Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Maroc

our hands grasping and groping
seizing opportunity, right where it lies
the sky will fall

we will rise
-The Mountain Goats, "Peacocks"

this just really makes me think of morocco, i don't know why
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

arches in a covered area on the road
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

the plaza at the baab mansour, meknes.
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

the plaza from a different point
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

people walking near the cemetery
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

towards the cemetery
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

view out the window, our first night in fez
[Fez, Morocco, November 2006]

the interior courtyard of a medersa (koranic school) in meknes.
[Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

inside a similar medersa in marrakesh
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

taking pictures in the medersa
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

i'm a sucker for fountains
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

the tannery--enough said
[Fez, Morocco, November 2006]

the dyers' souk (market)
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

highly photogenic cat
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

juicemakers in the djemma el fnaa
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

buckets of spices
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

more in the spice market
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

olive stalls
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

sunset over the old city
[Fez, Morocco, November 2006]

i wish this came out less blurry, this would have been a really cute picture
[Fez, Morocco, November 2006]

fountain and chandelier in the marrakesh museum. like all the pictures here, there has been no editing at all.
[Marrakesh, Morocco, November 2006]

the obligatory train picture
[Between Rabat and Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]


its much drier than it looks
[Between Rabat and Meknes, Morocco, November 2006]

journeying
[Between Marrakesh and Casablanca, Morocco, November 2006]

ruth telling us to...you get the idea
[Fez, Morocco, November 2006]