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The Potter
A Moroccan Potter in Fes While in Fes, we visited a pottery and tile shop that had many artistic staff creating pottery, tiles, mosaic table tops and fountains. It was interesting to see them work and...
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The mosaic tile work done at the pottery and tile shop in Fes is all done by hand, starting with cutting the tiles, then painting, laying them out and attaching them to their final structure (e.g.,...
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Tiles
Tiles This image was taken in the same pottery and tile workshop as the previous posts. When I saw these tiles stacked there, I liked the colors and the way the lighting. I knew it would be a special...
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The Medina of the ancient city of Fez (or Fes) is a labyrinth of tight, narrow, winding cobblestone pathways lined on both sides by artisans and vendors. As I mentioned in a previous post, these...
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The Leather Tanneries of Fez
A 3-shot panoramic view of a Tannery in Fez In Morocco, leather is the largest major export to partners like Spain, France and India with up to 100 million slippers or shoes exported annually. There...
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The Camel Ride in the Sahara
We left the frenetic touring of cities and businesses and traveled, first by 4-wheel drive vehicles, then by camel and finally by 4-wheel again into the Sahara Desert to our peaceful tent camp...
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The Milky Way Over the Sahara Desert
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) The night sky and the Milky Way in the Sahara Desert Our trip leader, Aziz, suggested we move our beds out of our tents and sleep...
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Patterns in the Sand
Patterns in the Sand Patterns in the sand of the Sahara Desert created by the wind. Grains of Sand in the Sahara Grains of Sand in the Sahara Desert in patterns created by the wind.
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One Proud Camel
This is one proud camel… This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS lens, 1/400 sec at f/8, -1 2/3 EV ISO 250 captured on a Lexar 400x SDXC UHS-1 memory card.
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Another View of the Milky Way
I had a number of requests for more Milky Ways photos, so here is another shot that gives you a better sense of the breadth of the Milky Way as seen from the Sahara Desert. (To see the most detail in...
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Cathleen at Sunrise on the Sand Dunes
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Cathleen watches the sun rise over the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert. This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS...
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Cathleen and Hussein
Hussein managed the tent camp and was the chief host and cook. On our last day at the tent camp in the Sahara Desert, we wanted to have a picture of Hussein, who managed the tent camp. He was our chief...
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Sahara Tent Camp at Sunrise
Sahara Tent Camp at Sunrise On our last day in the Sahara, I took this photo of the sun rising over the horizon illuminating our tent camp. This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS...
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Berber Nomad Cemetery in the Sahara Desert
A Berber Nomad Cemetery in the Sahara Desert This is the grave of a small Berber Nomad child. After leaving our tent camp, but still in the Sahara Desert, we came across this Berber Cemetery. The...
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Overland to Tineghir we came to a series of wells in the desert that draw from a spring below. Water is used by Berbers for drinking and irrigation of farmland nearby. I was intrigued by the simplicity...
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Ikelane Mosque and Madrasa
The interior of a Madrasa near Tineghir. This Madrasa is no longer in use but is available for visitors to walk through. Mosque Ikelane Ksar Afanaour CLick on the image to show a larger size and then...
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Henna Hand Adornment
Cathleen’s Hand Adorned With Henna in Morocco Henna Hand Adornment written by Cathleen In North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India and other countries, henna adorns women’s hands for celebrations...
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The Road Up the Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, mostly through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. They extend for more than 1,200 miles. The Moroccan High Atlas ends at Mount...
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The Imam
On our drive to Ouarzazate, we stopped in the small, primarily Berber, town of Kelaat M’Gouna where we ate lunch at the home of the local Imam, adjacent to the Mosque. His wife prepared our meal and...
View ArticleAmazing 14-Year Old Moroccan Drummer
In the evening, after Cathleen had her henna design applied to her hand, we went to dinner at a wonderful Moroccan restaurant inside a tent. During our meal, a group of three men and a fourteen year...
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