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Essaouira, Morocco

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A couple of weeks back, I was lucky enough to spend 10 days in Morocco on holiday with my wife.  Whilst we covered three destinations (Marakesh, the Atlas Mountains and Essaouria) it was mainly  in Essaouira where I had some free time to wonder and take some shots.  Having spent some time before hand debating kit selection with forum members I decided to take just an XT1 with either 14mm, 35mm (F1.4) or 56mm.  It wasn't a photography holiday so I didn't go crazy but I had a couple of afternoon's to shoot so grabbed what I could! 

 

Essaouria's famous fishing boats (taken with 56mm):

30448996614_f10b04db86.jpgDSCF0600.jpg by naddan28, on Flickr

 

30331406093_c2186bdf84.jpgBoats by naddan28, on Flickr

Essaouira has famous small blue fishing boats which are in the habour.  Apparently they are painted blue as the fisherman believed it wouldn't scare away the fish.

 

Essaouria's walls and back alleys

30770512840_6647828756.jpgMoroccan alleyway by naddan28, on Flickr

 

31155770231_7f610d2894.jpgMother and son by naddan28, on Flickr

 

31126279942_a873e22828.jpgDSCF0140.jpg by naddan28, on Flickr

 

30317229554_53f00fc3f9.jpgEssaouira walls by naddan28, on Flickr

Essaouira is a UNESCO world heritage site due to it's famous walls.  The town is very much a relaxed, seaside, slower paced Marrakesh.

 

The people of Essouaria

31024205011_0316f2b0b2.jpgEssaouira Walls by naddan28, on Flickr

 

31138483165_6596eedf37.jpgWalls pose by naddan28, on Flickr

 

30770500740_cedd4831f5.jpgDSCF0848.jpg by naddan28, on Flickr

Like other Morrocan's the residents of Essaouira are not big fans of being photographed, so I tried to respect this and took a couple of distant shots of specific scenes.

 

Thanks for reading such a long post.  I really would recommend Morroco (and Essaouira in particular) as a destination to go, its a wonderful place.  As for the photos, feel free to share your thoughts and critique!

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