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The first night, we went to a performance of traditional Moroccan music and dance in our hotel, the Hotel Es Saadi, in Marrakech.	A snake-charmer successfully evades an attack by his cobra
Traditional Berber folk-dancing	Caught mid-air by the camera!
These acrobatic performers easily form this human pyramid	The grand finale --- seduction by this beautiful belly-dancer!
The view from our balcony in the hotel -- too bad it was a little too chilly to go swimming.	Walls of the old medina with the famous LaMamounia hotel just inside
The snow-capped Atlas mountains can be seen off in the distance	We could also see the Atlas mountains from our hotel room balcony
The beautiful interior of the LaMamounia hotel	Shefali is enjoying a cup of Moroccan mint tea at LaMamounia
The intricate zellig tilework in the courtyard of LaMamounia	The Koutoubia mosque at the heart of Marrakech
A close-up view of the gorgeous minaret of the Koutoubia mosque	Don't worry, we still had Internet access!
A pottery stall in the souks of Marrakech	The hustle-and-bustle amidst the Marrakech souks
Beautiful Moroccan carpets for sale	I can't seem to find any price tags?
Riding a horse-drawn carriage back to the Hotel Es Saadi	Shefali and the Hotel Es Saadi doorman in traditional garb
Driving through the High Atlas mountains while on the way to Erfoud	Curving roads through the mountains
Another view of the snow-caps	The sign tells the whole story
The 100-year old newly restored Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate	Dan prepares for the next leg of our journey while having lunch in Ouarzazate
Dan relaxes after finally reaching our next stop, the Kasbah Xaluca Maadid, in Erfoud	The camels were also relaxing at the hotel but they perk up at our approach
The entryway to the Kasbah Xaluca Maadid	Dan outside the Kasbah with our #*%$#! stick-shift rental car
Shefali had a knack for finding cats and secretly feeding them	Approaching the Sahara desert...
Shefali with the panoramic view behind her; also note the lack of a road and the random 4X4 tracks in the dirt	The 4X4 that off-roaded it to get us to the desert
The artistic photograph of our camel ride	Omar leading the camels along
The two of us perched atop our camels	The camels rested as we continued on our way to the top of the highest dune
Here we are at the top, and the camels are the speck in the distance	Take a look at that sky!
The sun is beginning to set	The sunset casts a reddish glow on the Saharan dunes
Shefali greets her camel after the sunset	An array of Moroccan delicacies awaits us at the hotel for dinner
Relaxing at the hotel hammam or Turkish bath, otherwise known as "jakouzi"	A lake off in the distance
In Morocco, there may not be roads, signs, phones, or stores everywhere we go, but there sure were cell phone towers. Here the minaret of a small mosque stands side-by-side with a cell phone tower.	On the road to Casablanca, we encountered pine trees surrounded by snow still on the ground
And then we were traveling though forests of deciduous trees	The Moroccans also like Coca-Cola!
Hills off in the distance were reminiscent of the Smoky Mountains	A rest stop on the Moroccan superhighway
Here's our ticket for the Moroccan superhighway	Confirming our theory that the small country of Morocco has every sort of terrain imaginable, we encountered lush farmland
More views of rolling green plains in Northern Morocco on the way to Casablanca	The Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca
A close-up view of the minaret	The prayer hall inside the Mosque of Hassan II can hold 25,000 worshippers
The doors allow light into the prayer hall	Some of the beautiful chandeliers and woodwork inside the prayer hall
Another view of the same gorgeous interior of the mosque	Here you can see waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash alongside the mosque
The Mosque of Hassan II is enormous -- Shefali is standing on the very left of the picture and notice how big the arched doorways are compared to her!	This mosque is also breathtaking at night
A view of rooftops in the city of Casablanca; click on the pic for a closer view --all of those little white circles you see are satellite dishes!	Here we are, sharing a last Moroccan meal in the restaurant of our hotel, Le Royal Meridian Mansour, before heading back to America in the morning.....

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