Sunrise on the desert

We raced up the sand dunes to catch the sunrise, but it was cloudy. Could only see the sun after it was high up.

Rissani

This is the entrance to town of Rissani, which is the gateway to the desert.

Another Scene from the desert

Valli took this pic as we sipped mint tea from a cafe after a long, exhausting and eventful overnite journey to Rissani.

B/W pic

This is a B/W pic I obtained after some processing. I took this pic in the Paradise valley near the coastal town of Agadir.

Moroccan Paintings

As I wait for my simulations to run, its so easy to just go back to Morocco. Here's a pic of paintings sold on the streets of Marrakech. The paintings had a lot of warm colors, to be expected in a desert environment. However some paintings depicting the coastal town of Essaouria had lots of blue. Apparently all the houses there are white washed with a bluish tinge. I bought a medium sized painting with Bandits on the horses. The image of Bandits conquering the harsh desert climate held some fantasy. I was only later disappointed to learn that these depicted tamer version of things, namely horse races in the villages. Alas ! It was quite a task protecting the painting thru' our rough journey. Thankfully my conference bag did the job well. Now it hangs over my dresser.

Marrakech carpets

It feels good to be blogging again. I was looking through the pics (inevitably as an excuse of taking a break from research) and came upon this pic of carpets hanging on roof-tops in the central square (Djemma-el-efna) in Marrakech.