Essaouira

So starting the catch up of images from the latter half of 2009 is this set of images i took in late July. For 10 days, I was staying in a beautiful house just 5 miles from Essaouira, celebrating a special friends 50th birthday. From the 3 films i took on my holga these were amongst the few that came out as it turns out my holga was broken.

Essaouira is an isolated town on the coast of Morocco where Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley liked to hang out. And i can see why; It is a perfect spot to unwind, eat great seafood and absorb the culture; The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses and where Orson Welles filmed scenes of his 1952 classic version of "Othello". The Gnaoua Festival of World Music is held here every year and yet Essaouira has never really become a tourist trap. The narrow streets discourage cars, making it look much as it did in the days of sea pirates.