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My Marrakesh

When I visited Marrakesh I was surrounded by color. If there is such a thing as past lives, I am certain I lived here at one time.

With each step through the Medina I was going deeper into an exotic land of history, beauty and culture. My senses burst open, breathing in a world unlike my own!

A man serving water from his decorated bicycle. I asked him if the flowers were for sale? He gave me a bouquet with a gentle smile saying, "Welcome to my country!"

Ancient walls brightly stained, passages of amazement and wonder. Every turn held surprises, I walked for hours through the tiny maze of streets.

A wedding party celebrates by parading their delicious feast, scented couscous in golden domes, through the streets.

Manwithmintmediancorey The Medina, the ancient city center of Marrakesh, lives the ways of the past. A man strolls his bike heavy laden with fresh mint to the market.

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Marrakesh is a destination not to be missed.

Photos: From my travels in the Medina of Marrakesh.

The Seventh Annual Weblog Awards, announced that Maryam’s blog My Marrakesh is a finalist (!!) In the Best African or Middle Eastern blog category. Winners will be selected by the public. Please go cast your vote here for Maryam, before Feb. 2.

PS This post is a tribute to Marrakesh. Maryam’s blog is the one up for an award, not mine.

Comments

65 responses to “My Marrakesh”

  1. Britt-Arnhild

    This red colour of your photos jumps right out of the screen and into my cold, white Norwegian winter.
    I have been surrounded by colours all week during my monastery retreat. I am working on a book about Lent and Lental traditions, and one of the chapters in the book will be a rainbow calendar, giving each week of lent one colour from the rainbow. Part of the calendar a recipe for every week, and I have had alot of fun finding recipies to go with the different colours. But when I came to violet I met the wall. I had no clue what to cook or bake in this colour. It was my last day in the monastery, and I put away my books to go to the guest house for dinner. We had eaten very simple all week, mostly vegetarian, some days only potatos and carrots, though the food was blessed and tasted heavenly. This last day was a special feast in the monastery calendar, and the dinner was special. And the first thing meeting me when I sat down at the table was violet potatoes! And lamb chops with more vegetables. Angels were playing :-). I still have to find out how the potatoes were made though……but for me it was God telling me that he is taking care of the book writing
    Corey Responds:
    Eggplant
    Figs
    plums
    turnips
    Barney !!! No I didn’t mean that.

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  2. Kristy

    Marrakesh is on my travel wish-list.What a coincindence that I just added Maryam to my bloglines!

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  3. paula luckhurst

    Done.I voted for you (Maryam), obviousely.

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  4. Anonymouse

    So many red doorways…
    Many made of red clay.
    They hold us in sway…
    Full of caché
    What treasures will they display..?
    I go through looking for a café…

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  5. kali

    so vibrant and colourful…I dream of foreign places, and reawaken my wanderlust.

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  6. herhimnbryn

    I can smell the spices, feel the heat and touch those walls. And the colour..my eyes are saturated.
    Thankyou dearest C.

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  7. Jeanne

    Fabulous fabulous fabulous
    I love to ride with you
    on the Marikash Express.
    Love Jeanne

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  8. cruststation

    How can one not be inspired by such beauty? I’m jumping on Aladdin’s magic carpet now!

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  9. Paris Parfait

    Corey, such gorgeous photos! Makes me want to jump on a plane to Marrakesh! And yes, congrats to Maryam.

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  10. phyllis

    Barney! That was good. So are turnips(my vote for best vegetable…)
    Marrakesh is unbelievable! All that color…I’ll bet there are no depressed people there 🙂
    Off to meet Maryam…

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  11. darla

    Marrakesh. Even the name is magical.

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  12. tut-tut

    Beautiful, Corey. I especially liked the woman retreating through the orange.

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  13. candy

    stunning.

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  14. Maryam in Marrakesh

    Corey-Thank you so much for your support! You are so lovely. I am the underdog in the competition and so every vote counts.
    Most importantly, I hope I may have the opportunity to walk down these beautiful Marrakesh medina streets with you some day…

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  15. Anna

    Those colors just warm and soothe the soul! Thank you!

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  16. risa

    i adore that decorated bicycle. i love the you really captured local color, not only of the buildings but of the people as well.

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  17. susanna

    Gorgeous photographs, Corey! Oh, how I would love to walk down those cobblestone streets with bright hues of reds and orange on either side of me.

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  18. annieelf

    Heavenly, Corey. Clearly a destination place.

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  19. Tessenei

    Those purple potatoes are born that way – purple!

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  20. sheila

    Walls the colours of sunsets, they speak to me.
    Truly a feast for one’s winter weary eyes..
    mint, couscous, flowers, a feast for the senses..
    each photo is a delight.

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  21. Regina Clare Jane

    Wow- those are inredible…

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  22. JanePoe (aka Deborah)

    I will HAVE to go there. The colour-infused world is brilliant. Thanks for sharing, Corey. Best, JP

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  23. Linda

    Would you believe I just returned from Marrakech yesterday? I took so many photos-such great color everywhere. I’m going to start posting about it tomorrow. Small world, in more ways than one.

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  24. Michelle

    Corey,
    I am a new reader, finding your blog through “Craft” magazine’s blog. I love to read your thoughts and especially love your photography! I am a photography student and have a color class this semester. The colors in your photos are so vivid and absolutely lovely. I’m hooked on your blog!

