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The Ballota Beach, itself shaped like a shell, is located in a protected landscape near the village Llanes in the Asturias region of Northern Spain. It is surrounded by bushes of eucalyptus which aroma fills the air on hot summer days. The island located right in front of the beach is home to the population of European storm petrels. These seabirds cannot survive on land because of predatory creatuers such as cats and rats.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In traditional beliefs animal body parts hold powers which can be used for healing, divinations or other magical practices involving bribing or otherwise pleasing entities from another world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ian Edwards from Department of Anthropology at University of Oregon describes his fieldwork in Mali in his blog <a href="http://adventuresinbamako.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Bamako</a>. It features very interesting photos Mr. Edwards took during his research on wildlife market in Bamako.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These photos were taken by me in Bamako at Mara Bagga Yorro, an illigal animal body parts or "fetish" market, admittedly marked on a map in the Rough Guide West Africa, but definitely <i>not </i>waiting there purely for a tourist gaze.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> There are many ingredients available. Among others: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As sated in a country profile by Library of Congress, 90% of Mali's society is Muslim, 9% maintains traditional beliefs and 1% of Malians are Christians. Here are temples, all three of them located within Djigibombo, one of Dogon villages. It's a good example of how Christians, Muslims and Animists may coexist together in one area.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Upper Playground, "leader in a contemporary art movement", and Lower Height Merchants Association this San Francisco neighbourhood became an open air gallery showing works by 47 artists.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Taroudant is a relatively small city located south of the High Atlas mountain range. Surrounded by a vast plain, it's known for its remarkable city walls and is gaining more and more interest among some tourists as an alternative to Marrakesh.</span><br />
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</span></div></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-8521452529750081182011-04-30T14:21:00.000+02:002011-04-30T14:21:00.258+02:00Rabinow's Reflections on Tea in Morocco<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U0fOLBNzKFE/TbAgfIVFj6I/AAAAAAAABzU/iij2Bgrtgz8/s1600/morocco_tea_green_berber_whisky.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tea]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Berber Whisky is prepared by boiling gunpowder green tea with lots of sugar and plenty of fresh mint."><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U0fOLBNzKFE/TbAgfIVFj6I/AAAAAAAABzU/iij2Bgrtgz8/s320/morocco_tea_green_berber_whisky.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Tea and sugar have a tyrannical and almost obsessive centrality in Morocco. Its preparation and consumption are daily rituals of generosity and exchange, but it is also economically a heavy load to bear. Who pays for how much of the tea and sugar, who owes whom from the other day or last week, and the quality of the ingredients are all constant themes of everyday life. (...) One gets the impression that tea must be one of the oldest and most stable of Moroccan staples, but this is not the case. (...) Actually, tea was introduced into Morocco by the English in the eighteenth century, and it's use did not become widespread until the nineteenth."</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paul Rabinow, <i>Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco</i>, University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles-London 2007, p. 35.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">A few years back I was on my way to Istanbul. I took an overland route from Poland via Ukraine and Romania, where I landed up in Bucharest at 5 a.m. having only a vague idea of what had to be done. I caught a trolleybus going towards the main train station. I had no ticket, no time to buy it, no language skills, I just didn't bother.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Anyways, I had a lot of time to kill before departure of Bosfor Express headed </span><span style="font-size: small;">directly to <a href="http://nfds.blogspot.com/search/label/Turkey">Istanbul</a>, so I wandered </span>in the vicinity of the station taking pictures.<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In her essay "On Photography" </span><span style="font-size: small;">Susan Sontag wrote</span><span style="font-size: small;">:</span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"> camera's rendering of reality must always hide more than it discloses."