Position: 43°05’30.0″N 11°46’48.2″E “Not many people travel the way we do,” I commented in passing to Carol. “No,” she agreed, “they don’t.” Driving up the switchbacks towards the towers of San Gimignano, we drank in the bare trees and vineyards …
Position: 28°15’10.6″N 16°37’32.3″W Winters in the Canaries are generally mild. From November onward the trade winds settle in and blow a steady 20-30 knots out of the northeast by late January. Sea temperatures hover around 20C all year round, keeping …
Position: 28°23’33.5″N 13°51’23.0″W If Lanzarote is Biarritz on the Moon, then Fuerteventura is Benidorm on Mars. Sailing down the east coast of Fuerteventura the landscape is one of endless fields of barren red sands split by an occasional road. Triangular …
Position: 28°55’01.3″N 13°42’09.3″W Alice Kramden‘s perennially abusive husband Ralph used to threaten to send her to the moon. At the end of his fist. If she wanted to go to the moon, Alice could have divorced Ralph and bought a …
Position: 34°03’51.4″N 4°58’33.6″W The Marrakech Express Tourists fly directly to Marrakech from all over the world. Its central location makes it a good jumping off point for the Atlas Mountains, the Sahara Desert and Morocco’s major cities. Excursions of three …
Position: 29°48’19.6″N 6°09’11.6″W Damn but it was quiet. Quiet enough to hear yourself breathe. Quiet enough to occasionally catch the lub-dup of your lover’s heartbeat. Quiet enough to hear the soft tinkling of sand as it tumbled uphill away from …
Position: 31°08’08.5″N 7°55’10.4″W The High Atlas Mountains draws hikers and climbers and hippies from far and wide. The rugged peaks offer refuge from the searing heat of the desert and some stunning scenery to boot. Imlil is the centre of …
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 …
Position: 31°29’18.1″N 9°46’27.8″W Like so many young girls I fell in love with horses long before I rode one. My childhood bestie, Ginger, shared the same obsession. We spent countless hours playing with our beloved collection of plastic horses, lost …
