The wonderous aroma of animal skins

Next stop for us was the imperial city of Fez, famed for its massive walled marketplace and infamous for its tanneries, where workers toil in dye pits the size of a spa bath to impart colour into animal skins. The smell of the dye mixed with that of the 'fresh' leather is not one we'll forget in a hurry.

Fez, where it seems everyone has a satellite dish

The entrance to the medina, as viewed through the dishelleved clothes market. Once you pass through the arch, you never quite know where you'll end up or what time you'll find your way out!

A graveyard by one of the city walls

Deft workers atop the ramparts

Donkeys are the only way to get things around in the medina, and much like a semi-trailer will not stop if you're in their way! This one is taking shreds of his camel friends to the tanning pits

The tanneries...

These guys spend hours in the dye wells - it can't be a fun job

Garlic, spices, oil and some unknown beverages

Raw olives for sale in the market

Raw camels head for sale in the market!

This guys shop was, by our estimates, one metre wide. Here he tries to fill the small remaining space between the stock and the roof

Fez is, by some opinions, the culinary capital of Morocco. Here we try chicken tajine with preserved lemon and olives, and 'bastilla' - an icing sugar topped pastry layered with chicken or pigeon (yes, I did say icing sugar!)

'Zellidj' is the colourful and symmetrical tilework patterns loved by Moroccans