When Raquel and I got to South Africa, we had a grand plan of road tripping to various Southern African countries, as I wrote about in this post. However, when we arrived in South Africa, and started calculating the costs of this road trip, we had scaled back the trip to only heading to Swaziland … Continue reading »
My brother got married last weekend and for his wedding he had a few friends come in from abroad, which meant that as was brother was getting this organized for the big event, I was given tour guide duties and make sure that the friends got a see a bit of South Africa.
Hanoi from what I understood has got two distinct touristy areas, one being the Old Quarter and the other being the area which I call the presidential quarter. This is where we decided to spend our second day in the city. From the time leaving our hostel we knew it was not going to be … Continue reading »
After seven weeks of honeymooning, Raquel and I are in London to prepare for our move to South Africa which basically means packing the few possessions we have and meeting up with friends and family for final goodbyes before our flights this Friday. The honeymoon has meant that I am very behind on my blogging … Continue reading »
We landed yesterday in Laos after a whole week in Siem Reap in Cambodia. Even though we ended up taking it easy in Siem Reap, it was still at times a very busy city, especially if you headed anywhere near the night market. The constant hassling with “You buy something?” or “You want tuk-tuk?” was very tiring … Continue reading »
As promised here is how I usually spend Christmas in South Africa. Hope everyone had a good one!
When I moved to Libya I was determined to see as much as I could with my very limiting one day weekend. So much so that within my first six months in the country I had already been camping in the Sahara twice, visited most of the Roman ruins close to Tripoli and most of … Continue reading »
I walk past seven pillars, each representing the seven principles of our constitution: Democracy, equality, reconciliation, diversity, responsibility, respect and freedom. I smile as I’m imensley proud that the birth our democracy was based on these, however around the corner of these pillars I’m faced with something which was so prevalent during those dark years … Continue reading »
I missed being in an Arab/Muslim country. Raquel had never been to one. A trip to Morocco would be perfect for an introduction to the Arab/Muslim world and it would be a perfect way for me to get my ‘Arab-world’ fix after going cold turkey for so long.
I very rarely feel the need to write a post about where I stayed unless the place is exceptional and Riad Carina is one of those places. When I decided to go to Morocco, I searched high and low for places to stay and as any city with a decent tourist infrastructure, the options were … Continue reading »
Our time in Morocco was short but I was intent on doing a day trip out of the city to either see some country side or desert. There were a couple of options, but considering our lack of time, the desert would be too far out and some of the other places simply didn’t look … Continue reading »
One thing Raquel and I were vaguely familiar with before going to Morocco was the cuisine. One of our favourite eateries in London is a small chain of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and North African restaurants called Del Aziz. We spent countless evenings there indulging on the great food and atmosphere (not to mention they have … Continue reading »
“In Morocco, my friend, nothing has fixed price…” Time after time, this was the sentence repeated endlessly in the souk by every stall owner, street vendor, henna artist or anyone ready to make a buck off an unknowing tourist. Playing the I-don’t-speak-your-language card will not work as they will repeat it in French, Spanish and any … Continue reading »
Any arab medina (old city) is a schizophrenic range of emotions and feeling living side by side. A quiet side can be a 5 minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the souks. Marrakech is different. Not because it´s not the same, but because this coexistence of chaos with serenity is even more visible … Continue reading »
I gave you a sneak peek into our trip to Morocco with that photo of the stunning sunset. Instead of writing a diary like day by day account of the trip, I’ve decided to write posts about specific areas or activities the first of which is a post the old city’s main square: Jemaa el … Continue reading »
A sneak peak at my trip to Marrakesh! Quite excited to write about as the trip completely exceeded my expectations!! More posts to follow soon!
I was reading this post by Caz from yTravelblog this morning while having coffee before heading to another day of work and it made me smile as I was thrust back to some amazing moment I’ve had on my travels, especially some of the amazing places I’ve the pleasure of sleeping at. I’ve decided to … Continue reading »
21 August While the other 12 sleep, I’m up early as decided to hike up to Rupurara Rock. The hike starts at 6:30am which means I’m up at 6:15am. I arrive at reception to see if there’s anyone waiting for for me, but there’s no one and Boniver the on duty manager tells me the … Continue reading »
20 August A couple of weeks ago I found out that the 20thof August would be a public holiday in Beira. Public holiday usually means long weekend and ultimately time to take a trip. I did some research to find out what would be the best option for weekend trip and after speaking to Zimbabwean … Continue reading »
Not far from my house in South Africa we have Marekele National Park and even closer to that, we have Marekele Predator Park. Raquel and I spent the morning there watching the majestic creature… Here are the photos…
