Author Archives: billybaba
OCTOBER 2, SUNDAY
SUNDAY EVENING ON THE SQUARE It is a little hard to believe. I have been in Essaouira for a little over a week and have been mute the whole time except on Facetime with my son and daughter in Asheville,
OCTOBER 2, SUNDAY
SUNDAY EVENING ON THE SQUARE It is a little hard to believe. I have been in Essaouira for a little over a week and have been mute the whole time except on Facetime with my son and daughter in Asheville,
OCTOBER 1, SATURDAY
CATS Everywhere you look in Essouira you see a cat, every twenty feet. We also saw cats everywhere in Istanbul three years ago. In downtown Asheville you never see a cat. But for some reason I’ve never wondered why I
OCTOBER 1, SATURDAY
CATS Everywhere you look in Essouira you see a cat, every twenty feet. We also saw cats everywhere in Istanbul three years ago. In downtown Asheville you never see a cat. But for some reason I’ve never wondered why I
SEPTEMBER 30, FRIDAY
TRAVELING CHEAP After a rocky start I have finally, after a week, found a way to feed myself in Essaouira and it is a pattern that I have been developing as I travel this year and hope to keep following
SEPTEMBER 30, FRIDAY
TRAVELING CHEAP After a rocky start I have finally, after a week, found a way to feed myself in Essaouira and it is a pattern that I have been developing as I travel this year and hope to keep following
SEPTEMBER 29, THURSDAY
ASKING PERMISSION What is most interesting about the Medina is the people who are walking through it. I just read an article on photographing in Morocco by a woman photographer. She says that Moroccoans are tired of having their photographs
SEPTEMBER 29, THURSDAY
ASKING PERMISSION What is most interesting about the Medina is the people who are walking through it. I just read an article on photographing in Morocco by a woman photographer. She says that Moroccoans are tired of having their photographs
FEBRUARY 28, WEDNESDAY
SNACK CHAMALI So tonight I had a little adventure, in retrospect a very little adventure, but at the time I didn’t know what I was getting into and so at first it seemed like a big adventure. I decided to
FEBRUARY 28, WEDNESDAY
SNACK CHAMALI So tonight I had a little adventure, in retrospect a very little adventure, but at the time I didn’t know what I was getting into and so at first it seemed like a big adventure. I decided to
SEPTEMBER 27, TUESDAY
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION When you travel without a car local transportation matters a great deal and varies enormously from country to country. In Paris and London the bus and subway routes were easy to manage. In Paris I got a month
SEPTEMBER 27, TUESDAY
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION When you travel without a car local transportation matters a great deal and varies enormously from country to country. In Paris and London the bus and subway routes were easy to manage. In Paris I got a month
SEPTEMBER 26, MONDAY
HOT DOGS At Carrefour two days ago I stocked up on breakfast things: eggs, bread for toast, milk, muesli cereal, honey, butter, jam and orange juice. Breakfast I can manage. But for today lunch I decided to eat out, going
SEPTEMBER 26, MONDAY
HOT DOGS At Carrefour two days ago I stocked up on breakfast things: eggs, bread for toast, milk, muesli cereal, honey, butter, jam and orange juice. Breakfast I can manage. But for today lunch I decided to eat out, going
SEPTEMBER 25, SUNDAY
ESSAOUIRA BEACH Just outside the Medina fort area with its narrow lanes is the wide crescent mile long Essaouira beach which is washed clean each day as the tide comes in and out. On Saturday the beach was filled with
SEPTEMBER 25, SUNDAY
ESSAOUIRA BEACH Just outside the Medina fort area with its narrow lanes is the wide crescent mile long Essaouira beach which is washed clean each day as the tide comes in and out. On Saturday the beach was filled with
SEPTEMBER 24, SATURDAY
HOME COOKING When I arrived on Thursday afternoon there was of course no food in the Airbnb. So even though I was worn out from not sleeping the night before and the long bus ride I decided to explore the
SEPTEMBER 24, SATURDAY
HOME COOKING When I arrived on Thursday afternoon there was of course no food in the Airbnb. So even though I was worn out from not sleeping the night before and the long bus ride I decided to explore the
SEPTEMBER 23, FRIDAY
ESSAOUIRA MEDINA I will be here for another three weeks and probably not leave the city. So the photographs will seem seem similar although I will look at different parts of the city and different aspects of life in the
SEPTEMBER 23, FRIDAY
ESSAOUIRA MEDINA I will be here for another three weeks and probably not leave the city. So the photographs will seem seem similar although I will look at different parts of the city and different aspects of life in the
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 