Iran
Before we left on holiday I told colleagues in Helsinki I would be off-line for a couple of weeks as we were going to Iran. The next day, one of…
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 day in Roman Morocco
On our way to Fes we spent a couple of hours at Volubilis, an extensive Roman city covering 42 hectares. It was founded about the 3rd century BC, and was…
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…