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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Thomas Stellwag on January 19, 2020, 23:20:30
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having been there some days ago, I want to share first impressions of red buildings
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Awesome, please keep sharing your images
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I can even feel the heat, Thank you!
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Are the palm trees supporting the buildings?
Warm photos indeed :)
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I like the way you capture Marrakesh of "today" in a recollected way which inspires viewers' own interpretations.
Thank you for sharing!
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Awesome, please keep sharing your images
+1
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It is a pity that these small jpg's don't do justice at all to the Leica M10 (assuming all pictures are M10, not only the last)...
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thanks to all for looking and commenting
@ Armando: such a comment from on of our top travel photographers - wow
@ Erik: the contrast from low sun makes it look hotter than it was, 23- 25° only in the sun
@ Jakov: no the trees are independant of the buildings. You find even brand new buildings made around existing trees, means curvy walls
@ Akira: this is all not far from or inside Medina. The brand new areas for the rich are outside, closed with fences and taking water from the lines for old town
@ Bent: will show some with more people then
@ Eddie: my Nikon is much better in catching high contrast scenes, reason for the M was very limited space, body 28, 50, 75mm and to be unobstrusive (2nd didnt work)
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here are some pictures about traffic/travel possibilities
they are not agressive drivers, you always feel sure on the road as long as you keep your direction and speed. Stop for pedestrians is normal. Most used is a 50cc Yamaha motor bike, nearly no other brand to be seen. Scooters from cheap brands all around, trikes mostly from Docker (China). Renault did a good job as Taxi means Dacia. Some bicycles, a lot of donkeys with single axe carts, horse carts for tourists inside the town and camels for camels outside town town
inside Medina cars can drive only directly at the wall gates, in the souks (old market) you only find donkeys and Yamahas
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Super ;D Thank you for the transportation overview 8) You really covered it! Some great, some funny the whole lot just unbelievable different to my part of the world :o
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I enjoy the diversity of the transporters! Thank you for the additional images.
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Lovely series, Thomas. Especially the 'transportation' is very enjoyable ;)
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Erik, Akira and John, thanks for your comments
It is really a special experience to see all those travel methods in numbers on the road. I remember in the first years after the East border opened, I met numerous charts pulled by horses, cows and donkeys in the Eastern countries. But they dissapeared from the main roads and cities in the first 10 years, beeing seen today only in very rural areas.
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now I want to bring attention to Jardin Majorelle, where as well the Yves Saint Laurent museum is located.
The collection of cacti and bamboo is impressive, even in winter time it was difficult to find a space to take pictures without a selfie stick of a mobile was held into your view
For me especially the carving of names and hearts into the bamboo and cacti was surprising. The garden is private owned.
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I want to finish this report with some pictures around the big place "Djemaa el Fna" and the last of our street which we always had to find before finding the small entering alley to the smaller access alley ouf our riad...a difficult task. That might explain why there is no alcohol available. There are no street names in the center of the Medina, only people who want to help you for a lot of money.
Similiar to photography, everywhere you find sign "photography forbidden", what means pay first and then see us smiling. The people over there understand basic expressions in many languages and know the answer to them. At the big place my girlfriend said to me she wants to see a snake charmer...30 sec later I had a 1.5m long black snake around my neck and was told to be friendly to the animal. It would increase my health if i kiss it. I had totally different impression of the situation. >:(
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Thomas, superb series. I do not feel I need to go to Marrakesh now but you have really activated my Wanderlust . Zanzibar is back in the running , closer and easier ;) . Many thanks for sharing.
Tom
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Just wonderful travel series!
Such nice light - Wow
Looks like someone needed go back to the bamboo,,, to scratch away some initials or names ::) ;D
Forget the snake and kiss your girlfriend :-* Enjoy your trip 8)
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Tom thank you for commenting, from here KLM is regularly flying to Sansibar, please let us know when you´re going
Erik, you are a brave man, reading all and following up. Thanks a lot for your nice comments.
Light and silhouettes are great, one should go there with some photogs, tripod and time to stay at one place as long as necessary...
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Amazing series, Thomas !
Marrakech is on my wish list, and your images are waking up something on me... the pleasure to travel and know new people, new horizons, different life style !
Just a comment about Zanzibar : I went there few decades ago, before the tourism business invaded this remarkable place...So, so nice and interesting place at the time. I was said that is now a very popular destination, so that means : crowd everywhere, probably high prices of restaurants and food/accommodation, but probably still interesting destination... ::)
Thank for sharing ! ;),
Francis.
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Thomas, Zanzibar has been on my list since I was 8 years old and an avid NatGeo reader. I made a list of the 100 places in the world I want to travel to. Of course it was a different world in the early 1950's :( . Not sure if I will travel with my wife or solo and there are a couple of other places under consideration. I would be interested in staying in Stone Town shooting people/Street/Culture. Coming from Goa, beaches, resorts, island hopping do not interest me.
I can fly Goa-Muscat-Zanzibar with a cool, free/cheap two day stop in Oman. Looking at Jun/July but trying to get better info on timing. If it moves to a definite plan I will PM you. I would probably skip hitting Game Parks in Tanzania since I have lived in Kenya for awhile and have been to Dar, Also means I can travel much lighter :) . My wife is also cool with travelling light and happy with sitting in Cafes and watching the world. We both like interesting Bars with interesting people (she does like some Drink) .
Francis, many thanks. I rarely re-visit places from 40+ years ago. I have done a few and seems all have changed too much for me and my memories. I would not have anything to judge Zanzibar by. I do try and plan for low seasons and I am even used to Monsoons from living in several places with Monsoon seasons but not too sure about the "Long Rains" . Some health issues so my food and drink requirements are cheap ;D .
Cheers,
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Francis thanks for looking and commenting. Hope you will get there soon, waiting for your pictures :)
Tom and Francis, thanks for your further info about Sansibar.
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Thomas, thank you for lots of following images. It is intriguing to brows through them! The bamboos in Marrakesh are unexpected. Vandalism is ubiquitous...
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Akira. thank your for commenting.
I see your point about about vandalism. This carving of names is common in Europe, mostly into trees from people in love,
but I never saw it before in the plants of a botanic garden
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Well Thomas, the Zanzibar trip is on hold to see how the virus thing plays out. My wife was supposed to fly to UK at the end of this month to visit her unwell, elderly mum. Not only can she not take a chance of even giving her a cold, but some unknown virus >:( . she has delayed trip until summer. The real bummer would be to be stuck in quarantine somewhere due to having been through some zone. Qatar will allow people transit but Indians(and orhers) cannot fly to Qatar as a destination. Oman may follow with restrictions not to mention a small place such a Zanzibar. Following all :)
Tom