Nice is Nice – France that is! Airbnb – You can really get some great properties on there, and so did we. So after we have had a rough flight back from Morocco, with Explorason having gastro, we have spent the night in a chain motel in Marseille, before heading to Nice for our […]
Fabulous Fez or Moroccan Mayhem? In Meknes, we stayed at the fabulous Riad Hiba where the manager kindly organized us a Grande Taxi to take us to Fez. These taxis are Mercedes Benz. They are old. They don’t have air conditioning, and sometimes they don’t have seat-belts working either. Make no mistake; the Riad staff […]
Chefchaouen Morocco is beautifully blue We leave Fez early to head to the bus station in a petite taxi. Here we try to negotiate the price of a Grande Taxi, but being tourists everyone is unfortunately out to rip us off. So we head in to get bus tickets and meet two lovely French Canadian […]
Volubilis and Moulay Idriss, Morocco We have been in Meknes now for a day, and I try where possible to incorporate learning into our travels. In fact, we believe learning should be a natural part of travel, and I am disappointed when others just shop, eat and do the tourist thing. When in a country […]
Treated like royalty at Riad Hiba Meknes Morocco Prior to our arrival in Meknes, the taxi driver rang ahead to this Riad. When we arrived, they sent a man to come and assist us with our bags, and to find the hotel. It is one street off the main road, and right at the […]
Meknes Morocco at Ramadan – what a celebration! The BIG SQUARE as they refer to it in Meknes is the place where all the action is. And today being the day after (or the day after that?) Ramadan is facially over means it is party and celebrations everywhere. Explorason has a rod placed in his […]
The Sahara Desert to ancient Meknes Morocco “Get up”. An abrupt Berber wakes us up and tells us to “get on the camel”. I quickly change into long pants and wash my face, and find my stuff in the dark. I’ve hardly slept, and this camp has no breakfast. We have to be on camels […]
The Sahara Desert in a Sand Storm Day 3 – near Merzouga, Morocco PLEASE CLICK HERE TO HELP OUR BLOG WIN Today is an important day in Morocco. It ended Ramadan last night and it is like their Christmas Day. Everyone dresses up, they go to the mosque, and they have a big celebration meal. […]
Stranded in the Moroccan Desert at over 50 Degrees Celcius We woke this a.m. to a cool, almost cold desert breeze. We had slept outside under the stars last night and in the end, I huddled to keep warm with my son. I was glad at 5:00 a.m. when a cheery man woke me to get […]
Marrakech to Zagora Desert Day 1 It is Ramadan, and we have left Marrakech at 7:30 a.m. in a minivan heading through the Atlas Mountains. Our driver is neither eating or drinking and the hot sun is pelting down. Mind you he has no problem talking on his mobile cell phone and the road is […]
Goats climb trees in Morocco This is NOT photoshopped! We are on our way to Essaouira in Morocco for a day trip to the coast, and we stop to see a herd of goats up an Argon Tree. Why are they up there? Because they are eating the Argon nuts. They climb up and suck […]
The Magic of Marrakech Morocco Hello Morocco. We have arrived to explore your wonder, beauty, and mystery. As we land we have just flown over hundreds of acres of beautiful green orchards and vegetable gardens, and I am impressed by the resourceful manner the Moroccans are already displaying. We arrive to be hit by a […]
