Casablanca
Our final day in Morocco started with a bus trip to Casablanca. The scenery changed from dry desert-like terrain to lush green as we approached the coastline. We stopped for lunch in a waterfront restaurant and then headed into the…
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Marrakech (proper spelling)
Our first full day in Marrakech was a busy one! We started out with a tour of the Kasbah, a royal gravesite that was buried for centuries after a regime change. It was rediscovered in the 1950’s. Inside we found…
The Marrakesh Express
Day four of our Moroccan adventure took us to Marrakesh. I had the CSN (Crosby, Stills, and Nash) song in my head all day! The Marrakesh Express. “Wouldn’t you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh Express Wouldn’t you know we’re…
The Medina Maze in Fez
The next morning after a nice breakfast, we hopped on the bus for a tour of Fez. Another modern city with hundreds of years of history. After a short ride, we came to the entrance to the medina (suq) in…
Romans and Ruins
Day two of our Moroccan adventure started with a beautiful sunrise and then a bus tour of the capital city of Morocco. Our first stop was the mausoleum of King Mohammed V and the Hassan Tower. It was constructed beginning…
Morocco – Day One
After a very long day and a half of flying – Seattle to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Casablanca – we arrived mid day to a very modern city on a continent we have never…
February 2018
We returned to Ecuador in February 2018 to explore more of the country and have a visit to the coast to see if maybe that was an option for us to live. We rented a small car to get us…
Esmeraldes and Atacames – the north coast of Ecuador
Day two of our trip to the coast saw us travelling down Hwy 15, Ecuador’s equivalent to Hwy 101 down the west coast of the US. We crossed a few rivers, passed through many small, very poor communities and eventually…
Clammy on the coast….a trip to Las Penas
After three weeks living in Cotacachi in the highlands of Ecuador, we decided to take a short trip to the northern coast of this beautiful country. It is about a four hour drive from Cotacachi to our destination – Las…
Mojanda Lakes
High above the town of Otavalo is a series of three lakes formed inside the calderas of the now extinct volcanoes Mohanda and Fuya Fuya. The elevation is around 12,200 ft at the largest lake, Mohanda. This is a protected…