Matador - Morocco

Hiking Jebel Toubkal

bradogie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:56:22 -0500

I know, I know, this blog is long overdue! I'm actually home now but the last week of our trip was so chaotic and busy that the sitting down to write a blog was pretty much out of the question. So here it is, as promised: How to get to and climb Mount Toubkal from Marrakesh in 2 Days.

Phase...

Fes and Marrakech

bradogie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:33:57 -0500

After our experiences on the bus I wasn't at all looking forward to arriving in Fes. We had to get our bags back from the porters who take your bags and then insist that you pay for them. As I'd already paid, there was no way I was going to pay again. Playing the stupid tourist in this kind of...

Bus to Fes

bradogie — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:37:27 -0500

Maybe it was the heat, but I the thought crossed my mind about leaving Morocco and we've barely been here two days. It was probably 40 degrees C on the bus that came 45 minutes late to take us from Chefchaouen to Fes, for which we were charged an extra 20 Dirhams each by some pushy prick to put...

Ceuta to Chefchaouen

bradogie — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:34:25 -0500

We got off the bus at the border and started walking. We into the wrong line (unsigned) and were redirected by the civil police, 100m up the almost deserted walkway, past all the booths with no signs, and right up to the border guard.

"No," he says, making the universal Stamp sign on...

Agadir, Morocco

switzin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:40:29 -0600

Agadir, located in the south of Morocco, did not strike me as a model out of A Thousand and One Nights. On the contrary, the modernity of the city was rather a disappointment. After the disembarkment from our ship, the Marco Polo, we were shuttled along a three-mile stretch of dusty roadwork before we...

Photo View

switzin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:50:16 -0600

I just got back from my trip to Switzerland, Spain, Morocco and Brazil.
While for some of you this continent hopping is a usual occurrence, it still amazes me how easy traveling has become, and how much we can see in one trip.
Over the next few weeks, I will share some of my pictures with you....

The World Wide Web

Adam — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:22:34 -0500

The front page of today’s Chicago Tribune has an article that is the first in an extended series of economic-themed travel articles to be written in the coming weeks by Tribune foreign correspondent Evan Osnos. His journey will take him into the...