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Plaza Uta El-Hammam
This is the main plaza in the Medina. The medina mosque is just off to the right. We were up the mountain off to the left.
In the Rif Mountains
February 12th 2008 Taking the bus through the mountains was wonderful, if not a little hairy as the driver passed every other vehicle on the road. We arrived into Chefchaouen around 3:30 pm and mercifully took a petit taxi up the steep hills to our hotel/hostel. The town is built right into the side of a mountain, so every road is either up or down, and some of them very steep! It is a beautiful setting, and a lo
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