One of my absolute favorite places in the world is Moulay Bouzerktoun which we first visited ten years ago. It is a tiny village on the coast some 25km north of Essouira. Now it has a tarmac road leading to it - then there was just a cart track.
It might be nice to live in a miniscule cottage there.
The beach is huge and desolate and we collected sea urchins. A farmer and his sheep and goats walked behind us towards the village. There are perfect sand dunes.
The mosque and the tomb of the saint seem almost to tumble into the Atlantic.
The three fishing boats are the very traditional blue.
The water was good for paddling but it was too cold to swim.
There is a rather lovely cafe high up overlooking the ocean and all the wonderful buildings.
Surfers come here in RV's - but not very many of them.
I wonder what it will be like ten years hence? One hopes it stays the same. This picture is looking south towards Essouira.
16 comments:
it feels like going back into time...
beautiful and serene scenery..
where is it Elizabeth?
Essaouira...of course
(missed your post below, sorry!)
(here too, it's cloudy..sniff)
Have a lovely day!
(do you have any fish in the blue little restaurants on the port ?)
elizabeth, i am continually amazed by this magical land you live in. there is an 'untouched by the modern age' look to it that is mystifying and beautiful. and i have never seen sea urchins that big, i thought they were gourds at first!! lunch overlooking the ocean would be a treat in such a location!
Today, coincidentally, I made a still life in my garden on Long Island with a sea urchin and geraniums.... not quite as compelling as on a lonely beach in Morocco...
Sigh.....
...those blue boats, that blue sky, the water.
I dream of Morocco.
The sky is so blue...we've had clouds and rain here in the Oregon desert for the last week. I miss blue sky.
Do the sea urchins wash ashore with the spines already off? Or did you pick them off?
Have you seen my blog entries on sea shells? Well....that photo of sea urchins just amazes me! I've never seen anything like those!
They are huge...incredible!
Some of your pix remind me of a bible story book.
That blue is incredible!
Yes it would be great if it all would stay the same. It is absolutely stunning. This is probably not in Marakesh The urchins look huge
your miniscule cottage seems dreamily ideal .... all the writing that place could inspire!
In answer to some comments - I'm afraid the sea urchins were rather small!
I was just lying down when I took the shot and the camera angle made them bigger.
These I found without spines on - empty and full of sand.
It IS a wonderful beach - but needs some clean up too.
Yes, lots of things about Morocco - especially the countryside are very Biblical indeed.
Morocco is often used in Bible movies.
looks beautiful, a great escape....
What magic pics! They really seem to capture quite another world! Almost dream-like! Love the colour tones on the walls of the house!
Gemma
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Such incredible beauty. That's a place I'd sure love to visit. Problem is that I'd not want to leave!
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