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| Hi and welcome! I visited Morocco a month ago and the next few blogs will show photos of Rabat and Marrakech. This first photo shows the Medina wall and one of the entrances |
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| Beautiful mosque towers and small alleyways are characteristic features of the Medina |
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| Catching up on the news after breakfast! |
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| Lovely doorways, arches and windows are everywhere |
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| An old and worn, but beautiful fountain in typical Moroccan style. A good place to sit and have a rest |
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| A typical scene in one of the main streets in the Medina |
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| The cemetery lies outside the walls all the way down to the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Looking towards the Kasbah of the Udayas |
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| All the tombstones face towards Mecca |
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| The Rabat lighthouse was built in 1920 and is 79 metres high. It is also known as the Fort de la Calette Light |
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| The Atlantic is rather lively. Surfing is popular here! |
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| The cemetery is very big |
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| Looking across to Salé, opposite Rabat. It serves as a commuter town. Founded in antiquity as a Phoenician colony, it became a haven for pirates as an independent republic |
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| The beach |
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| Traditional blue and white of the Kasbah streets |
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| Very blue front door! |
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| The Kasbah from the other side |
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| I was very wary of taking photos of people. Many do not like it and get upset if they see someone trying to take their photo without permission. However these lads called my attention from above. The guy on the left is, I hope, just being playful! |
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| Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان) is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco.[1] Begun in 1195, the tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque, also intended to be the world's largest. In 1199, Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour died and construction on the mosque stopped. The tower only reached 44 m (140 ft), about half of its intended 86 m (260 ft) height. The rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and 200 columns being constructed. The tower, made of red sandstone, along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forms an important historical and tourist complex in Rabat |
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| And this is the Mausoleum of Mohammed V |
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| As you can see the cloud was breaking up along the walk so I decided to go back on my tracks to get some shots with the sun and blue sky for which Morocco is famous |
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| This reminds me of St Katherine's Dock in London, but rather different architecture in the background! |
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| The Kasbah from the other side with sun and blue sky. Makes a difference! |
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| Wouldn't mind a flat here |
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| The fortress |
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| Going back into the Medina, will I find my way out! |
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| A mosque tower........ |
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| ......and another |
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| Cats in Morocco are very close |
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| I managed to come back out where I went in. A miracle! Next time (in two weeks) come and see the Chella Ruins just outside Rabat, with the temporarily resident storks! |
