If you’ve read my other posts about the Sahara you’ll know I spent a lot of time looking into this. If you want to ride a camel through the Sahara desert and sleep under the stars, this post is for you. I apologize for the length, but I’m anything if not thorough! (more…)
When we first decided to head to Morocco I had visions of the Sahara desert in my head. I pictured us riding camels under the night sky salted with millions of twinkling stars. (more…)
If you’ve read my other posts regarding the Sahara you will have learned that I wanted very much to drive from Marrakesh to Merzouga and arrange a camel tour when we arrived – but unfortunately that wasn’t in the cards. (more…)
My run in Essaouira, Morocco had quite a nice mix. I started off in the medina(the historic non-european part of north-African towns) where I promptly got lost, eventually made my way to the city wall and ran along that until I found the beach. (more…)
While not on most backpackers or budget world traveller’s lists due to the expensive nature of Dubai, we ended up there during a visit to my sister, brother-in-law, and niece. While Dubai is unfortunately high on the beer index (a cheap beer being about 15 CAD in most places!), it does offer several things to do and see for the budget-conscious traveller, and having a free place to stay sure helped us.
Dubai is, to put it simply, hot. While we were there it was regularly 35C or more during the day, and would dip down to a cool 25-30C at night. (more…)