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Essaouira 2006, Gnaoua Festival, Pat Metheny, Hamid El Kasri.

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Saturday, June 24 2006

1 year, 11 months, 2 days

Essaouira, Morocco

Navigation.

About.

Travel the world, as an independent photographer, imagine life.

Learn, understand, tolerate, enjoy, live - inhale different conceptions of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give).

An Amazigh saying from the Moroccan Atlas: Those who rush are already dead. And Alain de Botton in The Art of Travel: Journeys are the midwives of thoughts. Take time and ponder - is from myself.

Land Rover Defender 6x6
Link to Foley

The prime vehicle is a cool 6-Wheeled Land Rover Defender, Foley's made, which needs a lot of caring attention. Some times we use other transport, however - with fuel prices up and shortages to come maybe we switch entirely, - some day.

The idea, adventure, project had been growing in my head for years. This feeling inside, the desire to leave and live a different life, it made it too easy to give up a job, give all other stuff away and hit the road. 22nd of June 2004.

In May 2005 I meet Hasna, Moroccan, she comes along! We are married, have two twin boys, Daniel and David. This Fab Trek continues. Photography and Journey, Story of Life Around the World.

I love Music, Art, Festivals and photography there off.

This is us.

Hasna, Manfred, Essaouira
Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara
Hasna Essaouira
Hasna wedding Austria
Daniel left and David right
Daniel David, in Land Rover 6x6x, beach in Djembereng, Casamance, Senegal
Daniel and David on Bonnet of Land Rover 6x6x, on way to Casamance Senegal, eating Bananas.
Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

Land Rover 47,032km

Trekking 313km

Ferry 730km

Train 150km

Other cars 12,443km

(MB207 7,208km)

The Journey
as it happens.

Fcontains Festival/Art photography.

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Pat Metheny trio.

NO COMMENT.

Pat Metheny Official site. Wikipedia. Manzer Pikasso Guitar.

Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny starts slowly.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006 playing the Pikasso guitar, not Picasso
Pat Metheny next stunt.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006 playing the Pikasso guitar, not Picasso
- Pikasso, a guitar that no one else can play.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
- none else ...

Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny.
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006

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Christian Mc Bride

Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride absolutely fabulous.
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006
Christian Mc Bride, Essaouira 2006

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Antonio Sanchez.

Antonio Sanchez, Essaouira 2006
Antonio Sanchez.
Antonio Sanchez, Essaouira 2006
Antonio Sanchez.

Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
Pat laughs ...
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
... thanks, ...
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
... thanks again, ...
Pat Metheny, Essaouira 2006
... and again.

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Maâlem Hamid El Kasri (Rabat).

Watch a video on Mondomix featuring El Kasri and Joe Zawinul in Essaouira 2004.

Maalem Hamid El Kasri, Essaouira 2006
Maâlem Hamid El Kasri.
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
El Kasri.
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
Hamid El Kasri.
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
El Kasri, and his old man ...
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
... the crowd loves him ...
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
... who is the star ...
Said El Abdallaoui - Essaouira 2006
Saïd El Abdallaoui.
Said El Abdallaoui - Essaouira 2006
Saïd El Abdallaoui, detail
Said El Abdallaoui - Essaouira 2006
Saïd El Abdallaoui, Hamid El Kasri listening to the mystic sound.
Said El Abdallaoui - Essaouira 2006
Saïd El Abdallaoui, Hamid El Kasri detail.
El Kasri - Gnaoua - Essaouira 2006
El Kasri Gnaoua.

But where is Scott Kinsey?

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