Northland Dec 2014
In mid-December we headed to the winterless north. The main reason was for a wedding at Matapouri (Tutakaka Coast) and that neither of us had spent much time in the…
Paris, with luggage this time
The final stop on our trip was the return to Paris for a couple of nights before the long journey back to NZ. We flew from Fes to Paris, or…
Fes
Fes was our last stop in Morocco. Most people we had spoken to said we should get a guide given the maze that is the Medina. 9,000 streets – a…
A drive through the middle Atlas mountains
In Morocco we were advised to calculate driving times using a 60km/ph average. So while the distances didn’t appear that large, the time to drive them had to be factored…
Oasis to the desert
For one and half hours on the journey out and then returning the next morning I spent a significant amount of time looking at the view below, of my camel's…
On the road in Morocco
Having done a bit of research we had worked out 2 things, 1) driving wasn't supposed to be too bad if you were used to NZ roads and 2) the…