A Day in Morroco - 2004
Listening to Crosby Stills and Nash this morning and remembering a 2004 visit to Morocco. Didn’t make it to Marrakesh in the 60’s; babies, diapers, and doctor visits got in the way… so I decided to go for my 60th : )
More than You Ever Wanted to Know:
In the late 60’s, Morocco was fast becoming an essential stop-off point on the new hippie trail. It was a place frequented by seekers of all stripes; from travelers to artists, writers, and rock stars.
They were all drawn by the exotica of this storied corner of North Africa, whose heady promise of spiritual enlightenment and hashish served to melt away the conventions of the West.
In 1966, Graham Nash made a pilgrimage of his own, one that sparked off one of his most famous songs. On holiday from his day job as leader of The Hollies, Nash bought himself a ticket and hopped aboard a train from Casablanca to Marrakesh.
"Marrakesh Express" was written and composed by Nash during his final years as a member of the English rock band The Hollies, of which he was a member from its formation in 1962 till 1968. The band rejected the song as not commercial enough, but it found a home with Nash's new band Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Morocco Information:
The country is utterly amazing with many historical sites, Hassan Tower being one of those sites.
Hassan Tower is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco.
It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.
The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, when completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.
When al-Mansur died in 1199, construction on the mosque stopped. The minaret was left standing at a height of 44 meters. The rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and 348 columns being constructed.
The tower, along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forms an important historical complex in Rabat. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
- Wikipedia
(Canon PowerShot S400, 7.41mm, 1/500 @ f/7.1)
A Day in Morroco - 2004
Listening to Crosby Stills and Nash this morning and remembering a 2004 visit to Morocco. Didn’t make it to Marrakesh in the 60’s; babies, diapers, and doctor visits got in the way… so I decided to go for my 60th : )
More than You Ever Wanted to Know:
In the late 60’s, Morocco was fast becoming an essential stop-off point on the new hippie trail. It was a place frequented by seekers of all stripes; from travelers to artists, writers, and rock stars.
They were all drawn by the exotica of this storied corner of North Africa, whose heady promise of spiritual enlightenment and hashish served to melt away the conventions of the West.
In 1966, Graham Nash made a pilgrimage of his own, one that sparked off one of his most famous songs. On holiday from his day job as leader of The Hollies, Nash bought himself a ticket and hopped aboard a train from Casablanca to Marrakesh.
"Marrakesh Express" was written and composed by Nash during his final years as a member of the English rock band The Hollies, of which he was a member from its formation in 1962 till 1968. The band rejected the song as not commercial enough, but it found a home with Nash's new band Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Morocco Information:
The country is utterly amazing with many historical sites, Hassan Tower being one of those sites.
Hassan Tower is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco.
It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.
The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, when completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.
When al-Mansur died in 1199, construction on the mosque stopped. The minaret was left standing at a height of 44 meters. The rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and 348 columns being constructed.
The tower, along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forms an important historical complex in Rabat. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
- Wikipedia
(Canon PowerShot S400, 7.41mm, 1/500 @ f/7.1)