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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Anirban Halder on November 30, 2025, 02:17:41
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We visited Chefchaouen a city in northwest Morocco couple years back. December in Chefchaouen was like someone turned the saturation up but the thermostat down.
Sun-basked days, chilly evenings, great people, great food and bright blue houses.
1. Situated in a mountainous region in northern Morocco, Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Rachid, who was a distant descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
At first, it was just a small fortress, now known as the Kasbah in the heart of the city. It was built to protect the area from Portuguese attacks at that time.
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2. The city consists of a Medina, the historical walled town, and a new town that has grown outside the former city walls. Narrow alleys, shops - very colourful.
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3. Instagram has made Chefchouen overly popular, to the extend that some alleys are overly-filled with cheap decorations for tourists to take pictures.
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4. The kids were not bored. No mobile phones!
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5. Djellaba - long full sleeves robe. Very common in winter. And there were cats everywhere.
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6. Evening was no less beautiful
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7. Community bread oven - on the left. A traditional communal ovens where families bring their own dough to be baked by the baker. Long-standing Moroccan tradition.
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8. Handmade Birkenstock?!
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9. Sun-kissed alleys...
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10. Tajine at Sofia's restaurant. Chefchaouen story would be incomplete without "Tajine", a slow-cooked stew made in a heavy clay pot,
usually with meat (chicken, lamb, or beef), vegetables, spices, and sometimes olives, preserved lemon, dried fruits, or nuts. On those cold night, this was heavenly.
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no 5 is my absolute favorite, great series
have been there (but not Chechauen) 2 years ago and certainkly will come back
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What a wonderful travelogue Anirban
#5 & 6 stand out for me
I'm so glad you dug out these images from 2 years ago.
I've not been to the North of the country and I was last in Morocco over 40 years ago
At that time, I only had a 35mm Pentax film camera, as mentioned on the B&W thread below
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=11386.msg213565#msg213565
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no 5 is my absolute favorite, great series
have been there (but not Chechauen) 2 years ago and certainkly will come back
Thank you Thomas. Ditto, this is one of the countries for sure I will visit again. I will post my photos of Fez and Marrakesh one of these days as well.
What a wonderful travelogue Anirban
#5 & 6 stand out for me
I'm so glad you dug out these images from 2 years ago.
I've not been to the North of the country and I was last in Morocco over 40 years ago
At that time, I only had a 35mm Pentax film camera, as mentioned on the B&W thread below
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=11386.msg213565#msg213565
Thank you Collin. I saw your photo and that motivated me to find these. I am gonna post photos of Fez shortly. Your photo is beautiful - it looked like from one of the places I visited in Fez. Would love to see more of photos of yours.
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I enjoyed the images with your comments, wonderful!
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At that time, I only had a 35mm Pentax film camera, as mentioned on the B&W thread below
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=11386.msg213565#msg213565
Colin, my memory served me right. I found the same spot in my Fez photos. Same place 40 years apart.
Al Attarine Madrasa, Fez.
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I enjoyed the images with your comments, wonderful!
Thank you Armando.
13. Instagram heaven!
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Colin, my memory served me right. I found the same spot in my Fez photos. Same place 40 years apart.
Al Attarine Madrasa, Fez.
Nice to see this Anirban
Slightly different viewpoint & with the benefit of modern optics & pixels :)
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What a truly beautiful series this is!
All of the photographs are outstanding but the fifth one, with the contrast of the blue with the golden robe, tops them all.
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My (tough) choice would be 3 and 5. Both are beautiful compositions using complementary color really nicely!