The area around Marrakech is very flat and mainly scrubland or olive groves
Avenue Mohammed VI. This is a very long and beautiful duel carriageway into the sity with gardens along the middle.
Looking towards the city from Mohammed VI Avenue
When we arrived in Marrakech at the beginning of February it was still winter. Within ten days we were seeing the arrival of wild flowers along the roads.
The Menara Gardens
A view along one of the residential boulevards in the new town
Tantalising views through arches along the way
Multi story stork dwelling!
Koutoubia Mosque in the background
Not every palm tree is real. On the right the palm is in fact a telecommunications ariel
The Theatre
Central Station, Marrakech
The trains go to all the main cities of Morocco
Place du 16 Novembre
Camel rides for some
Interesting travel, funny the communication tower with the several stork nests
ReplyDeleteI like the pink mortar of the buildings, and I'm wondering why the holes....
ReplyDeleteWhen they were building the walls, they inserted wooden blocks into the walls so that they could climb on them as the walls got higher. Once the walls were complete, they took them out, leaving the holes. The holes then act to prevent the walls from cracking with the changing temperatures by somehow absorbing some of the expansion and contraction.
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