</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"> One can get deceived if images belonging to only one context (such as travel photographs, often focused on cultural differences which I call signs of "The Exotic") are main source of information on a subject (such as Morocco). There are other possible visual representations of the very same place(s). Every image is an interpretation and as such, it can't be more correct (in terms of it's relationship to the objective reality) than any other.</span></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Picture taken from the tower right behind Bab Bu Julud, the blue gate which is the main entrance into the medina of Old Fes (Fes al-Bali).</span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVNUlbWIHic/Taite-y0VTI/AAAAAAAABkk/adb5BfPGeeM/s1600/fes%252B2_0_-1_-2_-3_%252B1_tonemapped_ed%2B%2528Medium%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[entrance]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Picture taken from the tower right behind Bab Bu Julud, the blue gate which is the main entrance into the medina of Old Fes (Fes al-Bali)."><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QVNUlbWIHic/Taite-y0VTI/AAAAAAAABkk/adb5BfPGeeM/s400/fes%252B2_0_-1_-2_-3_%252B1_tonemapped_ed%2B%2528Medium%2529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-34491016982675747712010-09-24T11:22:00.006+02:002011-04-21T20:23:47.715+02:00Fes tanneries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Chaouwara open air tannery is located on the eastern edge of the medina (Fes al-Bali). It's one of iconic tourist sights in Morocco but also an ecological threat. Leather cuttings, dyes and garbage make it to the Sebou river which carries not only wastes from the tannereies, but also untreated water from the city. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Not all of the wastes make it out of the city.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh6Ms_42I/AAAAAAAABh4/4xgXth3HgqQ/s1600/tannery01.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="View over the Chaouwara open air tannery on the eastern edge of the medina (Fes al-Bali). One of iconic tourist sights in Morocco."><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh6Ms_42I/AAAAAAAABh4/4xgXth3HgqQ/s400/tannery01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh-dpjvzI/AAAAAAAABiE/Y5POg4sCLLw/s1600/tannery04.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Leather cuttings, dyes and garbage make it to the river."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh-dpjvzI/AAAAAAAABiE/Y5POg4sCLLw/s200/tannery04.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh_q2EiSI/AAAAAAAABiI/JDfbaNel4Ps/s1600/tannery05.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Sebou river carries not only wastes from the tannereies, but also untreated water from the city. Not all of the wastes make it out of the city."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxh_q2EiSI/AAAAAAAABiI/JDfbaNel4Ps/s200/tannery05.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Work in the open air tanneries is hard because of the smell and conditions. Among other things, workers have to immerse in water mixed with pigeon droppings (collected from the rooftops). They earn between 2 and 5 $ a day. Chaouwara is one of the three tanneries located within the medina where traditional methods and ingredients such as quicklime, pigeon droppings and tree bark are being used.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiBJIq8fI/AAAAAAAABiM/44mYQ0OyAiA/s1600/tannery06.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Work in the open air tanneries is hard because of the smell and conditions. Among other things, workers have to immerse in water mixed with pigeon droppings (collected from the rooftops). They earn between 2 and 5 $ a day."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiBJIq8fI/AAAAAAAABiM/44mYQ0OyAiA/s200/tannery06.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiC_fD7BI/AAAAAAAABiQ/mSGTx5ncUWE/s1600/tannery07.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouwara is one of the three tanneries located within the medina. Overall, there are 58 tanneries in Fes, most of them located in the industrial parts of the city."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiC_fD7BI/AAAAAAAABiQ/mSGTx5ncUWE/s200/tannery07.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiG0BB0LI/AAAAAAAABic/dSa2R_UgxNk/s1600/tannery10.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="The are plans to transform honeycomb-like tanneries into gardens, green recreational areas for visitors and residents alike."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiG0BB0LI/AAAAAAAABic/dSa2R_UgxNk/s200/tannery10.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiFXmvwbI/AAAAAAAABiY/8uPUjQybAKE/s1600/tannery09.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="The three tanneries operating within the medina use traditional methods and ingredients such as quicklime, pigeon droppings or tree bark."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiFXmvwbI/AAAAAAAABiY/8uPUjQybAKE/s200/tannery09.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overall, there are 58 tanneries in Fes, most of them located in the industrial parts of the city. Use of modern chemicals such as sulphate, formic acid and chrome in industrial tanneries allows to dye leather in 2 days instead of 2 months. The are plans to transform honeycomb-like tanneries into gardens, green recreational areas for visitors and residents alike. Probably it's a matter of time before traditional tanneries will become a thing of the past.