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Tangier,Morocco, Dean's bar, 2 Rue D'Amerique du Sud..... by Bennytheball
The famous Dean's bar, a focal meeting point of the foreign expat community during the many Interzone decades. The bar has been closed for several years after the death of the current owner and (anecdotally) is up for sale. Next door to Dean's is an old barber shop the interior of which gives an atmospheric sense of a bygone era, decorated with tall potted plants, scruffy seating and decoration, and a curtain obscuring whatever needs to be obscured at the rear of the shop...... Gents' haircuts 30 dirhams, negotiable!
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, Old American Legation. by Bennytheball
In a narrow Medina street is the access to the restored US Legation.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, American Legation. by Bennytheball
The entrance to the Old American Legation off Rue Portugal, then into the Medina along Rue Merican.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco American Legation. by Bennytheball
The restored and preserved courtyard.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, American Legation. by Bennytheball
A viewing terrace on an upper floor.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, American Legation by Bennytheball
Rue Merican, the narrow Medina street leading to the American Legation.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Morocco, Lisba Bar. by Bennytheball
In a nameless street off the south side of Ave Pasteur, Lisba Bar is a surviving relic from Tangier's notorious Interzone decades.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco. by Bennytheball
The preserved interior of St Andrews anglican church, still used for Sunday services to resident expats and visiting Christians.
- 25 April 2016 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Morocco, Cafe Mamounia, Ave Mohammed 6 by Bennytheball
In early evening local men and port workers drink their coffee and smoke Kif pipes while watching the latest news bulletin on TV.
- 19 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, Medina, Rue de la Kasbah by Bennytheball
The main street for vehicular traffic going to the Kasbah at Place du Tabor.
- 19 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Medina, Morocco, Rue Tijania by Bennytheball
Many confusing narrow Medina streets lead to small squares where local residents can do shopping for daily essentials, and tourists can often pick up that elusive souvenir at a better haggled price without including a guide's commission!
- 19 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Kasbah Morocco, Bab Haha by Bennytheball
The ancient gate leading from the Kasbah square downhill to the Medina.
- 19 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Cafe Metropole Ave Pasteur...... by Bennytheball
A popular breakfast cafe with a bad reputation for overcharging gullible tourists, a recognition picture here of one to avoid!
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, Atlas Bar, Ave Prince Heritier by Bennytheball
A relic of Tangier's notorious 'Interzone' decades, small, compact, with Desperado beer on tap and generous tapas delivered with the first drink ordered.
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, Atlas Bar est 1928, Ave Prince Heritier by Bennytheball
The bartender has to exit the bar to find a signal for his mobile phone, a common necessity in buildings with few or no windows. The bar is now sadly closed after 88 years in business.
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Lisba bar interior by Bennytheball
Early in the evening the bar is sparsely-populated, providing a good opportunity to establish occupancy of desirable seating positions commanding a view of ongoing activities when the action becomes more boisterous at a later hour, otherwise known as people-watching, which can often be entertaining to the casual voyeur as hard-drinking clientele of both genders descent into alcoholic oblivion, a consequence of drinks being the cheapest in town!
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Cafe Mamounia, Avenue Mohammed 6 . by Bennytheball
A 24 hour cafe frequented by port workers passing the long night hours by playing cards, chequers, backgammon and smoking Kif pipes, only coffee, mint tea and croissants are served, also a place to relax and watch the television during the football season.
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, the American steps. by Bennytheball
The steps lead from the port area up to Rue Dbagh and the start of the Medina.
- 18 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Lisba bar illuminations.... by Bennytheball
The regular lighting in the bar is always dimmed to make the practice of drinking alcohol by Muslims (which is technically banned) more acceptable, but can be rather gloomy, so an attempt to brighten up the ambience without disturbing the status quo is made by the addition of soft blue lighting.
- 17 May 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Cafe Mamounia, Bvd Mohammed 6 by Bennytheball
An old cafe dating back to the decades of the Interzone and beyond, open all night to service port workers coming off shifts.
- 28 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, Gare Routiere, front door.. by Bennytheball
The city bus station at Pl Al Jamia al Arabia.
- 28 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, new city.... by Bennytheball
A brassware shop displays its attractive stock of hardware on the stairs of Escalier Waller
- 28 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Morocco, new city by Bennytheball
The busy daily Souk on Escalier Waller, off Rue de la Liberte.
- 28 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier Dean's grave died 1963 missed by all and sundry..... by Bennytheball
In a shady graveyard surrounding St Andrews Anglican church, a simple cracked gravestone is the only reminder of Donald Kimfull, alias "Dean" an ex London cocaine dealer who got into a bit of trouble when one of his clients died of an overdose and had to quickly disappear eventually arriving in wartime Tangier where he worked as a barman in the Hotel el Minzah, eventually buying and running his own bar in Rue d'Amerique du sud. Dean died in February 1963 of a heart attack, friends and associates buried him in the nearby church grounds, the inscription on his tombstone reads " Dean, died February 1963 missed by all and sundry".
- 27 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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Tangier, Cafe Colon, Rue d'Italie...... by Bennytheball
Another cafe dating back to the decades of the Interzone, some opening scenes of the Bertolluci film "the Sheltering Sky" were filmed here, the cafe has recently been modernised and upgraded since 1991.
- 27 April 2015 - طنجة, Morocco
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