Carla King MIss Adventuring to Marrakesh

By way of Vienna, the European Alps, the South of France, the Pyrenees and Spanish coast, and exotic Morocco.

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Favorite Photos


Here are my latest favorite photos. What contrast in the progression! From snow-covered alps to the South of France to pastoral Spain to exotic Morocco and back again. Start at the bottom and work your way up.

 
16 June 2009: Austrian landscape at sunset.
15 June 2009: Windsurfing in the Dolomites
15 June 2009: Windsurfing in the Dolomites.
14 June 2009: In the fields of Cotes du Provence, a produce stand and olive oil, wine shop.
9 June 2009: A friendly wave from the fields around Marrakesh when Mustafa took us for a tour on the motorcycle.
7 June 2009: Market outside Marrakesh - in the heart of the farmland.
7 March 2009: Spices in market in Marrakesh souk.
7 June 2009: Home sweet home - well, for a week. I could get used to living like this!
6 March 2009: Market outside of Marrakesh
6 June 2009: Market outside of Marrakesh
6 June 2009: I've joined my friends at the villa. We go on "excursions." Lisa poses with market offerings. Yep. For real. This is a country market, and camel burgers are on the menu.
31 May 2009: Sahara Desert. The view from the pool.
30 May 2009: Weight, not volume.
29 May 2009: West of Fez, I stopped to buy fruit from this woman. She was hysterical, making vroom vroom noises on my bike.
28 May 2009: Larache: Boys running in the street.
28 May 2009: Larach: The Muslim cemetary.
28 May 2009: Larache: The Muslim cemetary and the Kasbah ruins.
28 May 2009: Tangiers: People from the Rif Mountains come to Tangiers to sell their produce and dairy products.
28 May 2009: Tangiers: Rif Mountain people selling at the souk along the wall of the English church.
27 May 2009: Tangier: The Grand Souk (traffic circle) connecting the old walled town and madina with the Nouvelle Village.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Four women on a bench in a park.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Saying goodbye.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Taken from the terrace of the Tanger Museum of the American Leigon.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: a tagine ready to be baked.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Praying.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Transport for hire.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Setting up shop.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: In a hurry.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Selling plumbing.
27 May 2009: Tangiers: Rif mountain woman at the market.

24 May 2009: The wildflowers and trees were in full spring bloom on my circuit around the area from Penascosa to Zoria and back.

23 May 2009: Took this road off the main road from Valencia to Alcaraz, for a lunch break in the vineyards.

23 May 2009: I saw the sign for the campground near day's end, and it took me on this lovely road to Penacosa.

22 May 2009: Gunter took this photo when he and Ursula came to pick me up in their red Ural. I followed them to their house where they are taking full care of me and the bike before my crossing into Morocco.

21 May 2009: Suzanne - owner of ATV and ski shop - translated for me to Pietro - master motorcycle mechanic - in Spanish Catalania.

20 May 2009: The friendly cow on the top of the mountain. She came running when I crossed the street to take a photo.

20 May 2009: The road from my campground in the French Pyrenees.
19 May 2009: The road to the St. Thomas Bains in the French Pyrenees.
18 May 2009: Maggie and Roger and their little tent in Cagnes sur Mer, on holiday from England, ready to take a bus up to the villages perches.
17 May 2009: Swiss Alps.

 

 

 




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