Winter Scavenger Hunt: Photos from Morocco

Today is the first post to share the photos I found for the Winter Scavenger Hunt while we were in Morocco. There are multiples for some prompts, but I thought it would be a good way to share some of our trip.

Men at Work is the first prompt. We saw many, many men at work, but the most arduous jobs, in my opinion, were those in the tannery in Fes. These men work hour after hour, day after day, in very unpleasant working conditions. When we were in Fes, it was quite cold, and most of us were bundled up. These men were standing in huge vats of dyes, and working out in the open.

The second prompt is Luggage. One advantage of being on a tour is that our large suitcases were taken from our rooms to the bus. We took care of hand luggage (in our case, backpacks). Nothing was loaded on the bus until you arrived and indicated that all your luggage had arrived.

Domestic Trivia is the next prompt. On our way to the dunes to see the sunset, we stopped at a nomads’ camp in the desert. I felt like it was intrusive to take photographs, but our guide said we should feel free as he provides them with some income in exchange for our visit. One of the women was making a rug on a loom. Many of the rugs are used by the nomads themselves, but others are sold to rug cooperatives, two of which we visited while we were in Morocco. 

A Winter’s Tale is prompt #3. When we were leaving Fes to travel south to Erfoud, there had been an unusual amount of snow. The night before it was uncertain whether any of the passes over the Atlas Mountains would be open. In the end, one of the two roads was open. When we got about halfway to the pass, we were stopped and had to join a caravan of vehicles waiting to go over the mountain. The plows were clearing the road, and the road was not wide enough for the plows and the larger vehicles, like our bus.

Prompt #5, Passengers, was an easy one. I could have taken any number of photos in the airports or on our bus. 

I failed to get a photo from our trip for #6, Wrapping Paper, but I have one that I’ll post at the end of the hunt. Number 7 is On the Water. Although both Rabat and Casablanca are on the Atlantic Ocean, it wasn’t until our last day of the trip that I saw enough of the ocean to get a good photo. We had lunch on the harbor on our last day.

Prompt #8 is Silver, and again, there were many opportunities to take photos, and I have many. This one is a set of perfume holders in the governor’s home in Salé where we had lunch on our first day in Rabat. We saw similar silver vessels used other times to sprinkle rose water on your hands as a way of greeting.

I’ve divided up the prompts into three posts, so I’ll be back soon with the next installment.