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiEFulqzI/AAAAAAAABiU/q_X2sC6ryTo/s1600/tannery08.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Use of modern chemicals such as sulphate, formic acid and chrome in industrial tanneries allows to dye leather in 2 days instead of 2 months."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiEFulqzI/AAAAAAAABiU/q_X2sC6ryTo/s200/tannery08.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiIlXfgCI/AAAAAAAABig/rFDlPd2ZiU4/s1600/tannery11.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Probably it's a matter of time before traditional tanneries will become a thing of the past."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiIlXfgCI/AAAAAAAABig/rFDlPd2ZiU4/s200/tannery11.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiLFmvfJI/AAAAAAAABik/2hIsDLv2eOg/s1600/tannery12.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[tanneries]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Mules used for transportation of leather."><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TJxiLFmvfJI/AAAAAAAABik/2hIsDLv2eOg/s400/tannery12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-34797208009353993772010-09-14T16:25:00.004+02:002010-09-15T11:34:54.430+02:00Street Lamps in Fes (فاس)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-EcoRFvHI/AAAAAAAABgY/IlQJIjtLzfw/s1600/fes_lamp02.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_FES]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Fes"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-EcoRFvHI/AAAAAAAABgY/IlQJIjtLzfw/s200/fes_lamp02.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-EfpAfwPI/AAAAAAAABgo/wc4tbS3bQ2U/s1600/fes_lamp04.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_FES]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Fes"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-EfpAfwPI/AAAAAAAABgo/wc4tbS3bQ2U/s200/fes_lamp04.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Ea7NXnZI/AAAAAAAABgQ/hGrDpvbpN2w/s1600/fes_lamp01.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_FES]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Fes"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Ea7NXnZI/AAAAAAAABgQ/hGrDpvbpN2w/s200/fes_lamp01.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Ed1SSsEI/AAAAAAAABgg/LFDyR-K3f1o/s1600/fes_lamp03.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_FES]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Fes"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Ed1SSsEI/AAAAAAAABgg/LFDyR-K3f1o/s200/fes_lamp03.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Eh9sMNhI/AAAAAAAABgw/O0gaWjSyQjw/s1600/fes_lamp05.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_FES]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Fes"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI-Eh9sMNhI/AAAAAAAABgw/O0gaWjSyQjw/s200/fes_lamp05.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-54331187792059764662010-09-13T17:40:00.008+02:002010-09-14T18:33:08.944+02:00Street Lamps in Chaouen (شفشاون)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Css5sQAI/AAAAAAAABgI/w_HFJ-99A1M/s1600/chaouen_lamp05.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_chaouen]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouen"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Css5sQAI/AAAAAAAABgI/w_HFJ-99A1M/s200/chaouen_lamp05.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Cqjmne7I/AAAAAAAABgA/HmyJi98d5HY/s1600/chaouen_lamp04.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_chaouen]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouen"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Cqjmne7I/AAAAAAAABgA/HmyJi98d5HY/s200/chaouen_lamp04.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Co2TCN8I/AAAAAAAABf4/pDU11fQpwJQ/s1600/chaouen_lamp03.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_chaouen]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouen"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Co2TCN8I/AAAAAAAABf4/pDU11fQpwJQ/s200/chaouen_lamp03.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Clc9lGGI/AAAAAAAABfo/k18qMRkAvrc/s1600/chaouen_lamp01.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_chaouen]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouen"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5Clc9lGGI/AAAAAAAABfo/k18qMRkAvrc/s200/chaouen_lamp01.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5CnDHVYpI/AAAAAAAABfw/5lYt7npHA4k/s1600/chaouen_lamp02.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[lamp_chaouen]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chaouen"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TI5CnDHVYpI/AAAAAAAABfw/5lYt7npHA4k/s200/chaouen_lamp02.jpg" width="150" /></a>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-15807006959529875372010-08-25T10:20:00.002+02:002010-08-25T10:23:02.574+02:00Santa Barbara Palmscapes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 1em;="" clear:="" float:="" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN2-741sI/AAAAAAAABco/l_Dlj7Wglkw/s1600/santa_barbara_palms01.jpg" imageanchor="1" left;="" margin-bottom:="" margin-right:="" rel="lightbox[sbpalm] style=" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Being where the palm trees grow is an inevitable sign of being 'somewhere else'. At least if you're from Central Europe."