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Photos from my Research Journals

As a child, yearning to leave home and go far away…
I read about elsewhere, fantasizing about my freedom. Books were my road. And then, when I was old enough to go, the roads I traveled became the obsessive subject in my own books. Eventually I saw that the most passionate travelers have always also been passionate readers and writers.
– Paul Theroux, The Tao of Travel

Morocco



  • Flag of Morocco and Koutoubia Mosque with its haunting minaret in Marrakesh



  • With a water-carrier in Djemaa el Fna, Marrakesh



  • Blue doors and shutters in Casablanca to stave off bad luck



  • Decisions about exploring Morocco



  • The glorious Jardin Majorelle, walled haven of beauty and birdsong in Marrakesh



  • Daily meals of “tajine” throughout North Africa



  • Beautiful children in Morocco’s souks



  • A riot of rich colour in the woven carpets in Tangier



  • Memorable Essouria perched over the Atlantic



  • On the winding Tizi-n-Tickha pass crossing the High Atlas Mountains



  • Women’s Argan collective in rural North Africa



  • Outside a Berber kasbah near Ouarzazate, the “Door of the Desert”



  • Our desert camp near the Algerian border

  • Destinations

    • Russia
    • Morocco
      Exotic Marrakech
      was the initial
      inspiration for
      The Saffron Gate
    • India
    • Portugal
  • Music

    Desert Oasis by Kitt Donnelly