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Moorish Empire 2010 Travel Journal
Marrakech MedinaOct 15, 2010 Fri | |
| Morning | |
|---|---|
| 05:00 | |
| 09:21 | The taxi this time is 10 d, the taxi driver seems satisfied at whatever you give them, as long as it is more than they normally charge.
The same ride has been 10, 17, 30 |
| 09:30 |  koutoubia mosque Time seems to have stopped in the souq, characters covered in hooded robe staggered across the narrow alley.
Brass ware and silverware which has no practical modern use... Tired old man riding on tired old bikes no one invite her to visit their shops, not even the snake charmers would take a picture of her... There must be more shops than all the shoppers in the world... |
| 09:47 |  street of marrakech |
| 09:52 |  window of marrakech |
| 09:55 |  alley cat in marrakech |
| 09:57 |  marrakech gourds |
| 09:58 |  meat stand in marrakech |
| 10:00 |  blue windows of marrakech |
| 10:00 |  blue heaven gate of merdina |
| 10:08 |  depression |
| 10:13 |  mouassine mosque gate Mosque is closed |
| 10:34 |  door 33 |
| 10:35 |  mini mosque 3 mounments for 60d, better price
or else each cost 50d |
| 10:41 |  medersa ben youssef |
| 10:44 |  medersa gate |
| 10:46 |  medersa ben youssef wall writing |
| 10:48 |  medersa arch |
| 10:51 |  medersa entrance |
| 10:52 |  medersa roof |
| 11:02 |  medersa cell |
| 11:03 |  medersa study room |
| 11:04 |  medersa courtyard |
| 11:06 |  medersa ben youssef study |
| 11:07 |  medersa ben youssef arch |
| 11:11 |  iron window of marraech |
| 11:14 |  secret door |
| 11:36 |  medersa pool |
| 11:36 |  medersa ben youssef pool |
| 11:51 |  water play |
| 11:58 |  priere de ne pas toucher Aziza Alaoui
Les Muses, 2008 |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:02 |  yamou in the courtyard |
| 12:05 |  lalla essaydi Les Femmes du Maroc, Revisited |
| 12:07 |  tourist in marrakech museum Les Femmes du Maroc, Revisited |
| 12:10 |  artist window |
| 12:10 |  atrium of museum |
| 12:11 |  silence of night |
| 12:13 |  naked woman with burning head |
| 12:14 |  mother with burning head |
| 12:14 |  donkey rider with burning head |
| 12:16 |  wines cellar art |
| 12:18 |  plat tabsil Forme Legerement |
| 12:20 |  yellow painting |
| 12:21 |  yamou Plantes - Planetes 3 |
| 12:23 |  priere de ne pas toucher Mounir Fatmi
How Muslims depict Jesus made of wires |
| 12:28 |  burning head |
| 12:38 |  shadow and leather Quite surprise they actually have vegetarian options
Price: 45d total Simple but good |
| 12:51 |  vegetarian tagine near museum of marrakech |
| 13:12 |  la qoubba almoravid The only reason people visit this site is because people bought the combo ticket
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| 13:14 |  la qoubba almoravid |
| 13:24 |  la qoubba almoravid |
| 13:45 | A chopped camel legs (or goats feet?)
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| 13:49 |  souq |
| 14:00 | the guide is a jerk, he asked for 200d
Windows shape like a key because key to heaven mosque is about 1000 years old Like those in Granada and Seville We are unhappy because we are trying to judge and doing a stupid job of it... |
| 14:09 |  roof |
| 14:11 |  koutoubia mosque |
| 14:16 |  koutoubia mosque courtyard |
| 14:29 | |
| 14:30 |  cat in cyber park |
| 14:48 |  green pool of cyber park |
| 14:52 |  cyber park internet booth |
| 14:54 | |
| 14:56 |  ensemble artisanal |
| 15:32 |  orange juice in djemaa el-fna only 4d, the most fairly priced in the world |
| 15:53 | Sitting above the Medina, enjoying my milkshake.... the milkshake is mostly milk...
So am I here a saver, giving the poor money and expected to be respected? The Djemaa el-Fna in the afternoon, does the Djemaa el-Fna know what time it is? Medina is not just a concrete plaza. It is an organism of people, like micros, conglomerated in an open area. The plaza is a mixture of stray cats and stranded backpackers Is this medina real, or is my cubicle the true reality? Do I really exist here? Or eventually I have to return to the real world. 17:55:59 - The medina roof top cafe really don't care how long you stay, in fact, even when you ask for the bill, they don't seem to care and rather you stay a while... Some musician dancing with a duck on his head... |
| 15:56 |  open plaza |
| 16:05 |  quad on plaza |
| 16:08 |  stall owners of djemaa el-fna |
| 16:09 |  medicine man |
| 16:13 |  blue in heat |
| 16:14 |  white holy man |
| 16:15 |  friends |
| 16:18 |  pulling cart |
| 16:24 |  hesitation |
| 16:24 |  evening in djemaa el-fna |
| 16:26 |  purple shopper |
| 16:32 |  lame biker |
| 16:32 |  coke boy and wooden leg |
| 16:33 |  red mystery |
| 16:46 |  garbage men |
| 16:46 |  garbage men in djemaa el-fna |
| 16:47 |  cleaning garbage Collecting garbage, only friend with stray cats |
| 16:48 |  garbage collection unit Collecting garbage, only friend with stray cats |
| 17:00 |  sunset marrakech |
| 17:09 |  musicians |
| 17:09 |  natives |
| 17:10 |  marrakech donkey cleaning unit |
| 17:12 |  blue muslum biker |
| 17:15 |  pancake lady |
| 17:18 |  acrobat boy |
| 17:36 |  djemaa el-fna |
| Night | |
| 18:05 |  djemaa el-fna at night |
| 18:17 |  vegetarian salad in djemaa el-fna The simple dinner turned out to be rather expensive.
Price: 80d, a tourist trap, avoid It looks like the market is a place for tourist rip off, even for local Moroccans. |
| 18:34 |  cheif of marrakech |
| 18:34 |  none vegetarian booth in djemaa el-fna |
| 18:34 |  food booth |