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Moroco

29
Nov
posted by Pablo               filed under Discovering a new place

Here are the photos of our last trip: Morocco.

We only had one week to visit the south of this North African country, we passed directly from Casablanca to Marrakesh, a city in which we rented a car to travel not less than 1500 thousand kilometres .

Day 1 – Arrival to Casablanca and a direct train to Marrakech

As soon as we arrived to the Morocco we felt the change of continent: a warm air caressed us, a sun that burned, this intense African sun. At the airport everything was normal, my French citizen passport was carefully checked, but I had no problems

Day 2 - Marrakech

Marrakech is a crowded city, a total chaos reigns in the streets. To cross the street it’s very important to remain careful at all times: there is no traffic signals, donkeys, motorcycles, cars, trucks and buses driving everywhere in an anarchic way. The best experience in that jungle was getting on a motor bike we rented and in witch we were about to crash more than a couple of times. But we were happy, now I would say maybe not vey aware of the danger! What we liked the most was the market of Djemaa El Fna, a unique experience.

Day 3 & 4 – The Ouzoud falls

On the third day we decided to rent a car and head to 150 km north of Marrakech, in the midst of the Great Atlas on the way to the town of Beni Mellah. Ouzoud waterfalls we had been recommended by several people, we had to see that.


Day 5 - Crossing the Atlas to the desert

That was an ordeal: a 12-hours almost non-stop trip. We left the falls at 8 am in the morning and arrived at 20h at Essaouira. These photos are from when we cross the amazing Moroccan Atlas Mountains.

Day 5 - The doors of the desert

After 6 hours we arrived at Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert. A raid on the dunes will be for a next time! You can’t do everything in 6 days.

Last day - The Atlantic coast and Essaouira

After travelling in the car for 12 straight hours we arrived at Agadir. I got a fine as soon as we arrived. Due to the fatigue accumulated I went in the opposite direction on I street I wasn’t suppose to, the cop swas right there: 400 dirhams, so 40 euros, were taking from me by the agents of the Royal Gendarmerie.

Morocco was a good experience, which remained a bit frustrated by the lack of time to go a few days to the Sahara Desert.

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Stockholm, the first days!

27
Sep
posted by admin               filed under Discovering a new place

The first impressions are good: fresh air, open spaces, history and modernism coexist in this amazing city.
Some may wonder why this title for the post … Well, it’s very simple: Stockholm’s people are tall, blond (not all f them!) and like fashion, I’ve thus decided to call them the “Fashion Vikings”.

To illustrate my concept, here’s a photo taken today in a downtown park.

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What I’ve seen immediately and got my attention are the several “parking for boats” around the city’s islands.

The city is surrounded by water, it’s an omnipresent element

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Stockholm is made up of several islands, 14 to be precise. This archipelago is something that you can clearly seen from the air, just take a look to this map:



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The city has 57 bridges that allow travel between the different neighbourhoods. It is therefore also called the Venice of the North.

The incredible thing is the compatibility between the city and nature, it has the advantage of combining urban and rural in a unique place, never seen anything like it.

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