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Read more: Month 1 Highlights
February 5th – February 28th 1. Sahara Desert Specifically, riding a camel in the Sahara Desert. Fortunate enough to have an afternoon and a morning ride. The beauty of the sand dunes, the shapes and patterns made by sand and wind, the colour! A bucket list experience to see the…
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Read more: Hammam #2
After the first, slightly brutal introduction to the world of hammam, you’d think we’d have been deterred from hammam forever. Not so! Our time in Tangier is for rest and relaxation, and what better way than to be beaten up with water again! However, this hammam experience whilst wet and…
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Read more: Trains to Tangier
We took a regular train from Marrakesh to Casablanca. We stayed in Casablanca overnight, caught up on some admin and visited the saddest piscine ever. Our hotel has a pool in the basement. It is described as “…a universe dedicated solely to your well-being…with a 6 step massage circuit.”. We…
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Read more: End of tour
Day 13 Today we did a cooking class, cooking 3xtagine – lamb & prune, chicken, lemon & olive and vegetable; 3x salads – carrot, zucchini and capsicum & tomato; as well as learning a shortcut way to cook couscous the Moroccan way. (Hint, it’s not adding boiling water and covering…
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Read more: Leaving the desert
Day 10 Today was a hiking day in Dadรจs Gorges, an outstanding area of geological beauty. The hike was supposed to take us through the gorge but recent rains meant it was still too boggy/muddy. So instead we walked 8km along a dry river bed, up and over a hill…
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Read more: Into the desert
Day 7 Today we drove south from Fes, through the Mid-Atlas mountains to the Atlas mountains to the Sahara region. What a range of scenery in one day! From a rainbow to a forest with snow and 2 degrees; rocky, snowy plateaus, to windy mountainsides; oases in magnificent sandstone valleys…
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Read more: A Moroccan Hammam
This evening we took a Moroccan Hammam. Here’s how it went. We entered the hot steamy room and were instructed to strip off to our undies, then lay down on a heated slab of marble. When I say heated, it felt as if it had had a raging fire underneath…
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Read more: Blue city and heading south
Day 4 We spent the day wandering around Chefchaouen in northern Morocco. Chefchaouen is a gorgeous town located in the side of hills where houses are painted blue! They use indigo flowers to dye lime wash and repaint their houses annually. Apparently it has always been the women’s job but…
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Read more: The first 1%…
Day 1 So we arrived in Casablanca, Morocco after two flights. Spent day 1 walking to the train station to buy tickets for later this month-no joy, system down. Or maybe the train lines are, it wasn’t exactly clear – problem for another day. We then went to the ancient…
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Read more: And we’re off!
Work “out of office” on, bags packed, a couple of tears shed (Sarah), checked in and waiting to board. Next stop, Doha, then on to Morocco. How much luggage are we taking? About 45kg’s worth, in 3 bags. One each for Morocco and one combined for the rest of the…
Hello,
Welcome! Bienvenue! Bienvenido! Wilkommen! Benvenuto!
We’re heading out on a mid-life gap year, that is 80% unplanned. As natural planners, we’re well and truly stepping out of our comfort zones.
We are currently here…
Countries visited (foot on ground):
17๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ต๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฎ๓ ฉ๓ ฒ๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ด ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท
Distance travelled by mode (est):
- ๐: 18962km
- โด๏ธ:14; 3138km
- ๐: 8 ; 854km
- ๐ช: 2 ; 7km
- ๐ถ: 2 ; 8km
- ๐ฒ: 1 ; 30km
- ๐: 1 ; 2223km
- โ๏ธ: 4 ; 19530km
An Unplanned Year 