Royal Air Maroc joins Oneworld alliance
Oneworld gets its first based-in-Africa member, and its first new member since 2012. Air Fiji will become an affiliate member.
Morocco
New tunnel could link Europe, Africa
New engineering studies give hope to promoters of a project that had seemed stalled.
The Country Bus
Bob Cranwell (fondly?) recalls bus travel the old-fashioned way. With buses that more or less work, more or less have a destination, and are guaranteed to be packed to the gills!
February 28, 2018: Ait-Ben-Haddou, Morocco
Professor Abe visits the picturesque town of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Morocco. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a very photogenic destination.
Jan. 17, 2018: Al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez, Morocco
Professor Abe shares an oasis of architectural beauty within the busy market region of Morocco.
December 20, 2017: Kasbah Amerhidil, Skoura, Morocco
Today Professor Abe shares a visit to a beautifully preserved Moroccan Kasbah
December 2, 2017: Tannery in Fez, Morocco
Professor Abe shares some colors and scenes involved in processing hides, but we're glad there's one sense these images don't convey -- namely that of smell!
Aug. 26, 2016: Ben Youssef Madrasa, Marrakech
Almost hidden in the Medina, a striking display of geometric tilework and exquisitely carved details every where you look.
June 24, 2016: Goats in Trees, Essaouira, Morocco
These goats were spotted by seesaw along the road to Essaouira last summer, leaping agilely into the trees to feed on the leaves.
Tangier, Morocco Enjoying a Renaissance
Sunrise over the Atlas/Photo by Mac Privately funded restorations of Tangier's most famous landmarks are helping to return Tangier to its former glory. The Librairie des Colonnes, the...
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, March 13, 2015: Postcards from Morocco - the boys in the souk
I spent a couple of days photographing in the old oasis town of Tinejdad, south of the Atlas mountains in Morocco, before continuing on to the edge of the Sahara. Tinejdad is very much the traditional large kasbah - a large fortified and...
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, March 6, 2015: Postcards from Morocco - the day's end
With an apology to the TG gurus for another shot of my friend, the camel rider, we find him at the huge windblown dunes of Erg Chebbi behind the little town of Merzouga on the edge of the Sahara at the end of his hot working day. His two...
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 27, 2015: Postcards from Morocco - the camel train at sunset
As the dying rays of the sun bathe the fine red sand of the huge windblown dunes of Erg Chebbi behind the little town of Merzouga on the edge of the Sahara , the camel rider and his charges are silhouetted on the skyline. Listening to the call to...
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 20, 2015: Postcards from Morocco - orange juice vendors
In the heart of the bustling World Heritage site " Jemaa el-Fnaa" square, in front of the elegant Koutoubia mosque, in the centre of Marrakech , you will find lines of these mobile orange juice vendors all jostling to attract your trade for their...
Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, February 13, 2015: Postcards from Morocco - Atlas clouds
One morning, whilst visiting the World Heritage site of Ksar at Ait Ben Haddou, beyond the Atlas mountains and into southern Morocco's desert region, we awoke to blustery winds that made the fine sand race across the dried river bed - and - these...