Photos Page / Marrakech February 2009

Marrakech and a trip the the Atlas Mountains.

The narrow streets of Marrakech
 
Pussy Cats. Quite well fed.
 
Cute Kitty
 
The main square starts to get crowded...
 
...and strange people emerge.....
 
....like the singing dwarf. Very scary.
 
Recovering from the dwarf incident,...
 
On the way to the Atlas mountains.
 
The ski slope at Oukaimden. This is...
 
Huts used by the Berber farmers in...
 
A Berber village.
 
A Berber.
 
Rickety bridge. I'm sure there's a...
 
The sun shines on the righteous.
 
Ourika valley.
 
Lovely colours (part 1).
 
Relaxing at Narwama. Actually, the...
 
The rooftops of Marrakech. Count the...
 
Pretty flowers at this time of year.
 
At the El Baadi palace. An old ruin...
 
Our favourite bar, with a rubbish...
 
Street in Marrakech.
 
The Bahia Palace.
 
Setting up a stall in the market place.
 
The stall's only half up, but already...
 
Our room at the Riad Jonan. Very...
 
The courtyard and plunge pool at the...
 
Riad Jonan.
 
Our local mosque.
 
Archway to the city.
 
Busy streets, day and night.
 
More odd people in the square.
 
10 dhirams a glass. Refreshing.
 
Just look at all that stock. This is...
 
Sweetie shop.
 
Cool dude in a market square.
 
Cool dude and some carpets.
 
The spice shop.
 
The so-called "main entrance" to the...
 
A morrocan kitsch shop. So many carpets!
 
Gateway with storks.
 
The local hammam.
 
Very Arabian Nights.
 
Several prickly things, and an olive...
 
Those are the High Atlas mountains in...
 
A Berber market.
 
"I'll have two pounds of hoof, and a...
 
The donkey park at the market. Now...
 
Cooking up a tagine for lunch.
 
Ladies making argan oil. You can eat...
 
Lovely colours (part 2).
 
Kay, our taxi driver, and his Mercedes.
 
A Berber making flour.
 
"I like the house, but I'm not sure...
 
A very apprehensive Kay on the...
 
Lovely colours (part 3).
 
The El Baadi palace.
 
Storks. Obviously.
 
Kay. Obviously.
 
Ceiling at the Bahia palace.
 
Ornate doorway.
 
Beautifully painted window.
 
Morrocan tiles. They make your eyes...
 
Detail from a doorway.
 
The city walls.
 
The inevitable camel and palm trees...
 
Yves St Laurent's house at the...
 
I don't know what to say. "Kay's gone...
 
Don't quite know what these are, but...
 
Crowded street.
 
Fish and chip supper Marrakech style....
 
And that's Chris looking a little...
 

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