looking back on the city and port as we climb to the Kasbah
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Kasbah - on top of the mountain. Originally built in the middle ages it was attacked numerous times over the centuries.
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gate - rebuilt many times
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more of the Kasbah - bits from different centuries
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Kasbah walls
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see the epicenter of the last big earthquake - 1960
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square mineret and mosque on the way to the Kasbah
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herding sheep in the city
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more sheep herds
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the ladies dance - at the folkloric show
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Robin is chosen to dance
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Robin takes a bow
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Robin dances
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the gentleman prompts the moves
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final bow - think he was thinking I'd make a good wife
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and the ladies keep dancing, and dancing, and dancing
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horsemen prepare to fire
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closeup
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horsemen prepare for another run
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the musicians and dancers were there to greet you at you arrived and to send you off at the end. the music was infectious. |
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the souk has everything from all over the world as well as the local items
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All text and photos copyright Robin Berry and William Ringer 2005.