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Weekend Trip, Meknes, Fez, Moyen-Atlas: Photos 21 to 42
Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes
June 1st 2009 by Trey
This weekend we traveled to the center of Morocco for a weekend full of activity.
Full Text Entry: Weekend Trip, Meknes, Fez, Moyen-Atlas
The group in traditional garb
I was one of the last ones to be offered an Arabic doorag so I opted to take picture for everyone.
American Gospel Concert
Not sure this was worth 200 Dirham (25$) but hey, it was definitely an experience.
Burburry Apes
Barbary apes in the Atlas mountains. Although this one is eating an apple, they didn't seem to be too picky with the assortment of bread, fruit and camera flashes.
Action Shot
If only my camera had been in sports mode. Monkeys are very fast and being around them definitely puts you on your toes.
Barbary Apes
Barbary mother and her child. These apes are on the endangered species list and are the only primates other than humans that live free in Europe.
Roger and Dylan and Monkey
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The Cedar Forest
The Cedar of the Moyen-Atlas is used in construction all over Morocco. Here Roger shows you can climb it too.
Phi Alpha
In Ifrane, a Ski Village in Winter, there was a huge stone sculpture of lion. I took a break to rep some purple and gold.
Ifrane
The Swiss village of Morocco was very pretty but almost eerily clean and devoid of people. Definitely a place to visit if you want to feel like you are on the Truman show.
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