I spent an hour one afternoon recently just going around in a taxi taking pictures. Here they are:
The Agafay Desert – only 40 minutes from Marrakech and you are on your own Star Wars set.
Only the whistling of the wind and the quiet calm as your companion.
We were taking our 2nd trip to La Pause a fabulous eco friendly, uber cool, take your breath away hideaway. Berber cool. Quite difficult to describe really as it’s not ultra modern in any way, it’s not your usual sophisticated chic. It’s ‘roughing it, sophisticated, chic’.
Unusually good food, unusually good service unusually good ambience. Mesmerizing. You will go back many times…. or you might not leave.
I had a new little compact camera with me The Ricoh GR3.
Fixed lens (28mm), ultra compact and only 10 megapixels.
I love it. A work of art.
A camera that will go everywhere with me. Something to replace my old voigtlander rangefinder.
Driving by the Medina walls at night. It seems right that they should be blurred.
Everything is in such a whirl, a swirl – spinning round and round. It’s non-stop.
I take a few pictures out of the car window trying to capture a bit of the movement, the pace of life at 10:00 at night in Marrakech. Electric.
Our destination – Le Comptoir. A fabulous restaurant located in the more affluent ‘Hivernage’ area of Marrakech. Le Comptoir is a must visit for anyone to Marrakech. It costs more than your average restaurant but you go away feeling like you have partaken in an otherwise not seen side to this crazy city. The food is not for writing home about, but the ambiance and music (particularly when the girls come out to dance) is wonderful.
