idahoblues
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Just took a chair up the local hill, the first photo is the smoke from a nearby wildfire, looks like cloud but definitely not
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goater1985
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Stunning. Lucky to have that on your doorstep!
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Fantastic read that. Good luck to ya, sounds beautifulyou are right,
and it's like travelling back in time, mate, it really is.
it's a fishing town on the west coast of northern africa.
it is a 3hr drive through the desert to get there.
there are tourists,
but they are more adventurous than your average holidaymaker.
no 18-30 pricks is what i mean.
plenty of surfer types and artistic dreamers,
because it's as if the real world elsewhere doesn't exist.
it's very very safe for foreigners.
the king basically decreed it illegal to hassle visitors,
he doesn't want any diplomatic situations,
he wants tourists and he wants foreigners to come and live here.
there are huge numbers of plain-clothed police.
one day this local fella started to chat to me,
within seconds a moped turned up...
"you'd be wise not to talk to this man".
there isn't one single yankie fastfood outlet,
so there is no mcdiabetes obesity.
you can get a pizza or crepes, but that's it,
otherwise it's just traditional local food at very good prices.
there is now a carrefour supermarche on the outskirts,
which makes it easier for tits like me who struggle with bartering.
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and if need you need to buy a sheep (which i don't)
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it's an incredibly relaxed and slow way of life,
partly down to hashish maybe
(even the old ladies like a toot)
but more because there's really no reason to be in a hurry.
the weather also helps.
there's always a good breeze coming off the sea,
which keeps it reasonable even in summer
and it never rains
it's really easy to meet global ex-pats of all sorts & make friends.
understandably, it's not so easy to become very friendly with local muslim women,
but the muslim blokes are mostly sound.
the french left a huge influence,
but it is most definitely a muslim country by rule.
the muezzin call to prayer is very loud several times a day.
and one has to respect their beliefs.
you soon learn that the off-licences are closed on fridays, haha.
the truth though is that the amount of amazighs is unknown.
they are the indigenous folk.
estimates vary, up top 70% of the population.
they have their own amazing language
road-signs are written in arabic, amazigh and european.
the majority of locals i have become friendly with are amazighs.
traditionally we call them berbers,
where the word barbarian derives from,
but they are far from barbaric,
they're lovely folk who would share their last dirham with you.
it suits me best because it is such a creative place.
as you know, i'm an artist.
this gallery has taken on some of my artworks and has already sold some.
galerie la kasbah
happy days.
and i'm gladdened that people enjoy the photos.
i'll add more soon.
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I have a lady friend who has a similar business except she sells seashells by the sea wall!
Eyedee, don't take this personal but....we used to love your photos, now they, well you know, there not @calumdown
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they're.
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thank you.
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i've got some landscapes,
but they're not @idahoblues
just fucking sand...
imagine being in the middle of nowhere
and then a vision appears over the next dune...
sadly, she didn't come any closer.
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calumdown
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'She didn't come any closer'
I'm not suprised. Her social media post is 'imagine being in the middle of nowhere and then Herman Munster appears'
(That's because you corrected my grandma)