Amylin’s travelogue

Atlas

Atlas

Weary from waking early, 16 days of steadfast stomachaches and diarrhea, trekking in twice-repaired second-hand Swedish city boots up a narrow road through the Atlas mountains for an indeterminate amount of time, distance, and elevation; with everything I own on my shoulders and fierce cold wind pushing against each step; and, at last, hitching a lift with an antiquated van used for transporting Berber shepherds, groceries, and goats: from behind the windshield, as we trickle down into a slow, puttering descent, my swollen eyes that can barely stay open see this as the view.

Gnawa crowd

Gnawa crowd

A crowd of traditional Gnawa musicians, surrounded by local Moroccan fans, perform at Moonfest, a new world music festival held in Lalla Takerkoust, about a half-hour drive from Marrakech.

Clicks and Clangs

Clicks and Clangs

Berber musicians at Moonfest in Lalla Takerkoust, Morocco.

Exodus

Exodus

A group of North African musicians walk into the sunset while playing traditional Berber percussion instruments at Moonfest in Lalla Takerkoust, Morocco (May 1 - 3, 2008).

Gnawa Drummers

Gnawa Drummers

Gnawa musicians, wearing traditional white jellabas (hooded outfits) and yellow babouches (slippers), drum until sundown at Moonfest in Lalla Takerkoust, Morocco.

Gnawa Musicians

Gnawa Musicians

Traditional Moroccan Gnawa musicians perform on the last afternoon of the world music Moonfest (May 1 - 3), in Lalla Takerkoust, about a half hour outside of the sprawling city of Marrakech.

Zion

Zion

Bathing in the stream that runs through the narrows in Zion National Park, Utah, United States

Swedish Sunset in Springtime

Swedish Sunset in Springtime

On a perfect evening in early Spring, the sun sets along the E20 toward Stockholm, Sweden.

Highway to Stockholm

Highway to Stockholm

Around sunset, driving along the E20 toward Stockholm, Sweden, the trees light up a magnicifent shade of red.

Finnish Birch Trees

Finnish Birch Trees

A mass of birch trees grow in the suburbs just outside of Helsinki, Finland. In Finland, the Baltics, Belarus, and Russia, birch sap is bottled commercially and consumed as a refreshing beverage. It is believed to have tonic qualities.

Amylin Loglisci

Amylin Loglisci has been a member since 7 February 2008 and goes by amylinamylin.

Currently in Avignon, France.

I am an artist, a traveler, a hitchhiker, a story-teller, a vegan, a bicyclist, a licensed Thai massage therapist, an acrobat, a multi-linguist, a mixed-breed. I'm a girl who seeks to see everything on her own terms, who seeks to travel lightly and leave a deep impression, who creates an alternative form of self-education through experience.