Moroccan Days and...From "Under Canvas" - a Happy New Year.....

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La Mamounia

Sir Winston Churchill -  La Mamounia - it was here he stayed and painted the 18th-century gardens.

La Mamounia considered one of the most exotic and famous hotels in the world - Before you depart Marrakesh and Morocco enjoy some days and relax at this legendary hotel - French interior designer Jacques Garcia has restored La Mamounia to the style of authentic Arab-Andalusian palace it once was known for. I recommend a stay in a 700-square-foot Riad with a pool and patio....and do not miss the view of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains .....

La Mamounia

La Mamounia

Olivia Giacobetti has invented the hotels perfume as well as perfumes for Hermès and Guerlain.

La Mamounia

I am now sealing the last letter and so the year of 2009......

The rythm of life - A New Year is soon going to unfold...

and Time Will Tell about new destinations and unique experiences...

“Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true” - Lord Tennyson

Moroccan Days - A man, a house, and a door.......

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Moroccan... Days...Earthly Colors.....under the African sun...

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As your soul has many colors so does Morocco..... colors of inspiration for your heart - terra cotta, deep blues, golden desert sands, rustic orange, vibrant reds, tropical greens - flavored with eggplant purple, olive and ocean greens,  red torn, catus green, prickly pear, saffron and henna.

Pattern rugs of Beauty and Stimulation... for your mind...

reflections of the past.....

Darkened wood and iron makes a simple expressions of art...

 adorn your barren walls....with doors, carpets or window shutters....

Moroccan Days - Djebel Bani -.....Kasbahs... the Oasis and Essence of the Desert......

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Another day - No, this is not - La Mamounia - this is the opposite for the feel of traveling - we need the occasional contrast to appreciate our comfort.....

Early Morning in the Atlas(Djebel Bani)...

A journey to the kasbahs in the foot hills of the snow-capped High Atlas........

Morocco is located in the northwestern corner of Africa with its borders by Mauritania and Algeria,  to the south and east.

This is Ait-Ben-Haddou -in Southeastern Morocco....in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains.....

.......... the whispering voices of the past....

These fortified villages are constructed of wood/mud/hay....

The walls are reinforced with corner towers.

"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.”

-Mahatma Ghandhi

I am now closing the door to the old ancient city.......