central Morocco, october 04
commute home in the high
atlas village of telouet, marrakech roof patios and gardens
the smoke and spectacle of
djemaa el fna (central square) in marrakech, coast side resort of essouria
essaouira, a popular coast town
essaouira fishing boats, dinner accompaniment in marrakech, typical rammed earth
construction
kasbah ait benhaddou (where parts of lawrence of arabia were filmed)
jewish and muslim iconography on an antique door, for sale from berber tradesman,
kasbah in skoura oasis and view from dades gorge hotel room
todra gorge guest house and neighborhood, high atlas mountain cultivation
berber tradesman from the desert, mali immigrants tapping into the soul music
old school rammed earth, moonrise and vodka tonics at chez julia's auberge in
merzouga, sunrise at the edge of the dunes
off into the dunes, our pissed-off camel "jimmy (hendrix)", photoshopped
sunset with the berber camel 'drivers', all of whom speak at least 5 languages
climbing the dune at sunset (jo is the white spec), rental skis for the slopes
whose sands are creeping into the outpost of merzouga, not far from the algerian
border
kasba de ben moro (now a swankish hotel), 300 yr old earthen kasbah in agdz
which has been renovated into an auberge
souk (market) in full effect in agdz, dealin with 'crazy' ouberka and baddi
ali, brother and sister in the high atlas mountain village of telouet
creative stone construction and landscape of telouet,
taking a break from the daily burden
EOM