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  25. sage

    awesome!
    sage

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  26. Marie-Noëlle

    A treat a day !!!!
    Yesterday you presented us with a key of happiness on a silver tray, today you open doors into a colourful town…Through a few pictures we can feel its warm atmosphere… a feast for our eyes !!!
    Thank you for linking us to My Marrakech… I popped there but it needs more than a quick visit…

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  27. Pam Aries

    I am ooohing and ahhing! How intoxicating.. is right! I would love to be there in person! Wow! THANK you for sharing!

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  28. carolyn

    Congratulations.

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  29. Casey

    wow. such a visual delight! I just am in amazement how beautiful and saturated everything is. my favorite picture has to be the bike weighed down with the mint… its like nothing I’ve ever seen.
    these photos look like something out of National Geographic. 🙂 stunning.

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  30. bonggamom

    How beautiful…. this my first time at your site and I will be visiting again!

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  31. Marilyn

    Stunning, exotic, nearly surreal.

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  32. diana

    wow… what a fabulous place !
    I voted for her too.

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  33. Annabelle

    Colors of a magical life!
    Annabelle ~^..^~ xo

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  34. Peggi

    Absolutely amazing images – my eyes must be starved for colors because these pics just took my breath away…thanks so much for sharing them, and for sharing your lovely thoughts. It’s always a pleasure to see what you’ve been up to =)

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  35. Vanessa

    I have voted for that lovely lady.. I just adore her! And your photos are stunning!

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  36. tommiea

    these are so beautiful….you made me feel a connection even though I have never been there! very odd!

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  37. Mardougrrl

    I want your life. That is all. 😉
    Gorgeous post and pictures!

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  38. Julie

    So beautiful!

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  39. annie

    hey corey…what an amazing adventure you are on…thanks for sharing your journeys…beautiful, beautiful…annie

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  40. GoGo

    Beautiful photos. My eyes just want to seep into them.

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  41. tinker

    Thank you for these beautiful, juicy photos! I feel like I’m drinking in the color from them.
    Just recently found out about My Marrakesh from Tara’s (Paris Parfait) blog, and drank in the colors there, too. What a lovely country.

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  42. patpaulk

    If anybody’s going with anybody, anywhere, I’m going with you. Your adventures are much more “colorful” than mine. Lead on!!

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  43. rel

    Corey,
    An exquisite chronicle of color!
    rel

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  44. Hundred and one

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. Hubby and I are planning a vacation to Marrakesh later on in the year! Your post has made me even more eager…

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  45. gautami tripathy

    Good to be here. Simply great post.
    gautami

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  46. pinkmohair

    Oh, what a nice post to greet me after a night at work. Coffee in hand, omelette at my side and these lovely photos (along with the anecdote of the man and his flowers.) Many thanks, lovely Corey!

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  47. eivlys

    the colours grab my eyes , the scents of the mint and coriander twinkle my head , how would I love to sneek in the tiny marocco alleys with your eyes Corey !

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  48. susan

    oh isn’t that so exciting that maryam is in the running! so great that you are helping her out here!
    voted already!!!

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  49. sarala

    What gorgeous pictures. I’ll have to put Marrekesh on my maybe someday to visit list.

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  50. ArtsyMama

    Oh my…..those pinks….wow!!! Congrats on the nomination…off to vote!

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  51. GeL(Emerald Eyes)

    Those warm welcoming reds enhance your lovely description. Thank you for this account. Someday when I travel….
    Congrats for the blog nomination!

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  52. [a}

    Hope that in 10, 30 years’ time there will still be placs like that. I esp. love the broken wall picture, with the person in the striped thobe.

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  53. Shannon

    You make me want to go to Marrakesh now! Good luck in the blog awards. If it were up to me, you’d win hands down!

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  54. liannallama

    oh, fantabulous photos! They are so rich and simply gorgeous!

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  55. shelley Noble

    Stunning photos! WoW!

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  56. Stephanie

    Oh, still my beating heart, I love visiting Marrakesh through your gorgeous photo’s and one day hope to see it for myself!

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  57. Veronica TM

    What a wonderful place! And it is great to see it through your kind and inspiring eyes.

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  58. Blue

    Marrakesh, the place dreams are made of apparently.
    You are a fortunate woman Corey, and we are fortunate as beneficiaries to your photographic excellence.

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  59. Anastasia

    Beautiful photos – this is one place I need to visit – its on my travel wish list!!

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  60. Kristen R

    Corey your photos of Marrakesh transport me back to my days there, the sights the sounds and the life of the city is as bright and encompassing as the colors of the medina walls.
    Morocco has been haunting me as of late.
    xo
    Kristen

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  61. Anna

    Beautiful post!

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  62. Catalina

    So beautiful pictures Corey!

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  63. leanneshouse

    Oh what a lot the whole world can learn from one man in Marrakesh with a bicycle and few flowers saying, “Welcome to my country.”

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  64. Willow Grace

    I so enjoyed walking down the streets of Marrakesh with you! Perhaps I’ll never get there myself, but if I do, I hope to be able to experience it as lovingly as you did.

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  65. Kathleen

    Wow, wow, wow… the colors! My heart just jumped out of my chest! This is one of my wishful destinations someday. When I saw the film “hideous kinky” a few years ago, I couldn’t get my mind off all of the gorgeous visuals. Thanks so much for sharing your experience there. 🙂

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