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN2-741sI/AAAAAAAABco/l_Dlj7Wglkw/s200/santa_barbara_palms01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN5hZOn6I/AAAAAAAABc4/ALapx_op35M/s1600/santa_barbara_palms03.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[sbpalm]" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Palm trees are one of the most iconic sights of California."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN5hZOn6I/AAAAAAAABc4/ALapx_op35M/s200/santa_barbara_palms03.jpg" width="200" /></a><a 1em;="" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN4Rh6HeI/AAAAAAAABcw/5Rvd-VoYv-8/s1600/santa_barbara_palms02.jpg" imageanchor="1" margin-left:="" margin-right:="" rel="lightbox[sbpalm] style=" title="One would only see palm trees on calendars with dreamy images of untouched beaches."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN4Rh6HeI/AAAAAAAABcw/5Rvd-VoYv-8/s200/santa_barbara_palms02.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 1em;="" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN8HBAlII/AAAAAAAABdI/9L1BsGYPkTw/s1600/santa_barbara_palms05.jpg" imageanchor="1" margin-left:="" margin-right:="" rel="lightbox[sbpalm] style=" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Imagine, they're just ordinary trees to so many people!"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN8HBAlII/AAAAAAAABdI/9L1BsGYPkTw/s200/santa_barbara_palms05.jpg" width="200" /></a><a 1em;="" clear:="" float:="" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN6yPdVVI/AAAAAAAABdA/lfjviGatqpA/s1600/santa_barbara_palms04.jpg" imageanchor="1" left;="" margin-bottom:="" margin-right:="" rel="lightbox[sbpalm] style=" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="When there're palms around, you know you're far away and that you've reached one of your dreams."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN6yPdVVI/AAAAAAAABdA/lfjviGatqpA/s200/santa_barbara_palms04.jpg" width="200" /></a><a 1em;="" clear:="" float:="" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN9jepqNI/AAAAAAAABdQ/GNUaQGD3Exs/s1600/santa_barbara_palms06.jpg" imageanchor="1" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" rel="lightbox[sbpalm] style=" right;="" title="And at the same time they hold meanings to the others."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/THTN9jepqNI/AAAAAAAABdQ/GNUaQGD3Exs/s200/santa_barbara_palms06.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-25134396276414073322010-07-29T12:07:00.004+02:002010-08-25T10:13:17.183+02:00Walled Medina of Essaouira (السويرة)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a and="" city="" from="" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR6bLMynI/AAAAAAAABcQ/ynEv9tvm-n0/s1600/essaouira_walls02.jpg" imageanchor="1" ocean="" protect="" rel="lightbox[wallmed]" strong="" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="People living behind those walls tell stories of hippies visiting in the seventies. 'When I was twelve I preferred wandering 'round streets, smoking hash and following Jimmy Hendrix and the other hippies to going to school'. Than Abdallah closes his eyes and pretends to play an electric guitar only he can see."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR6bLMynI/AAAAAAAABcQ/ynEv9tvm-n0/s200/essaouira_walls02.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR8VoC9mI/AAAAAAAABcY/dky_VmPCs04/s1600/essaouira_walls01.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[wallmed]" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="People living behind those walls tell stories of hippies visiting in the seventies. 'When I was twelve I preferred wandering 'round streets, smoking hash and following Jimmy Hendrix and the other hippies to going to school'. Than Abdallah closes his eyes and pretends to play an electric guitar only he can see."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR8VoC9mI/AAAAAAAABcY/dky_VmPCs04/s200/essaouira_walls01.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR-vdcz8I/AAAAAAAABcg/22mbzPsaplE/s1600/essaouira_walls03.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[wallmed]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="The city is sometimes called 'Moroccan Woodstock'. In the medina one will easily find graffitis of Marley and other stars of the generation, shops with incense sticks and souvenirs with red-yellow-green patterns. This plus Moroccan culture gives and interesting melange."><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TFFR-vdcz8I/AAAAAAAABcg/22mbzPsaplE/s200/essaouira_walls03.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-28209230108353991482010-07-21T10:05:00.001+02:002010-07-21T10:06:23.056+02:00Cooking Dinner in Mali<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxRafEIKI/AAAAAAAABbo/j3s-qAZuiqk/s1600/gotowanie01.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[MaliFood]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Stew ingredients: meat, cabbage, peppers, okra and other vegetables along with JUMBO cubes."><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxRafEIKI/AAAAAAAABbo/j3s-qAZuiqk/s200/gotowanie01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxYH84bYI/AAAAAAAABcI/F2g6cxB5AIQ/s1600/gotowanie02.