Morocco

Published Wed 30 September 2009 04:55 (-0000)

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Belly-dancer	Belly-dancer

Pretty light patterns	Tour leader Brahim

BBQ dudes in the square	Marrakech square at night

Fountain in the Jadin Majorelle	Flowers in the Jardin Majorelle

Flowers in the Jardin Majorelle	Cactus in the Jardin Majorelle

Succulents in the Jardin Majorelle	Bamboo grove in the Jardin Majorelle

Graffiti-carved bamboo in the Jardin Majorelle	Ghassoul (soap-like clay)

Pigment stacks in the medina market	Pictographic election campaign hoardings

Koutoubia Mosque	Marrakech street

Menara Gardens basin	Yellow-eyed cat in the Menara Gardens

Moroccan flag above a local government building	Castle in the sand

Horse trekking along the beach	Will onna horse (inna sun)

Big 380-year-old Ficus tree (see tourmates for scale!)	"Viagra turbo" at the market

Eroded colors by the port	Eroded & corroded door near the port

Beautiful arched doorway	Beautiful deep blue door

Dogs hanging out by the paintings	Lucky cats getting the fish offal

Gulls	Old cannons along the seafront

In Essaouira's port	Porter, locals, tourist, gate from the port

Essaouira fishing boats	Turret by the sea

Essaouira beach & seabirds	Egyptian musicians at the bar

Apple shisha (meh)	Delicious Berber omelette

Cute/possibly tasty mini-goats	The view further up the mountains

Couscous aux sept legumes (couscous with 7 veggies)	Our host pouring sage tea (tasty)

"Action Couscous" teaches tagine cooking	Sunset skyline in Morocco

Sun sets on the Ksour	"Action Couscous" pours us mint tea

Ait Benhaddou	Old-school film projector at the cinema museum

Big props at the cinema museum	Si demonstrates the props at the cinema museum

Prison cell set	Movie sets at Ouzzarte

Ned from the American Peace Corp with workshop guys	Fresh dates c/o nice old woman in palmerie

Dates off the tree... turns out they're bright yellow	River down by the palmerie

Irrigated fields and date palms	Old settlement across the river from the palmerie

Palmerie south of the Todra Gorge	Berber freemen flag

Red stone house	Parched hillsides up from the river

Old & new settlements below Todra Gorge	Old houses dissolved by the rain

The drinks fridge	Rosehip

The unassuming but stauch tamarisk	Agriculture in the Todra Gorge

Agriculture south of the Todra Gorge	Todra Gorge

Whisky deoderant?	Fishy fossils

Dusty but peaceful southern Moroccan towns	Semi-nomadic jewelry stall

Painting-like Erg Chebbi dunes	The morning camel train back to the van

My trusty steed	Sunglow and tourmates

Half-risen sun over the Sahara	6am, tired and half-asleep on the Erg Chebbi dunes

The path up our dune	Pre-dawn over the Sahara

6am, looking down at our desert camp between the dunes	Moths to the flame at our desert camp

Brahim and Bedouin guide #2 silhouetted in the distance	Our caravan in the Erg Chebbi dunes

Camel shadows on the dunes past Merzouga	Bedouin man leading our camel train

Camel shadows on the Erg Chebbi dunes	Starting in to the Sahara

Our camel train in front of the Erg Chebbi dunes	Kasbah in the Sahara desert

Temperature rising into the Sahara	Sand erosion barriers

A long river oasis	Oversize truckloads

Porous scoria from a mountain pass	Young women embroidering at the Franciscan's

Performers	Brahim getting into the spirit of it

Clatterers (do not want)	Berrem kids

Berrem kids (and tour guide Brahim)	Berrem kids

Berrem village	Berrem village mosque

Clay house in Berrem village	No desert here

Apparently one of the tastiest tagines in Morocco	Less-malicious macaques in Morocco

Round coke	Still green after summer at higher altitude

Morocco's Switzerland	TV, always the first outreach ministry of western-style consumerism :(

Wedding chair shop? There's a shop for everything in the medina...	Decoration in the Qaraouiyine mosque

Our Fez medina guide talks about the Qaraouiyine mosque	Squash on strings

Nzala el Oudaia/Mikkés Dam?	Signs point to brothel

Ass-backwards drinking game mosaic	Ancient floor mosaics

The communal loos. Where are you and where is the poo?	Covered aqueduct

Triumphal Arch	Corinthian column

Ionic column	Capitol columns with stork's nest

Ceremonial altar	The basilica

Inscribed plinths around the forum	The forum

Many ruined buildings	Columns of the forum & basilica on Volubilis's hill

Holey walls in Meknes	Outside the King's palace in Meknes

Meknes granaries	Wells in the Meknes granaries of Moulay Ismael

Oranges c/o nice Iraqi-American couple	Bird of Paradise flower

Mausoleum of Mohammed V	By the mausoleum of Mohammed V

Original mosque wall fragment	The incomplete Hassan Tower and mosque columns

Eroded sandstone star	Supervising cat

Wall stencil art near the coast	A Kasbah entrance

Rabat coastal wall	Covered market street

Hot, sweet mint tea in Morocco	Casablanca beach by the Hassan II Mosque

Turkish bath under the Hassan II Mosque	Ritual washing room in the Hassan II Mosque

Patterns in the Hassan II Mosque	Decorative lightshade in the Hassan II Mosque

Intricate nutch decor	Main hall in the Hassan II Mosque

Archway facade at the Hassan II Mosque	Hassan II Mosque

Prickly Pears	Prickly Pear vendor

Cat under car in Casablanca	Chefchaouen

Tree above Chefchaouen	Old mosque being restored

Donkeys carrying the everpresent JPG bottles	Orange tree

Chefchaouen's official shoe-fixer	Traditional Moroccan silly hats

Berber man	Melded buildings

Chefchaouen steps	Doorway of our hostel

Sight of the Kasbah from our accomodation's roof	Baba ghanoush?, awesome olives, bessara

Chefchaouen at night	First sight of Africa

Morocco

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