Trip to Morocco, July 2009 (154 images)

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Approaching Africa


Landing in Marrakech


The airport in Marrakech


Djemaa el Fna square, Marrakech


Djemaa el Fna at sunset, Marrakech


View of Marrakech from the roof of the hostel


Evening view of the Koutoubia mosque, Marrakech


Market at night, Marrakech (1)


Market at night, Marrakech (2)


Djemaa el Fna at night, Marrakech


Small town near Marrakech


Highway N9, Morocco


Valley in the Atlas mountains


Stop in the Atlas mountins


Me being brave


Road across the Atlas mountains


Ait Benhaddou


The Kasbah at Ait Benhaddou


View of the Ait Benhaddou kasbah and the river


Nesting storks


Restaurant at Ouarzazate


Sale of carpets, Ouarzazate


Interesting kind of ant


Sandra feeding a donkey apricots


Ait Youl


Road and rocks at Ait Youl


Camping ad at Ait Youl


Rock formations at Ait Youl (1)


Rock formations at Ait Youl (2)


Rock formations at Ait Youl (3)


Stormy sky above Ait Youl


Our hotel at Dades gorge


My room at the hotel at Dades gorge


The terrace at the hotel at Dades gorge


Interesting plant


Dades gorge (1)


Me standing on the edge of Dades gorge


A stray dog


Dades gorge (2)


On top of Dades gorge


Hotel at the edge of Dades gorge


The road going up the Dades gorge


Boumalne-Dades


Farming at Tinerhir


Inside a kasbah in Tinerhir (1)


Inside a kasbah in Tinerhir (2)


Kids playing in Tinerhir


Learning how carpets are made


A carpet maker


Todra gorge


Desert scenery (1)


Desert well


Our van at a desert souvenir stop


Taking desert photographs


Sandra and Lance


Desert scenery (2)


At the edge of Erg Chebbi


Our driver


Me with a scarf


A part of our camel caravan (1)


Video of the camel ride during a weak storm


Desert privy


Our desert camp, Erg Chebbi


Camels


Camel head


Climbing a dune


Sand storm, Erg Chebbi


Sitting on top of the dune


Standing on top of the dune


Evening entertainment by our guides


Cat with kittens


Night at the camp, Erg Chebbi


Morning at the camp, Erg Chebbi


Desert frog


Desert beatle


Camels and dunes


Morning in the desert, Erg Chebbi


Desert sunrise, Erg Chebbi (1)


Desert sunrise, Erg Chebbi (2)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (1)


Playful lambs at the camp


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (2)


Camel ride


Our camel caravan (1)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (3)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (4)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (5)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (6)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (7)


Camel legs


Riding down a dune


Our camel caravan (2)


Our camel caravan (3)


Camel striding the sand


A part of our camel caravan (2)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (8)


One of the camels


Desert sky, Erg Chebbi


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (9)


Dunes, Erg Chebbi (10)


A part of our camel caravan (3)


A Japanese member of the group


Our guides


The edge of Erg Chebbi


Me at the end of the Sahara trip


Women in Hart


Van in Kelaa M'Gouna


Drying clothes in Kelaa M'Gouna


Dry land


Scenery in the Atlas mountains


Marrakech at night


My second room in the hostel in Marrakech


Local street, Marrakech


The inner court at the Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


Decorations, Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


Hallway, Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


View from Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


View of the inner court, Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


Me at the Ben Youssef madrassa, Marrakech


Kitten at the market


Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech (1)


Me at Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech


A homeless person sleep on the street, Marrakech


Navigating the streets to get to the hostel in Marrakech


My first room at the hostel in Marrakech


A merchant street, Marrakech


One of the gates to the king's palace in Marrakech


Some local food, including pastilla, dough with chicken filling and sugar


The only surviving thing to see at El Badi palace, Marrakech


Another gate to the king's palace in Marrakech


El Bahia palace, Marrakech


Decorations in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech (1)


Ceiling in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech


Citrus fruit


Opening in the ceiling in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech


Stained glass window in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech


Decorations in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech (2)


Court in the El Bahia palace, Marrakech


Possibly olives


Koutoubia mosque, Marrakech


Flowers


Public park next to the Koutoubia mosque, Marrakech


Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech (2)


Walking along merchant streets in Marrakech


Cat with kittens in Marrakech


Sunscreens above a merchant street, Marrakech


Street market


Merchant stall


Sunset from the roof of the hostel in Marrakech


Sunset over the roofs of Marrakech


Evening prayer call in Marrakech


Djemaa el Fna in the evening, Marrakech


Ingenius way to cheat the crowd in Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech: try to catch a bottle with a ring attached to an angle


Boarding the plane in Marrakech