Pic Of The Day
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, March 13, 2015: Postcards from Morocco – the boys in the souk
I spent a couple of days photographing in the old oasis town of Tinejdad, south of the Atlas mountains in Morocco, before continuing on to the edge of the Sahara….
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 27, 2015: Postcards from Morocco – the camel train at sunset
As the dying rays of the sun bathe the fine red sand of the huge windblown dunes of Erg Chebbi behind the little town of Merzouga on the edge of the Sahara , the camel rider and his charges are silhouetted on the skyline.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 20, 2015: Postcards from Morocco – orange juice vendors
In the heart of the bustling World Heritage site ” Jemaa el-Fnaa” square, in front of the elegant Koutoubia mosque, in the centre of Marrakech , you will find lines of these mobile orange juice vendors all jostling to attract your trade for their…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 13, 2015: Postcards from Morocco – Atlas clouds
One morning, whilst visiting the World Heritage site of Ksar at Ait Ben Haddou, beyond the Atlas mountains and into southern Morocco’s desert region, we awoke to blustery winds that made the fine sand race across the dried river bed…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 6, 2015: Postcards from Morocco – Berber Doorway
I have a ‘thing’ about interesting doorways, whether it is the colour, texture, shape – whatever. So when I came across this excellent metal door in the little Berber town of El Khorbat during a photo tour into the southern Moroccan desert regions….
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, January 23, 2015: Postcard from Morocco: A long and winding road…
Snaking precariously up the steep sides of the massive Atlas Mountain range as you leave Marrakech and head up towards the Tizi n’Tichka pass in the southerly direction of Ouazazate.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, January 16, 2015: Postcard from Morocco: The Donkey Cart
Not much ever gets discarded in Morocco, much less something as sophisticated as a donkey cart. So what terrible fate befell this robust means of transportation to leave it looking so wrecked as it is?
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, December 26, 2014: Postcards from Morocco – the camel rider
I was fortunate enough to be able to photograph this noble-looking Camel Rider of the great sand dunes at Erg Chebbi in the less explored desert zone around Merzouga, south of the Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, December 19, 2014: Postcards from Morocco – the hand of Fatima
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.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, December 5, 2014: Postcards from Morocco – the open doorway
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?
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, November 28, 2014: Postcards from Morocco – the lamp shop
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.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, November 14, 2014: Postcards from Morocco – Ait Ben Haddou
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.
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 31, 2014: Postcards from Greece – Oia town, Santorini
Continuing my recent posts demonstrating my love for the magnificent views to be seen from the cliff tops in Oia, Santorini, looking out over the sea and down into the gigantic, flooded, volcanic caldera that lies in front of both of the…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 24, 2014: Postcards from Greece – view from the cliff top in Oia
With such spectacular views to be enjoyed all around me, I have to request fellow Travel Gumbo readers indulgence for coming back again to the views to be had looking out from the cliff top over Oia township in the Greek isle of Santorini. …
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 17, 2014: Postcards from Greece – the volcano builds again…
Possibly the greatest volcanic eruption in past millennia was that which destroyed the Minoan civilisation on the island that today is known as Santorini in the Greek Cyclades isles. Down in the middle of the sea that now is surrounded by the…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 11, 2014: Highway 395
My favorite stretch of lonely road in the world is the 200 miles of Highway 395 south from Topaz Lake, where it enters California from Nevada, where these pictures were taken, south through Bridgeport and the turnoff to Bodie , past Mono…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, October 10, 2014: Postcards from Greece – the alleyways of Naxos fort
Strolling through the labyrinth of alleyways in the heart of the old Venetian fortress above the harbour of Naxos in the Greek Cyclades islands, every turn of a corner reveals yet another fascinating building with all the signs of its past history……
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, September 5, 2014: Postcards from Greece – Nauossa the old harbour on Paros
Situated on the eastern side of Naoussa Bay about 7 miles east of the main town of Parikia is this very picturesque old harbour whose fortifications date from the Venetian era of trade dominance of the Aegean and Mediterranean. …
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, August 29, 2014: Postcards from Greece – The Portara on Naxos
The largest and loftiest (at 999m elevation) of the Cyclades archipelago, rugged Náxos is one of the few Greek islands besides Crete that could feed itself – you see flocks of sheep, goats and cattle everywhere, along with all manner of…
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, August 22, 2014: Postcards from Greece – The Donkeys
Gazing out over the seas of the Caldera of Santorini are 3 donkeys part of the herd of a hundred or so that these days carry tourists up and down the 600 steps between Santorini’s old port nearly 1000 feet below the main town of Fira. Up to…
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Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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