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| Susan | profile | all galleries >> Morocco 2007 >> Essaouira | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 coach to Essaouira |
 short stop |
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 roadshide store |
 an Argan oil co-operative |
 argan seeds |
 the production line |
 grinding |
 argan oil |
 display of a berber tent |
 this is the storeroom |
 medina and minaret |
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 narrow street leading to Essaouira's clock tower |
 Port Essaouira |
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 two generations apart |
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 entrance to Skala de la Ville |
 Skala de la Ville |
 lined with a collection of European brass cannons from the 18th/19th centuries |
 the 'watcher' |
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 one of five bastions dotted around the city walls |
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 a European-made cannon poised for action on the rampart |
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 the battlements of Essaouira |
 a staircase leads to the summit of the port Skala |
 Essaouira - a location for Orson Welles's Othello |
 Jonathan seagull |
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 the cliffs and the Atlantic Ocean |
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 the seagulls' paradise |
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 beneath the battlements |
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 woodcrafts made from thuya and ceda wood |
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 Marine Gate - entrance to Skala du Port |
 a mix of Greco-Roman styled doorway |
 fishermen mending their nets |
 fish market - the place to view the daily fish auctions |
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 This square tower, with little turrets in each corner, is quite different in style to the circular north and south bastions. |
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 from late morning, Essaouira's harbour turns into a makeshift restaurant as local fishermen grill delicious catch-of-the-day |
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 is this Africa? |
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 a proud owner posting in front of the shop |
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 a Moroccan barbershop |
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