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Balkan Countries Travel Photos

23 May
Horses on the road from Leskovik to Çarshovë

This gallery contains 30 photos.

The photos in the Balkan Countries 2017 Gallery were taken during a two-month-and-a-half road trip through Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo, in the summer of 2017. Here, you will find photos from Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo (2017). In the future, I am planning to explore more of this region, though – the countries of former Yugoslavia (summer 2018). […]

The Imperial City of Meknes and the last days in Fes – Morocco

23 Jun
Meknes: the shop from where I bought my Berber kilim

Meknes, the first day – the old medina  Short Description: I arrived in Meknes on the second part of the day and accommodated at Riad Ma Boheme. I strolled through the medina and went to El-Hedim Square (the central square) and Dar Jamai Palace. Long Description. After I settled in my accommodation at Riad Ma Boheme, […]

Successful negotiation in Tetouan’s medina – Morocco

23 May
Tetouan: Gouarna area in the old medina

Short Description: I left Tangier and headed to Tetouan without visiting Ceuta, the Spanish enclave. A fake guide helped me to buy a silk bedspread and visit the medina in Tetouan. After I strolled through the Spanish Quarter in Tetouan, I suddenly decided to go to Chefchaouen, where I arrived in the evening.  Long Description. The road from […]

The road from Rabat to Tangier with stops in Sale, Larache, and Assilah – Morocco

02 May
Assilah: view of the medina as seen from the seaside

Sale Short Description. Near Rabat, I stopped in the medina of Sale at the main mosque and the adjacent medersa, then at the exotic gardens of Bouknadel. In the evening I stayed at a hotel in Larache. Long Description. I had just left Rabat and stopped in Sale right away. Sale was a small town […]