The Jamal El Fna in Marrakech is a full sensory experience. The sounds of drummers and snake charmers with their receptive cadences fill the air. The smell of the horses and donkeys competes with the aroma of food and fruit. The colors are primary. Fill this with mopeds and tourists and you begin to get a feel for what the square is like, at least in the day time. Navigation in the Medina (the old city) is complicated enough in daylight. I wasn't interested in trying it at night.
Photos of the Medina and the rest of our trip are now on Flickr.
The two towers you see in the above panaorama are the minarets for two mosques. It is hard to know exactly how many are in Medina, never mind the entire city. I'm sure we heard 6-8 competing calls to prayer at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and night each day. The one at 5:30 each day was especially welcome. In these mosques, the adhan is called by the muezzin from the musallah, or prayer hall, via a sound system with speakers at the top of the tower.
The muezzin are clearly not taking singing lessons.
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