Sorry to have been so slow in posting these. Life has involved a lot of disruption, moving from Oxford to Vancouver to Ottawa. Crowd at the Gnawa Festival beach stage. Marakkesh street at night The Kasbah Mosque, in the southern part of the city. Cascades d’Ouzoud This donkey had the unenviable task of carrying empty [...]

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The edge of the Djemma El Fna at night. The three Norwegian women I met in Essaouira. Gulls over the Atlantic. Essaouira harbour. View from atop the sea wall.

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Some of the detail from the Ali ben Youssef Medersa. Mosque in Marrakesh. It’s interesting how different they look from the ones we saw in Turkey. Shine in Marrakesh For some reason, I like the look of donkeys. They seem dependable and worthy of respect. Marrakesh has a large wall around the whole of the [...]

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The Koutoubia mosque is the largest in Marrakesh, standing out prominently near one corner of the Djemma El Fna. From the terrace of my first hotel, you could get a glimpse of the old city from above. This is a courtyard inside the Marrakesh museum, which I found by accident while I was completely lost [...]

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These are the shots taken on film, hence their late emergence. As has often been the case in the past, getting back the photos from my expensive film camera has been a reminder of just how good a deal my cheap point and shoot digital camera was. Getting interesting angles sometimes involves hanging out windows, [...]

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