Posts by Gail South

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Moroccan Cats The Prophet liked cats but didn’t care for dogs. So cats are everywhere and dogs are shunned. It is necessary to wash one’s hands before praying if you have touched a dog.

Moroccan Road Trips Fes to Erfoud Erfoud to Todra Gorges Gorges to Skoura Skoura to Marrakesh Marrakesh to Essouira Essouira to El Jadida

Moroccan Souks Chefchouen Market ​Pigments, not spices Fes Markets Grave Markers Rissani (the real Morocco) market Parking Lot Marrakech Market

Moroccan Streets Rabat/Sale Chefchouen Fes Streets

Moroccan Doors

Edith Wharton (hereafter EW) visited in 1917 (when no guide books to Morocco were available) and wrote in In Morocco: “One has met, of course, travelers who have been to Fez; but they have gone there on special missions, under escort, mysteriously, perhaps perilously; the expedition has seemed, till lately, a considerable affair. And when…