ill reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bong rips in portland or peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in, that's here to stay. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is early start weekend. >> all of a sudden we just hear, boom, and then we saw, like, smoke everywhere. >> new this morning, a train collision and derailment along one of the most traveled routes in the northeast. 70 people inj

the kasbah, the medina.chasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we throw up. will tangier's unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco. and recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it. in all its ill reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bong rips in portland or peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in, that's here to stay. >>> good evening. i'm anderson cooper. it's been over a month now since the deadly bombings here in boston and there's time now to reflect and really investigate what happened. tonight we focus on several iconic images from the terror attack and its aftermath. we'll meet the photographers who too

the kasbah, the medina. >> the medina.ver here to tangier. >> they come, well, like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come, and then we come out. well tangier's unique character survive? >> i hope so. ♪ i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco. and recently the country's leadership seems to very many braced it in all its ill-reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bond rips at portland or peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in, that's here to stay. >>> for most of my life libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi. libya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya, a bad place where a comical dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes

there's one particular cafe in the heart of the kasbah that's drawn in foreign dignitaries, rock starstists since it opened its doors in 1943. cafe baba. sweet mint tea in a thick slow-moving haze of smoke. it smells like my dorm room 1972. good evening, hello. this is george bajalia, and i should say i have no direct knowledge of either george or zaneb smoking any illegal substances or do i have any recollection of me doing anything untoward in their presence. that would be, like, wrong, dude. others in the room, however, well, don't give me that innocent look, you young punks. i know somebody in here is smoking reefer. how stoned are people here? >> we can ask, just ask. >> you're not getting totally ripped here? >> no. it's a functional part of daily life. for a long time, the rest of the country and the government didn't really like tangier a whole lot. it was seedy. there were foreigners that came here and -- >> it makes money. >> he sees it as a future economic economy. is many good or bad? >> for moroccans, it's work, but of course ex-pats want to keep tangier like they know it