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[MaliFood]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="All you need to get the dinner ready."><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxYH84bYI/AAAAAAAABcI/F2g6cxB5AIQ/s200/gotowanie02.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxTRBMoBI/AAAAAAAABbw/i9PFwVjV98o/s1600/gotowanie0.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[MaliFood]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Oumar is getting ready to prepare food."><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxTRBMoBI/AAAAAAAABbw/i9PFwVjV98o/s200/gotowanie0.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxUwZ2sII/AAAAAAAABb4/6T6ohxR3ciY/s1600/gotowanie05.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[MaliFood]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Meat is fried on oil, than vegetables and water are being added."><img border="0" height="132" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxUwZ2sII/AAAAAAAABb4/6T6ohxR3ciY/s200/gotowanie05.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxWsI4thI/AAAAAAAABcA/9XKYvYRKhCE/s1600/gotowanie04.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox[MaliFood]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Kitchen utensils: plastic canister for water and pots for green tea."><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TERxWsI4thI/AAAAAAAABcA/9XKYvYRKhCE/s200/gotowanie04.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span id="goog_769689625"></span><span id="goog_769689626"></span>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-37290725214542738202010-07-16T11:55:00.004+02:002010-07-16T11:57:32.872+02:00Embalese de los Barrios de Luna<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TEArwV-gdNI/AAAAAAAABbg/opygO169JbA/s1600/embalese_barrio_luna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" rel="lightbox[Embalese]" title="Landscape of northern Spain (on the way to Costa Verde from Leon)."><img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TEArwV-gdNI/AAAAAAAABbg/opygO169JbA/s400/embalese_barrio_luna.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-5418746299930989422010-07-13T14:14:00.005+02:002010-07-16T11:57:53.764+02:00In the Streets of Bamako<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TDcaIuYcoRI/AAAAAAAABa4/_kaRyw0R0mw/s1600/political01.jpg" imageanchor="1" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" rel="lightbox[Politics]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Bamako, Mali's capital"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TDcaIuYcoRI/AAAAAAAABa4/_kaRyw0R0mw/s200/political01.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TDcaB_X-wJI/AAAAAAAABao/72gV5kuvuOo/s1600/political02.jpg" imageanchor="1" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" rel="lightbox[Politics]" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Bamako, Mali's capital"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/TDcaB_X-wJI/AAAAAAAABao/72gV5kuvuOo/s200/political02.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767508231894520954.post-13123921756866762952010-05-17T20:38:00.011+02:002010-05-17T20:42:27.146+02:00Venice Beach, Los Angeles<br><br /><a rel="lightbox[Venice]" title="Venice Beach, Los Angeles" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S_GNpWQBa3I/AAAAAAAABHc/O3M5G02GuZM/s1600/venice_beach01.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdYLhEVOI/AAAAAAAABDc/PEdF80UfckM/s200/ameln02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467754092594222306" border="0" /></a><a rel="lightbox[ameln]" title="Approaching a village in Ameln Valley." onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdeYArHwI/AAAAAAAABDk/qlffiHxlWTw/s1600/ameln01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdeYArHwI/AAAAAAAABDk/qlffiHxlWTw/s200/ameln01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467754199027228418" border="0" /></a><a rel="lightbox[ameln]" title="Next to Tindouf region in Algeria Ameln Valley is the only place where the argan trees (Argania spinosa) grow." onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdUSXvHRI/AAAAAAAABDU/qUeeF9cFIjI/s1600/ameln03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdUSXvHRI/AAAAAAAABDU/qUeeF9cFIjI/s200/ameln03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467754025714654482" border="0" /></a><a rel="lightbox[ameln]" title="Local people use kernels of the argan tree to make oil which can be used in the kitchen, for beauty or medical purposes." onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdQsT9QsI/AAAAAAAABDM/m7MAReD9K-o/s1600/ameln04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdQsT9QsI/AAAAAAAABDM/m7MAReD9K-o/s200/ameln04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467753963958649538" border="0" /></a><a rel="lightbox[ameln]" title="Ameln Valley is a place where one can witness amazingly quick changes of weather and cloud transformations." onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdMSAbQII/AAAAAAAABDE/rXODdYfKAlU/s1600/ameln05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HgFsTnTvpO0/S-FdMSAbQII/AAAAAAAABDE/rXODdYfKAlU/s200/ameln05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467753888177930370" border="0" /></a>nfdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296595355366327666noreply@blogger.com