Atlantic Coast - Morocco

Local shop keeper

A thousand blue doors of the Medina in Essaouira.

Me - enjoying every moment.

Fishing boats rafted together in the harbour. Daily catch included shark, swordfish, eel and dozens of other species freshly displayed on the docks.

Beauty revealed through the eyes.

Cobra snake charmed into position.

Supple goat skin slippers available in every color.

Minarette on a mosque from which we could hear the Islamic call to prayer.

Berber man with a traditional indigo turban.

ESSAOUIRA
We travelled from Marrakech by bus out to the coastal fishing village of Essaouira on the Atlantic. There we watched the fishermen bring in their catch including shark, swordfish, eel, lobster, snapper and a dozen other species - all so very fresh. We wandered the alleyways of the Medina and absorbed the history and their way of life that has remained for centuries.

AGADIR
Down the coast to Agadir, a town rebuilt after a 1960s earthquake that flattened the town killing half of its residents. The beach was wide, golden sand and the water warm and clean for swimming - a relaxing end to Morocco.