Photos Chichicastenango Market Guatemala

Photos Chichicastenango Market Guatemala

The following travel pictures are from the Chichicastenango market in Guatemala. They are of a man carrying a large bag of something, Guatemalan food, baby in a papoose, Indigenous Mayan Guatemalan women in traditional clothing, and a hotel in Antigua, Guatemala.

Guatemalan man carrying a large bag of something with his head. This is a common way of carrying luggage in Central America.

Guatemalan food cooking at the Chichicastenango market in Guatemala.

Mayan woman with child in a papoose in Guatemala.

Indigenous Guatemalan woman in traditional clothing carrying luggage in a bundle on her head.

Indigenous Mayan woman in traditional clothing with a kid in a papoose at the Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

The Casa Shalom Hotel in Antigua, Guatemala. This hotel has free WIFI, a computer, a free breakfast, and nice, clean, cheap rooms. Go to their Hobohideout hotel website at: Hotel Casa Shalom in Antigua.

Machetes for sale at the Guatemala market of Chichicastenango.

The aisles of the Chichicastenango market.

Guatemalan food at the Chichicastenango market- corn-flour tortillas.

Guatemalan boy at the Chichicastenango market.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Antigua, Guatemala
May 3, 2008

Photos Chichicastenango Market in Guatemala

Casablanca Morocco Market

Casablanca, Morocco Market Photos

The following photographs are from the fruit, grain, and vegetable market in Casablanca, Morocco. I took these travel photos the second time that I was in Morocco around the beginning of January '08. For more photographs from Morocco go to: Morocco Travel Photos

8+ years of vagabond travel: Song of the Open Road Travel Blog Morocco Travel Information

Moroccan women shopping for vegetables in the Casablanca market

Photo of the Casablanca medina near the market

Photograph of Moroccan grains in the Casablanca fruit and vegetable market

Moroccans buying food in the market

The Casablanca medina is full of people selling almost any item you can imagine

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More Photographs from Morocco

More Photos from Morocco

The following photographs are from my and Wanderjahr Jill's travels in Morocco. I first came into Morocco through the airport in Casablanca and then wandered up to Rabat/ Sale. After a few days of walking around the ancient medina, the Kasbah, and the old town of Sale, I went over for a visit to Fez. I did not quite appreciate the standard deviation of culture that was to be found in this tourist pit of a city, although I was not much bothered by the packs of touts and hotel runners. I stayed at the International Youth Hostel, and had good laughs with the other travelers and tourist who would come in at night with low slung faces and tales of how they were riped off by the touts and hustlers in the ancient medina of Fez. I did have some good walks though in this medina- I got really lost, to say the least. From Fes I went to another imperial city called Meknes that is an hour by train to the west. I found a much more comfortable situation here and stayed for three weeks to study a little French so that I would be more prepared to travel south into West Africa. After my French lessons were over I went back to Casablanca and picked up Wanderjahr Jill at the airport. She was happy to be in Morocco, but she promptly got really sick off of a sausage that she ate in the Rabat Medina. She spent a couple of days in bed and then we cooked up a crazy plan to go to Europe and ride bicycles from the Atlantic Ocean to France.

After two months in Europe we returned to Morocco and had a relaxing week in Marrakesh. These are some of the photos of my Moroccan travels.

A View of Ramadan from the Inside
Travel Blog Posts from Morocco

Photograph of the Moroccan countryside between Marrakesh and Casablanca.

Moroccan sheep herders in the open pastures of Morocco.

Moroccan men discussing business.

Moroccan women discussing business outside of the Restaurant de la Libertad in Rabat.

Moroccan man and woman at the train station in Marrakech.

Bearded Moroccan man at train station.

Women waiting for a train in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Donkey with a full load in Morocco.

Moroccan cooks making tajines in the Marrakesh medina.

Man and woman walking in the big square of Marrakesh.

Tourists in Marrakesh.

A funny sign in the medina of Casablanca.

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Albion, NY, USA
January 14, 2008

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Shopping in Morocco

Shopping in Morocco

Shopping in Morocco can sometimes be an incredible hassle. Most areas of the country that attract large numbers of tourists- like Fes and Casablanca- tend to have a think cloud of touts and faux guides who float around and try a large number of tactics to attempt to steer visitors into paying large amounts of money for low quality goods. But if you can get through this cloud of hustlers you can find really interesting items: carpets, clothing, textiles, shoes, leather goods all can be purchased for a reasonable price if you show the proper diligence and barter hard . . . like a Moroccan. One tourist rich city that seems to be less endowed with these hassles is Marrakesh. But always barter hard.

If a shop keeper names his price at 300 Dirham, a good place to begin bartering is at 100. Work your way up from here, but I do not recommend paying much over half of the shop keepers original price. Moroccans seem to often spend over a half hour bartering with a shop keeper. I do not think that it will not be out of the ordinary for you to do the same. Name your price and stick to it, is all that I can say.

On Moroccan Touts

The below photos are of markets, souqs, food and other items for sale in Morocco.

Souvenirs in a shop in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Herbs and spices in a market in the ancient medina of Casablanca.

A Moroccan woman getting on a train in with bags full of things from Marrakesh.

Photograph of the raw stones that incense is made from in Morocco.

Photo of a nighttime alley way near the market in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Donkey cart laden with goods going towards the market in Marrakesh.

Photograph of a Moroccan man inspecting textiles in Marrakesh.

Vendor in Marrakech explaining what the hammam soap is made from.

Photo of souq in Marrakesh.

Natural Moroccan perfume made from amber and sandlewood.

Camel leather shoes from the market in Marrakesh, Morocco.

The raw ingredients of the hammam soap.

Olives in Morocco.

Lamps for sale in Marrakesh.

The busy streets of the market in Marrakesh. Everybody seems to go to it around eight at night and it is really crowded until around 11.

Travel Blog Posts from Morocco

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Brockport, NY, USA
January 13, 2008

Montpellier France Photographs

Montpellier France Photos

Mira and I hitch-hiked into Montpellier from Anduze on a cold winter evening. We did not think that we would be able to hitch a ride back out of Montpellier in the night, so we bedded down for a cold night of sleep. We awoke the next day and bought an all-day ticket for the city tram and just rode around Montpellier taking photographs.

For the full story on our hitch-hiking story please go to: Hitch-Hiking to Andorra Part two

For more information on traveling in France please go to: Song of the Open Road Travel Blog France Posts

Photograph of the Montpellier market

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com in Montpellier

Photos of old buildings in the center of Montpellier, France

Legs in Montpellier

Pics of old buildings in Montpellier

Photograph of the streets of Montpellier

Muslim man on train in Montpellier. Around most cities in Southern France live large communities of Muslims

Market in Montpellier, France. Most of the merchants at this market were Muslim

Magnificent church in Montpellier, France

Photo of the streets of Montpellier decorated for Christmas

Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
Anduze, France
December 22, 2007