Category: All-posts
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What is there to see and do in curiously crazy Cairo?
Its not so much the city which is curious, though it is crazy, rather it’s the people. You see, sadly tourism has all but died here and there is evidence of that almost everywhere, especially down-town. The streets are littered with many things, chiefly dirtiness but in this context, tour-hosting businesses. I observed and admired […]
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Wrapping up my time in Morocco
Just last week I smashed my train travel record racking up 7.5 hours and yesterday I broke my bus record reaching Casablanca, or ‘Casa’ as the Moroccan’s would say, in a solid 6 hourer! I can also tell you that was my final journey in Morocco as I won’t, for several reasons, be spending any notable time […]
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Chefchaouen: Fifty shades of blue
I’ve arrived at Chefchaouen; an instantly likeable and popular tourist destination. Visitors seek out Chefchaouen due to its relaxed vibe, pleasant mountainous surroundings and spectacle that is all things blue. Having heard the city was indeed painted blue, naturally my expectations were set accordingly but on discovery that only a large portion of the buildings […]
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Journey to and arrival at FES
Have you ever heard of the Moroccan city named Fes? This city boasts some impressive facts and figures so hopefully by the end of the post, you’ll have learnt some memorable things about Fes making it not just another city, and certainly not just another city to forget. For starters, with over a 1 million population count, […]
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Three nights in Marrakech…
This might not seem like much time to spend here – especially considering I spent a week in the relaxed, less well known village of Essaouira. However, my reasons for only wanting three days in Marrakech can be explained. You see, contrary to popular belief, there are not a bucket load of things to do […]
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A weekend in Agadir
‘Should I stay or should I go’? I’ve learnt that Agadir appears to definitely divide opinion between travellers and tourists. ‘Don’t go to Adagir, there’s nothing to do there’. ‘If you do go there, you won’t even need a night – just a day at most’. Those two sentences I’d heard multiple times in Essaouira and […]