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Walking in Gorges du Toudra in the High Atlas mountains
Toudra Gorge is one of the detour from our 3-day road trip from Mezouga to Essaouira. See earlier post here. The Toudra Gorge (or Todgha Gorge, Gorges du Toudra; in Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵓⴷⵖⴰ; Arabic: مضيق تودغا) are a series of limestone river canyons, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains, near the…
Morabit Marbre Fossils, Erfoud
Our first detour after we left our Merzouga desert camp on our cross-country drive was a fossil factory or rock shop – Morabit Marbre Fossils, at Erfoud – the fossil capital of Morocco. What kind of music goes with fossils ? Try this : During the Devonian period, the Paleozoic Era, from about 450 million…
Life, Life – Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian
Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian, both my very favorite artists, collaborated again on this video – the music, poem and time-lapse photographed images of New York City. Meditative and beautiful. How did I miss this by almost three years? It was released in 2017 when Sakamoto’s “async” came out. And I just discovered this video.…
Road trip in Morocco #3 – from Boumalne-Dadès to Ouarzazate
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on our road trips across Morocco. Click to see Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. This road trip across Morocco took 3 days, 2 nights, from our desert camp at Merzouga to Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. The first night was spent in…
Random moment #10 – Things in life
Random moment is our playlist series started during the 2020 pandemic. Rather than sitting around worrying about catching the virus, we might as well spread some musical ideas online. #10 – things in life is Jamaican gold, enjoy + like. #spotify #playlist #nowplaying #dennisbrown #reggaediscorockers #althea&donna #sugarminott
Road trip in Morocco #2 – from Merzouga to Boumalne-Dadès (ⴱⵓⵎⴰⵍ ⵏ ⴷⴰⴷⵙⵙ)
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on our road trips across Morocco. Click to see Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of the series. The second leg of our adventure stretched across three days and two nights, carrying us from the desert camp at Merzouga all the way to Essaouira on Morocco’s…
