{"id":640,"date":"2016-05-31T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2017-12-29T19:18:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T19:18:22","slug":"cats-of-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/cats-of-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats of Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vce-row-container\">\n<div id=\"el-725fcbc5\" class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-columns--top vce-row-content--top\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-725fcbc5\">\n<div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\">\n<div id=\"el-f9ddc157\" class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-100p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\">\n<div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"margin padding border  background el-f9ddc157\">\n<div class=\"vce-text-block\">\n<div id=\"el-662baa58\" class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-662baa58\">\n<p>While travelling through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/northern-morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, I took\u00a0a ridiculous number of cat photos. There are many stray cats throughout the country &#8211; \u00a0Google &#8216;Cats of Morocco&#8217;\u00a0to see how many photos others have already shared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-662\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n.jpg\" alt=\"A very unimpressed cat\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n-260x146.jpg 260w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n-50x28.jpg 50w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/11903849_10153676338853900_2055065246241664443_n-133x75.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Love the\u00a0unimpressed expression.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Photo credit: Aaron<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I promise I&#8217;m not a crazy cat lady&#8230; well, give me a few more years. I can see it now, 10 cats in my caravan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM.jpg\" alt=\"Cats of Morocco 2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM-220x146.jpg 220w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM-50x33.jpg 50w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC09716_SM-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This kitten greeted me as I sat sipping Moroccan tea as a cafe in Casablanca. The cafe owner was impressive\u00a0&#8211; he gave ceramic plates full of hot food to about 3 homeless men\u00a0who suddenly appeared. It felt like this was a regular occurrence. One of the men\u00a0was verbally harassing a couple of female customers. The owner had a word with the homeless man, but you could see that he was mentally unstable. The owner must have said something like &#8216;I&#8217;ll give you food if you stop harassing the ladies&#8217;, but when that didn&#8217;t work, he gave the man a big plate of food anyway. They all disappeared off into the market to eat. I have rarely seen that amount of generosity with my own eyes. I know I&#8217;ve never been that kind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1.jpg\" alt=\"chefchaouen or known as the blue city. A great place for photos... especially of cats!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1-220x146.jpg 220w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1-50x33.jpg 50w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00329_SM-1-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chefchaouen has been on my travel wish-list for quite a while. The whole reason for my visit was to see\u00a0the &#8216;blue city&#8217;. It&#8217;s a magical\u00a0place\u00a0where all the building were originally painted blue to keep the mosquitos away. It was suggested that I explore early in the morning before people started their day to get the best photos\u00a0&#8211; so I found myself meeting a lot of Moroccan cats and very few people.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 33.33%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see sc_gallery() in functions\/theme-shortcodes.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='sc_gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-640 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail none'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00527_SM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00527_SM-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00527_SM-85x85.jpg 85w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00527_SM-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00522_SM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00522_SM-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00522_SM-85x85.jpg 85w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00522_SM-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00517_SM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00517_SM-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00517_SM-85x85.jpg 85w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00517_SM-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A mother and her young\u00a0were sleeping on some main stairs. She seemed very relaxed and wasn&#8217;t worried about my presence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 49.99%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see sc_gallery() in functions\/theme-shortcodes.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='sc_gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-640 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large none'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM.jpg 665w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM-97x146.jpg 97w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM-33x50.jpg 33w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00532_SM-50x75.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM.jpg 665w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM-97x146.jpg 97w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM-33x50.jpg 33w, http:\/\/travellingk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC00533_SM-50x75.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I managed to staggered out early for the\u00a0two morning we were in\u00a0Chefchaouen and wish I could have\u00a0stayed longer. Great exercise for\u00a0the\u00a0legs as it&#8217;s on a steep hill and I kept walking around and around searching for that perfect shot.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Interested to learn more about travelling in Morocco? Click here for my blog post about <a href=\"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/northern-morocco\/\">North Morocco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any great cat pictures from your travels? Share on social media\u00a0and let me know!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While travelling through\u00a0Morocco, I took\u00a0a ridiculous number of cat photos. 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