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An Artists piece of heaven in Mhamid, Morocco

When we were about to arrive into Mhamid, we were on the lookout for Dar Sidi Bounou, which is a guesthouse for musicians, artists and anyone with a sense of fun and life about them. The centre of all of this is Nancy, who very kindly let me take her portrait. Nancy hasn’t seen this yet, … Continue reading »

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You put the left foot in, the left foot out….

In a little village in the mountains in Morocco, the people have to be very self sufficient. That includes footwear, from Design, Prototype, Manufacture, Quality Control and distribution and Sales. We managed to see all that happen in about 20 minutes in a shop that measured about 6 feet by 8 feet. There were 2 … Continue reading »

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Monday Morning Shopping

Taliouine is really just a village but is the centre for saffron and is only grown in this area, and harvested in September and October. It has a really good Souk held every Monday.  We arrived at 9.30 and it was in full swing,really lovely seeing people greeting each other, having coffee together, haggling over … Continue reading »

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Moroccan People

Moroccan people typically don’t like their photos being taken. It’s hard to believe as they have been very friendly to us, and we’ve had no hastle at all. Sure many folks want to sell us stuff, or bring us on tours, to carpet shops, to camp sites, but it’s all pretty good natured. Anyway, These … Continue reading »

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The quieter side to Spain

We stopped in Tabernas, which has an old Moorish castle and the desert like landscape provided settings for the “Spaghetti Westerns”. We drove to this – Mini Hollywood but unfortunatly it was closed, we were just a little too late. Apparently scenes for Lawrence of Arabia were shot around an area to the north east. Here also is … Continue reading »

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