Moroccan Towns
May 2018
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| Former home of Yves Saint Laurent; now a museum. |
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| Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery. |
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| They show me the neighborhood and then the taller says to the smaller: "Ask for 5 dirhams" (the local currency). I offer 10. She immediately counters with 20. |
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| Pic taken by a barber before giving me a straight-razor shave. (Excuse the hiking shirt.) |
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| Writers' favorite tropes to describe a culture or country: it mixes the modern and traditional; and it possesses contradictory traits making it paradoxical and enigmatic. Runner-up: it's a bridge between two larger regions/cultures. |
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| Effective soft power. A free U.S. vet facility for pack animals. And on the wall: "Fear god in your pack animals, do not hurt them or load them more than they are able to bear. -prophet Mohamed". |
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| Poppies, agave, olive trees. |
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| What this arch lacks in assurance it makes up for in instruction. It doesn't inspire confidence, but it clearly demonstrates how it works. |
Itinerary: Two weeks' solo travel in Marrakech, Meknes, Fez, Moulay Idriss and the Roman ruins of Volubilis.
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