The Sounds, sights and smells of Marrakesh

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November 1st 2011

Published: November 1st 2011

Our last blog took you to the deserts and mountain towns in Morocco and now ----------- the Sounds, sights and smells of Marrakesh. We approached the outskirts of town with great anticipation. We were approaching the famous city of Marrakesh, which has a deep history and is also home to our guide, Mustafa. We’ve traversed quite a few miles in these last days and the next stop would surely prove... Read Full Entry

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Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

D MJ Binkley

Photographers, divers, writers, foodies, chefs and music enthusiasts. Travelers' Century Club Members: 12/2023. MJ 107 and Dave 104. We appreciate your feedback and if you like our stories we would appreciate it if you follow our blog. We live on North Hutchinson Island, Florida. If you are in Florida please send us a private message as we would love to meet you. Two retired nurses who are passionate about traveling the world. Our love of travel, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures will hopefully take us to wonderful plac... full info

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1st November 2011

Tracey (saritrace)
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I'm loving reading your blogs...
We have just decided this morning to spend time over Christmas in Morocco - we'll be arriving in Marrakesh on Dec. 5th, so I am reading your blogs eagerly. I was wondering if you could give me some details about your guide - how you found him, is he with you all the time, and if I may ask, how much it costs to have him with you. I would love to have a guide for some things - like visiting the tanneries and the souk... do you feel you could drive yourselves without a guide... Thanks, it would be great if you could help me out with this. By the way, I'm not surprised Dave didn't enjoy the dentist experience - looks scary!

1st November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Hello Jim and Tracey
We will be back in the states in a few days and I will answer all of your questions.

1st November 2011

Rene Shields
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Blue Spice
MJ, what is the name of the cobalt blue spice? It looks gorgeous, but I have no clue what it might be. Can you enlighten me?

3rd November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Hi Rene
The blue is not a spice but a dye. It comes from ground sea shells and they use it to dye leathers and wools. I think they put it on display with the spices because it is so colorful.

1st November 2011

Rene Shields
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Blue Spice
MJ, what is the name of the cobalt blue spice? It looks gorgeous, but I have no clue what it might be. Can you enlighten me?

2nd November 2011

auspicious
Michelle Duer

Nice blog~~
Really makes you appreciate the modern dentist and anesthesia! :)

2nd November 2011

CArolyn Taylor
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Color, color and more color
Loved the pictures- the hills of vibrant colored spices, the camels, the mosques but mostly the dentist and his wares. I am sending your blogs onto Val ( my travel partner). She visited Morrocco a few years ago and loved it. They slept out in the desert in tents. Thanks,Carolyn

2nd November 2011

Karen Taylor
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Oh, the memories
Thank you C,S,N and Y. Now we know how to pronounce the name of the city in that catchy tune! Pics are wonderful, and the notes are enjoyable.

2nd November 2011

littlewing
Cindy

So Jealous!
What a beautiful blog..I read it while listening to midnight at the Oasis :)Your pictures are just awesome, i can almost smell the spices - thanks once again for a beautiful blog :)

2nd November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Hi Cindy
Glad you are following along. What a nice country to explore. The people are wonderful. We are currently in Essouria and think you would love it as it is a beach town. Having seafood for dinner.

6th November 2011

Muno
Sally and Nick Griffith

This brings back winderful memories
we spent our honeymoon in marrakesh and the atlas mountains 2 years ago - thanks for bringing back some very happy memories! looking foward to the hearing about the rest of your trip

6th November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Sally and Nick
What a great place for a honeymoon. I will have to go back and read those blogs. We had a marvelous time. We've just gotten back home. We wrote 4 blogs about the trip and I think that is all we will write. Don't want to over do it.

9th November 2011

Chris and Nikki
Chris

Ha ha ha ha great picture :-)

10th November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Yes, that was fun.
Dave's brother Bob is a dentist so we thought he would enjoy it.

29th November 2011

Stephanie and Andras
Stephanie

Love this photo!
The colors here are outstanding and I can only imagine the aromas. Moroccan markets have definitely been on my "must experience" for a while and this only bolsters that desire. Curious what that beautiful blue is - edible or a dye I wonder?

29th November 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Hi Stephanie,
Glad you enjoyed some of our photos. It was a great trip. The blue comes from seashells that have been ground up and they use it for a dye when making those lovely scarves and things. It is an amazing deep blue and fun to watch them transform the material into the fabulous colors.

20th December 2011

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This blog is a 2011 TravelBlog favourite!
Check this out, and feel free to add some 2011 TravelBlog favourite anythings of your own. :) http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/30521-1.html

5th May 2012

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Temptations...
Great blog! It made me move morocco higher up on our travel wish list :)

5th May 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Morocco was fantastic!
Move it near the top of your list. Hope you will be blogging again soon. I have nominated you for blogger of the week but was reminded that you have to have publish as blog within the last month. Hope we see more from you soon. Love your work and can't wait to read more. Happy travels.

8th May 2012

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

re:Morocco was fantastic
Thanks Dave and Merry Jo, very kind of you :) We start travelling again in four weeks (to Turkey) - so very excited! Cheers Ren

8th May 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Great to hear
I'm glad you will be on the road again soon. Maybe you need to publish a blog of your local area in the meantime. I will continue to rally support to get you on the front page. I'm sure you know many things about your local area that you could share with all of us. We travelers need all the tips we can get.

31st May 2012

Mert
Meryl Dunton-Rose

More smells!
Just love the symmetry of this photo.

3rd June 2012

vyvy004
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Beautiful place
Marrakesh is the second largest city in Morocco and from the city, they can make out the Atlas Mountains, and the visitor said they can see the snow-peaked caps during the winter months when the air is not foggy. In the city, a law forbids buildings from being more than one-half the height of the tallest mosque, so peole could see from anywhere within there. City sunset over Marrakesh of over one million residents was very vibrant. Although it isn't crowed like HCMC of Vietnam, I really like this. I also like the life of city, it is great and peace. If I have a opportunity, I will go there and spend time to visit every where is interesting.

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