TANZANIA II: OFF TO THE COAST
In this post we explore the island of Zanzibar and the coast of Tanzania during the winter of 2020.
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April 13, 2021
TANZANIA: AND THE SAFARI CONTINUES
We left Kenya early to join a pre-Christmas safari with my brother who came from Switzerland to Tanzania. Overall we spent a bit more than a month in Tanzania exploring not only the vast savannas of the north but also the awesome beaches and the island life of Zanzibar.
March 29, 2021
KENYA: LET THE SAFARI BEGIN
More than three weeks in Egypt are enough for us and after the cultural overload, we were longing for some distraction. Checking possible destinations south to Egypt it turned out that Kenya is the next possible one. Sudan is too unstable, Ethiopia just started off a civil war and Somalia is obviously also off the table. So we organized a PCR test in Cairo and got on a plane straight to Kenya. Straight? Well, that would have been too easy. Of course, we only found a connection through the United Arab Emirates with a stop in the middle of the…
January 19, 2021
EGYPT: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
This travel blog takes you through Egypt with all its glorious sites. From Cairo to Alexandria, Hurghada, Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel.
January 8, 2021
TURKEY: ANKARA AND THE BLACK SEA COAST
After spending little time in the west of Turkey we continue to discover the capital of Turkey and the less travelled Black Sea Coast. This way we try to avoid the heat of the Mediterranean and still visit the north of Turkey before it’s getting too cold.
November 2, 2020
TURKEY: DISCOVERING WESTERN AND CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Our adventure across Turkey starts in the nowhere-land that represents the southern Greece-Turkish border. In this blog post we'll travel as far as Ankara and discover on the way lovely cities such as Iznik, Bursa or Eskisehir. One of the highlights is the Uludag National Park.
October 18, 2020
EXPLORING GREECE: THE NORTHWEST
In this blog post, we’ll talk about our journey across the eastern part of mainland Greece. In roughly ten days we made our way to the border with Turkey. On the way, we took in as much as possible, exploring archeological sites, enjoying beaches and climbing in the mountains.
October 6, 2020
GREECE: PART ONE
In the course of three weeks, we explored Greece. We were delighted that Greece still boasts of a lot of untouched nature, making it an awesome destination for exploring off the beaten path.
September 28, 2020
ITALY: 10 DAYS DOLCE VITA
We decided to continue our travel through Italy in order to get east. To make Italy more adventurous, we have chosen less travelled roads and national parks.
September 14, 2020
PORTUGAL: FOLLOWING THE COAST ALL THE WAY UP
Soon after the ferry to Spain we made our way to Portugal. Even during this difficult travel time, Portugal has stayed open and found a good compromise between safety precautions and enabling tourism. Having already visited Porto and Lissbon, we were excited to see more of Portugal and explore its coast. ALGARVE Although many places in the Algarve are touristic there are still a few remote beaches and with COVID going on we were lucky to experience fewer tourists as usual. Our trip through the Algarve started on July 8. After a quick visit to Tavira, we drove on to…
August 8, 2020
JULY: FINALLY FREE AGAIN
We made a run for it. Shortly after our last blog post and the hundred days celebration we took our chances to get out of Marrakech and into Zone 1. Our journey finally continues outside the 5km radius of Marrakech.
July 13, 2020
WEEK 13-19: HUNDRED DAYS STUCK
Hundred Days. TWO-THOUSAND-FOUR-HUNDRED hours. That’s how long we’ve now been stuck in this campground in Marrakech. If all goes well, we will not stick around much longer, so we thought it's time to start blogging again. CAMP LIFE SINCE OUR LAST POST Over the last weeks, we led a regular life on the campground with all its ups and downs. Across language barriers and age gaps we formed new friendships and despite some repetition in the conversational topics (weather and lockdown rumours are high on the list), we had some great days and evenings. Most of the time we kept…
June 24, 2020
WEEK 11/12: SUMMER VIBES
Time flies by and we’re getting closer to being 2 months on the same campsite. I expected to celebrate my birthday somewhere in West Africa, but here we are… This post will be another challenge in not becoming trivial and not repeating ourselves, but such is the sedentary life: dominated by routine.
May 14, 2020
WEEK 9 / 10: WHERE DID THE TOUR GO?
As the lockdown continues this blog continues without the “on Tour” part of its name. Therefore we decided to keep the bi-weekly rhythm for now. Little has significantly changed since the conclusion from our last post. That’s both great as well as disappointing. This post might be a little more philosophical than the past, but hey, we have time...
April 27, 2020
WEEK 7 / 8: SPENDING EASTER IN MOROCCO
We spent the last 14 days staying on the campground. No shopping trips, no other big adventures, just daily life in a camper van. Combined with a headache in the first days of week 8 we decided to merge two blog posts into one.
April 13, 2020
WEEK 6: MOROCCAN ROUTINES
And so it begins… Confinement. We left our secure home to travel, experience new places and meet new people with their own way of living. Whether we make it to South Africa or not was unsure form the beginning, but trying it and exploring this unknown was all the appeal.
April 2, 2020
WEEK 5: STUCK IN MOROCCO
This week consisted of fixing our first problem (tires) and then being caught in the global pandemic of COVID-19. We arrived Sunday afternoon in Marrakech and except for supermarkets and hospitals (we’ll come to that later), we have not yet seen much of the city.
March 24, 2020
WEEK 4: CROSSING MOROCCO
This week took us back in time, brought us to the deserts, and tested our skills at tire changing. Crossing Morocco has been a great pleasure and we're not done yet.
March 16, 2020