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The weathers been a bit hit and miss this last week, but we’ve made the most of it. Swimming at our sheltered spot in Costa Teguise. Walking the interesting Famara beach, with its dark mountain backdrop. Continuing on the Manrique theme, we took a trip to see his final (he died in 1992) project; “ElContinue reading “The cactus garden and wine region”

Driving around Lanzarote it’s easy to imagine how the island nearly fell into the hands of greedy property developers, hell bent on throwing up as many concrete apartment buildings as they could, all of which would have obscured the landscape and dreamy panoramas out across the Atlantic. There are still some sizeable apartment buildings atContinue reading “The Timanfaya national park and Cesar Manrique”

I’ve not been to the moon before, but the landscape here in Lanzarote is how I’d imagine it to look like. We landed in the capital “Arrecife “at about 7pm, but by the time we’d got on the road it was closer to 8pm. I haven’t driven for a while and the unfamiliar roads withContinue reading “A moon landing…Lanzarote”

We got out of the taxi and said our goodbyes to Miloud as a weathered chap put our cases into the small cart and we made our way through the winding medina, to the “Medina Sun“ a small Riad, where thankfully I’d had the forethought to order food the day before. It takes a goodContinue reading “Christmas in Marrakesh”

We’ve really enjoyed the laid back feel of Essaouira with its colourful markets, good restaurants and it’s very welcoming people. We had some some sad news this week with the sudden passing of Rachel’s father. Rach was very close to her dad. Rach’s parents travelled extensively right up to their late seventies so they’ve enjoyedContinue reading “Leaving Essaouira.”

It’s been a strange 3, or 4 days. Morocco doesn’t get a lot of rain, but we’ve been here for a few of those days and it’s been very welcome to the farming community. Watching the rain coming down through the centre of our Riad has made for some interesting viewing, it’s also turned itContinue reading “A trip to a Berber village & kitesurfing”

As I mentioned previously life here is a little slower, but then a lot more social. We’ve got our exercise routines before sunrise, with trips into the colourful souk to haggle with the vendors….we’ll it’s become more like friendly banter. Lunchtimes we’ve gotten into our beach walks, which are always interesting and very relaxing. WeContinue reading “The beach and the World Cup”

There’s some great restaurants here and a good few of them we’ve had the pleasure of dining at. The ‘tardis’ like restaurants line the small streets, intermingled with the impressive galleries and artisan stores. Essaouira has a hippie vibe running through its DNA, which in turn creates a very relaxed atmosphere everywhere. The medina isContinue reading “The rhythm of life & a promo”

We’ve enjoyed Rabat, but after nearly seven weeks, the time has come to move on. We’ve found it both interesting and very welcoming, in fact we’ve found all the places we’ve visited here in Morocco to be that way. Our car arrived at Salé airport at around 5:30pm, for an internal flight leaving at 7pmContinue reading “From Rabat to Essaouira”

There’s one bullet train (TGV) set up in North Africa and it’s called “Al Boraq” running from Casablanca to Tangier and seeing that Rabat sits in the middle, we were looking forward to checking it out. The initial implementation was completed 4 yrs ago (further expansion across Morocco is planned). The trains have a topContinue reading “In a hurry to get to Tangier”