An old door knocker, spotted in Marrakech, in the shape of The hand of Fatima. Believed by Muslims and Jews alike to protect its owner and those in the house from the evil eye.
Almost unsure whether this constitutes a Travel Gumbo “travel” post, I press ahead with my submission and await rapped knuckles from the Senior Gurus!
Sunrise over the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. The mountain peaks reach up into the pure blue sky and I breathe the crystal clear clean high-altitude air. A wonderful way to start another day of adventure!
An open doorway in the maze of alleyways in the souk in Marrakech. It’s probably been there almost unchanged for the past 1,000 years. Where does it lead? Who lives there?
A lamp vendor’s shop in one of the myriad crooked alleyways within the covered souk (market) of Marrakech which I loved for its shapes and colours of the lamps and shades.
The knife sharpener at work in the souk (Berber market) in Erfoud, south of the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. His tongue stuck out in complete concentration and pedaling hard on his sharpening wheel, he is a delightful study of a man happily…
The Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou , designated a World Heritage Site since 1987, is a fortified city (or Ksar) located on the old caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in the foothills of the southern slopes of the High Atlas.
Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco, was designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) in the 1920s and 1930s, during the colonial period when Morocco was a protectorate of France.
Seeing all the automotive ‘sparkle’ in various excellent posts in recent months, I must, in a moment of weakness, add my contribution. Below is my motorcycle of some years ago in front of a magnificent Ford (?) truck (please help all…
An old door knocker, spotted in Marrakech, in the shape of The hand of Fatima. Believed by Muslims and Jews alike to protect its owner and those in the house from the evil eye.
Almost unsure whether this constitutes a Travel Gumbo “travel” post, I press ahead with my submission and await rapped knuckles from the Senior Gurus!
Sunrise over the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. The mountain peaks reach up into the pure blue sky and I breathe the crystal clear clean high-altitude air. A wonderful way to start another day of adventure!
An open doorway in the maze of alleyways in the souk in Marrakech. It’s probably been there almost unchanged for the past 1,000 years. Where does it lead? Who lives there?
A lamp vendor’s shop in one of the myriad crooked alleyways within the covered souk (market) of Marrakech which I loved for its shapes and colours of the lamps and shades.
The knife sharpener at work in the souk (Berber market) in Erfoud, south of the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco. His tongue stuck out in complete concentration and pedaling hard on his sharpening wheel, he is a delightful study of a man happily…
The Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou , designated a World Heritage Site since 1987, is a fortified city (or Ksar) located on the old caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in the foothills of the southern slopes of the High Atlas.
Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco, was designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) in the 1920s and 1930s, during the colonial period when Morocco was a protectorate of France.
Seeing all the automotive ‘sparkle’ in various excellent posts in recent months, I must, in a moment of weakness, add my contribution. Below is my motorcycle of some years ago in front of a magnificent Ford (?) truck (please help all…