Rainy Day - Gallery and Museum Trip to Tinjdad

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  Er Rachidia and Tinjdad, Morocco
Saturday, February 11, 2006

Well, the weather outside is frightful! So the crew decided to get out of the hotel and head east! The goal - Tinjdad, to see springs in the desert and to visit a gallery that we've heard about from the owner when he helped me and my co-worker find the insurance office two weeks ago.

We arrived in Tinjdad and found the gallery which is on the main stretch of road, it was beautiful! The art and the artifacts that were there where incredible. I bought a painting by a local artist that I absolutely love! But there was so much more there, many rock samples and many old swords and guns and armor. Plus many masks, textiles, pottery and old antique furniture.

After the gallery we went for lunch and got a bit of the tourist treatment on the prices, but we moved on and went outside of town to visit our friend. The museum is beautiful all on it's own. It's in the middle of the open desert and is just spectacular. Our friend has been building it for three years, all on his own. He managed to get the land rights from the government to build something for people to see, to learn about the past and to visit the beautiful springs that come out of the desert.

Here I bought two of his calligraphy paintings. They are both so beautiful, and mean more since meeting the artist. This man is a true inspiration and has worked so hard for something he believes in.

I think I will now let the pictures do the talking for me. I hope you enjoy it.

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02 More of the gallery	03 Gallery	04 Cat on a wooden donkey in the gallery	05 The painting I bought!!
06 Le Petit Prince \ The Little Prince	07 The Museum	08 A rest area at the museum for tea	09 Museum
10 Pottery and architecture	11 Museum	12 Display - cultural attire	13 Traditional dress
14 Beautiful door	15 Wonderful iron work	16 Large tea urn	17 Urn and corn mill
18 Basket from Guercif	19 Contract written on wood by Berbers	20 Tablet for learning the Koran	21 Museum
22 Museum	23 Museum	24 Museum	25 Ancient drill used to repair ceramics and more
26 Tools	27 Kitchen display	28 Argicultural exhibit	29 Olive mill for making olive oil
30 Me in the museum	31 Ancient spring	32 Ancient spring	33 The largest spring
34 OH c'est moi!	35 Moi encore!	36 On the road home	37 The desert drops off and opens to an oasis
38 The oasis	39 A painting on the wall in Tinjdad	40 Above the town of Tinjdad	41 Hey! Hay!

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