Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
As part of our January 2020 trip to Morocco we traveled to the old fortified village of Aït Benhaddou and onward to the villages of Imlil and Armed (Aroumd) in the High Atlas mountains where the overnight stay was in a gîte overlooked by 4,167 metre Mt. Toubkal, the highest mountain in Morocco, North Africa and the Arab world.
Half-day tour beside the Merzouga sand dunes. Continue reading “Merzouga Morocco”
A camel ride into the Sahara Dunes to see the sunset; A bonfire at our hotel with Bedouin drumming and singing… More about our incredibly enjoyable stay at the dune edge can be found in the previous post.
A day on the road, that took us from the mountains to the desert in 10+ hours. Continue reading “A day on the road”
The current unrest in Bolivia brought me back to my notes from our visit exactly two years ago. We stepped into Bolivia on Nov. 15, 2017. Due to some technical difficulties I cannot upload the post today, but Alex has this video from the start of the trip. After crossing the border from La Quiaca Argentina into Villazon Bolivia, we took the Expreso Del Sur, an eight hour, 300km train trip north-west to Uyuni.
As part of a day trip from Chiang Rai, we visited a tea plantation and factory. The drive into the northern hills through beautiful scenery was enjoyable, and it was interesting to see how fresh tea leaves are made into bulk black tea.
On The Ghan (Australian luxury tourist train) journey from Adelaide to Darwin, there are three opportunities to enjoy some off-train activities. Continue reading “The Ghan Off-train Excursions”
For opera lovers, we’d like to share a 15 minutes video version of our two hour tour of the Magura Cave accompanied by excerpts from Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”, a production of Sofia Opera. Continue reading “Gods, Giants, Dwarfs, Valkyries”
Here’s a rescued video of our visit to Aoraki Mt. Cook. We stayed in Mt. Cook village in Mt. Cook National Park in April during our NZ tour. Continue reading “Mt. Cook”
As you know Alex’s iPhone 8 was stolen in Bangkok and the videos on it from 3 months were gone in the blink of an eye. I had taken his old iPhone 6 just in case and unfortunately “this case” happened. Continue reading “Sunday market Chiang Mai”
Overnight luxury Peruvian train journey from Puno on Lake Titicaca to Cusco, the Gateway to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
For more read Andean Explorer with Peter
We left Thessaloniki, which was part of our 2018 spring trip, earlier than planned and escaped a major flooding. For more read our post.
This video is a quick summary of our visit to York in April 2018. It’s a mixture of stills and short videos giving a sense of the history and vibrancy of this lovely city in northeast England.
More on our visit there is in Don’t miss out on York
April 2018 outing on the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow gauge railway. The weather wasn’t the best; spring had not yet sprung, but we had an enjoyable time.
More on this is in our post: La’al Ratty
Enjoy…
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