Rascally Rabat

Position: 34°01’33.7″N 6°50’15.3″W Truth be told I’ve never been big into discos. Sure after a few Rusty Nails and a plate of pasta at the ski lodge I might make my way downstairs in some forgettable nearby Italian hotel and …

Milestones

Position: 29°1.086’N 13°37.572’W This week was going to be about Morocco. After a month’s travel through that dry and wondrous country we have so much more to tell you than what we’ve already posted. But something else happened and it’s …

Tangiers

Position: 35°47’07.7″N 5°48’38.9″W Morocco’s ancient port of Tangiers is changing. Since Carol’s last visit 11 years ago, the city has expanded significantly. Hotels and a brand-new international marina now line the bay to the east, while apartment blocks and wholly …

Blue Hilly Streets

Position: 35°10’07.2″N 5°15’56.1″W Every tourist town needs a draw. Chicago is the Windy City and the home of Al Capone. New York is the city that never sleeps. London is the home of queens and Pearly Kings. Chefchaouen, Morocco, is …

Into the Orca’s Kitchen

Position: 35°57’06.4″N 5°50’56.4″W Orcas are wild animals. No amount of anthropomorphising changes that. For the past five years Iberia’s orcas have been ‘interacting’ with boats up and down the Spanish-Portuguese coast. Interacting means physical contact. Anything from a bump to …

Man (soon to be) Overboard

Position: 37°02’27.7″N 8°53’37.7″W Sometime remakes are better than the original. Sometimes things should be left just as they were. Our early misadventure with Nell’s towline on the Great Bahama Bank seven-and-a-half years ago (seems like yesterday, doesn’t it? – ed.) …

Douro Valley Daze

Position: 41°09’16.7″N 7°46’57.1″W Another four days of Atlantic churn meant we could tick off a barrel-sized item on our bucket list: wine tasting in the heart of the Douro Valley. But first we had a hoped-for date with monster waves …