Morocco Road Trip

Pictures from my road trip throughout Morocco. From Casablanca to Essaouira, Marrakech, Dades and Todra Valleys, Erg Chebbi desert, Fes, Chefchaouen, Tangeri.

Tizgzaouine
This is Tizgzaouine, heading for Ouarzazate, at the end of the descent from the Atlas mountains.

Ait Ben Haddou
Driving across central Morocco.

Boumalne
Oasis and city in the Dades Valley, central Morocco.

Palm Tree Reserve
Small settlement with its palm tree plantation.

Before Atlas Mountains
Beautiful harsh nature, and earth nouances, on the road from Essaouira to Marrakech.

Dadès
Driving down the streets of Dades Valley.

Over the Hill
Resting on a hill in the Todra Valley, before getting to the Auberge Le Festival, a fantastic hotel carved into the mountain, which is that building merged with the rocks down where the road is.

Desert Trip
On the crest of a dune of the Erg Chebbi.

Erg Chebbi
That magic light before sunset in the Erg Chebbi desert, part of the Moroccan Sahara, on the boundary with Algeria.

Desert Dawn
Getting ready to get deeper and farther.

Breakfast in the Desert
My shadow on the base camp tent in the desert at dawn.

Chefchaouen 1
The all white and blue city in northern Morocco.

Chefchaouen 2
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In the Blue City
Bright sunlight in the dark alleys of Chefchaouen, the Blue City.

Old Woman
In the alleyways of Essaouira, Morocco.

Kids
Down the streets of Fes.

Blind Old Man
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Fresh Catch
Young fishmonger with his fresh catch in the port of Essaouira.

Essaouirans
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Port of Essaouira 1
Blue/Grey side.

Port of Essaouira 2
Red/Grey side.

In Tangier
At sunset.

The Blue Door
The blue is on the outside. This is the green side of the Blue Door in Fes.

The Minaret
In the middle of nowhere.

Majestic Architecture
Part of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca.

Arab Pattern
On a ceiling of the Hassan II Mosque outer structure.

Arab Night
Jamaa el Fna, the big square in Marrakech.

Librairie des Colonnes
This is a historical bookshop in Tangier. Writers such as Jean Jenet, Samuel Becket, William Burroughs, to name a few, used to haunt in here. An absolute landmark in Tangier, both for culture and architecture.