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A dissolving Kasbah  
   

A dissolving Kasbah

Coached!

February 6th 2020
Day 18. 6thFeb (Thursday) Up at 7:45, left hotel at 8:15. Got to the small CTM bus office, which was just opening, and met an elderly German couple also going to Agadir. We all weighed our hold bags in for 5Dh each bag & put them in the coach side-boot then sat inside to warm up. It’s quite cool up in Tafraoute in the mornings, it takes quite a while for the sun to clear the surround ... read more
Africa » Morocco

Moroccan Flag In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more
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8th February 2020

Nice ruin
Is much of Morocco dissolving? Do they just leave old buildings empty to dissolve a lot?
8th February 2020

When you build with mud & straw it doesn't take long to dissolve if not kept in constant repair. The Kasbah in Ouarzazate has just been saved, and the walls around Taroudant were dissolving in places...
9th February 2020

returning to nature....
Maybe the boulder-painting guy will come by and patch this up!

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