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 the Koutoubia, the minaret to a 12th-c. mosque in Marrakech |
 walking the medina (old walled city center) |
 our riad is down this street |
 our riad |
 our room |
 the view from the riad terrace |
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 at the Saadian tombs (16th c.) |
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 a quiet street |
 M in front of a foundouk (craft collective) |
 a cabinetmaking foundouk... |
 ...and one for metalwork |
 in the Marrakech Museum |
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 on the streets again |
 heading north across the medina |
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 the Almoravid Koubba, a 12th-c. water building |
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 in the Medersa ben Youssef (a 16th-c. Koranic school) |
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 a hallway off the central courtyard |
 students' rooms were upstairs |
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 a view from one of the students' rooms |
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 heading for the souks (markets) |
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 making lamps and other items |
 spices! and henna, tortoises, etc. |
 a flea market |
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 a small produce market |
 the side streets are always quieter, but often dead-end |
 at the Bahia palace (16th c.) |
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 an old bab (medina gate) |
 in the Mellah (old Jewish quarter) |
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 a working synagogue (and a noisy Israeli tour group) |
 the Jewish cemetery |
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 on the way back to the medina center |
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 inside the El Badii palace grounds (12th c.) |
 remains of a reception hall |
 remnants of the guest houses |
 some very new (and very small) guests |
 underground storage |
 the minbar (pulpit) from the Koutoubia |
 a view from the palace walls... |
 ...and out over the medina |
 storks are revered in Marrakech... |
 ...as are children |
 at the Dar Tiskiwin (a house museum of North African culture) |
 a nomad tent |
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 some visiting artifacts |
 lost in the medina... |
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 in the Dar Si Said museum |
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 it's bird happy hour at the museum! |
 the huge Jamaa el Fna square at night |
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 the Majorelle museum... |
 ...and gardens... |
 ...in the new part of Marrakech |
 back into the medina thru the Bab Nkob |
 on the road southwest, looking back toward Marrakech |
 "Danger" |
 climbing up into the Atlas mountains |
 a roadside greeting in the High Atlas |
 heading over the Tizi-n-Tichka pass (2260m) |
 in the village of Igherm n'Ougal... |
 ...to visit their community granary |
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 a view out the granary window |
 a typical midday snack: mint tea, bread, olives, and a Coke |
 Tikirt, outside Ouarzazate |
 approaching Skoura |
 our hotel in the Skoura palmeraie (palm grove) |
 many of the buildings are built of unbaked mud and straw |
 the hotel is also a working farm |
 our room |
 the road east along the Dades wadi |
 a ksar (housing/fort complex) near El Kelaa des M'goun |
 orchards along the river, looking toward the Djebel Sarhro |
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 our piste (track) off the highway |
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 farming near the village of Amejgag |
 Berber girls... |
 ...and more |
 leaving our car on the piste... |
 ...to visit a Berber troglodyte family |
 the caves are carved by hand |
 from inside |
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 continuing up the Dades valley |
 an old kasbah |
 the rock formation called 'Monkey Fingers' |
 a view down the Dades gorge on our way back |
 the edge of the Skoura palmeraie, a true oasis |
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 olives among the date palms |
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 viisting the house of Mohamed, our guide |
 a view froom the upper level |
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 Mohamed, Mansour, and a friend |
 Mansour serving tea |
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 visiting the house of a friend of Mohamed's |
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 on the roof |
 the field below |
 crossing the wadi on the way out of the palmeraie |
 the old ksar and kasbah at Ait-Benhaddou... |
 ...which appeared in Lawrence of Arabia |
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 on the road back to Marrakech |
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 over the Atlas again |
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 pano: outside Marrakech |
 pano: climbing the Atlas |
 pano: outside El Kalaa des M'goun |
 pano: Ait Benhaddou |
 pano: the road back to Marrakech |
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