Marrakech
What's in the center?
25.10.2008 - 27.10.2008
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Saw:
The Atlas Mountains up close. really close. One can easily see why they were the home of so many myths and legends.
Did:
Circled over 7 miles of urban Marrakech, seeing both its bold tourist side, and the elusive "other side". It was interesting how much there was to experience beyond visual sense. like sight, there were sounds and smells completely foregin that combined to make this all seem like another world.
Learned:
The main attraction of Marrakech is its old Medina or market. As we have travelled through so many moroccan cities and towns, its uncanny how its so often the markets, places for the exchange of stuff, that are always the center and the place of most activity. This seems odd considering its relative poverty and strict religion when its put in comparison with europe, where the church or cathedral was always the center of town.
Posted by naht 03.11.2008 20:02 Archived in Morocco
