Here’s a new bucket list: places we want to blog from before we die.

CHEFCHAOUEN: BLUE-WASHED buildings and the Rif mountains of Northern Morocco. This is a place of tranquility. Founded in 1471, Chefchaouen was once a place of refuge for Moorish exiles from Spain and is now a growing travelers’ hub.

I’ve always wanted to blog from this place, the Berber heartland, just to experience this landscape and culture.

Between blog posts I imagine there would be hikes to neighboring villages and swims in the Mediterranean.

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Joshywashington is a Travel Media Ninja from Seattle who enjoys writing, climbing trees and strong coffee.

  • http://www.deliciouschaos.com Nick

    Josh – Chefchaouen is beautiful, and eminently bloggable… if you can drag yourself away from the gorgeous mountains, and everyone who’s trying to pimp hash. Which pretty much means everyone: hostel owners, restaurant waiters, the lovely Berber guy sitting by the side of the path smoking a kif pipe and looking as contented as the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland…

    Good luck getting there!

    • joshua johnson

      Do I HAVE to pull myself away from the mountains and the hash? Can’t I just do a little blogging high on the mountain?
      Maybe not the best idea…

  • http://allenburt.org allen

    I checked this one off the list last year. It was amazing!

  • http://www.havepack.com Have Pack, Will Travel

    I was in Chefchaouen a couple of years ago. Such a beautiful place. Definitely my highlight in Morocco.

  • Hannah

    The blue walls in Chefchaouen are amazing. Take a morning hike so you can see the city as it starts bustling about at dawn.

  • http://matadortrips.com/ Hal Amen

    Yes please!

  • http://60-or-bust.blogspot.com/ wintkat

    long to blog from Bali

  • http://globbler.com/ Pres

    Chefchaouen is a breathtaking place. I believe the local culture can be tremendously inspirational and enlightening for every blogger.

  • http://www.ibnibnbattuta.com Andrew Farrand

    I knocked out two blog posts from Chefchaouen last year – it’s one of my favorite places from my 15 months in Morocco…

    “North to Chefchaouen, Diamon in the Rif” : http://www.ibnibnbattuta.com/2008/10/north-to-chefchaouen-diamond-in-the-rif.html

    “Of Kasbahs Rocked, Peaks Surmounted, and Jobs Forgotten” : http://www.ibnibnbattuta.com/2009/04/of-kasbahs-rocked-peaks-surmounted-and-jobs-forgotten.html

  • Elizabeth

    I went to Chefchaouen when I was eleven…It was beautiful, though I don’t think I appreciated it as much then as I would now.  

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