Marrakech, Morocco

[squirmelia]

It was night when I arrived in Marrakech and as I was led through the narrow alleyways to the riad where I was about to stay, I wanted to feel the walls of the city with my hands. I wanted to walk around the city with my eyes closed, getting used to the rough texture alone. The buildings were ochre-coloured and looked as if they were made from sand and I thought that perhaps they were sandcastles, slightly crumbling, the sights of the city eroding due to the night.

I watched the tree trunks pass by from the taxi window, palm trees mainly, I suspected, spaced evenly along the side of the road. The humidity and the smell of the air unexpectedly stormed my senses as I walked through the city for the first time.

It appeared to me as if the signs adorning Marrakech were simply covered in swirls and ornate squiggles. I wished I had learnt more Arabic than just the letter 'b' (when it is at the beginning of a word), so that I could have read them.

Comments

[criesbella.livejournal.com]

i wish i knew you SO WELL i could "read" you
and just...KNOW.

so--that said, my dear far off friend, are you REALLY there
...or is this one of your beautiful "dream posts?"

i bet you are there. i know you've been talking of
travelling for 2yrs since you came into some $ :)

more, more!
xo, a/nyc

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I am not there now, but was last week. :)

(I sent you a postcard, so look out for it!)

[d1m3b4g.livejournal.com]

what exactly do you "do" to be going on all these wonderful trips all the time?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I usually get on a train or a plane, sometimes a bus or a boat.

[d1m3b4g.livejournal.com]

thanks for that.

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

wow, such a beautiful place...

[turnedoffneon.livejournal.com]

marrakech sounds absolutely amazing.
i'd like to go there one day.

[solitarywalker.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures. Morocco's long been high on my list of places i'd like to visit someday.