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Morocco '80 Fez is famous for leather tannery. The whole place smells but is fascinating to watch.
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| When Father attended a conference held in Marrakesh, Morrocco, for the Japanese emissaries in Northern Africa, Mother and I accompanied. Before the conference, we explored Fez. After the conference, we drove north to Tangier and took a ferry to Gibralter, Spain. | |||
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Fez is the third largest city in Morocco. It is well known for its leather tannery and tourism. Medina is the old part of the city.
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_ds191124150325.jpg Overlooking the city  |
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_ds191124150617.jpg No cars can go in. Everyting is transported on mules' back.  |
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_ds191124151213.jpg City streets are like a maze.  |
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_ds191124152252.jpgA souk  |
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_ds191124152837.jpg Courtyard of Al Karaouine Mosque  |
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_ds191124154629.jpg Dining at a restaurant  |
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Near Fez, we stopped at a middle of nowhere where people were gatherd to drink the water from a seeming spring, possibly for its medicinal qualities? I have yet to identify where this was.
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At Marrakesh, while Father was at a conference, Mother and I explored the town.
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_ds191124160047.jpg The city had several beautiful gardens.  |
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_ds191124160641.jpg View of the Atlas Mountains from outside the city.  |
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_ds191124160738.jpg There was also a tannery in Marrakesh.  |
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_ds191124161900.jpg An outdoor market outside the city wall.  |
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_ds191124162328.jpg Menara Gardens (?)  |
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_ds191124164122.jpg Badi Palace  |
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_ds191124164741.jpg Ben Youssef Madrasa, was the largest Islamic college in Moroccoat its height.  |
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_ds191124164927.jpg Horse and camel market outside the city.  |
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_ds191124165941.jpg At the hotel.  |
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_ds191124170643.jpg Jamaa El Fna Square. We could see all the actions from our hotel.  |
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On the way to Tangier, we stopped by at Rabat, to see Kasbah of the Udayas. It was an old fort with a mosque inside.
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_ds191201153736.jpg the main gate to the Kasbah.  |
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_ds191201153923.jpg The mosque.  |
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_ds191201154859.jpg Roaside stand selling oranges and souveniers.  |
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_ds191201155048.jpg Strait of Gibraltar. We took a ferry to cross to Spain.  |
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