Tag: Africa
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Tanzania – It’s not winter here!
Read more: Tanzania – It’s not winter here!After 28 hours of travel from Cyprus, we were rewarded with glorious 34C heat in Tanzania! We haven’t forgotten the winter of 2013-14 where we lost power in December for a week and had -34C. This was a change for the better in my opinion! Despite being a long journey with a bit of turbulence…
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Tasty Tagine
Read more: Tasty TagineHave you ever tried Moroccan tagine? We have, and it is so yummy! While at our riad in Morocco, Latifa, the customer relations person, arranged for us to do a cooking class in the kitchen to learn how to make tagine. We are really excited to add this to our global field trip recipe book and make it…
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Moroccan Delights
Read more: Moroccan DelightsWhile in Morocco, we were introduced to many new styles of architecture, culture and ways of life. We really enjoyed the different types of Moroccan dishes we tried and wanted to share them with you all. For breakfasts, we would eat at our riad or kasbah while on the road. For the most part the breakfasts…
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Sunrise and Sunset in the Sahara
Read more: Sunrise and Sunset in the SaharaThis is by far the easiest blog post I’ve ever had to write. Our adventure continued to the big dunes at Erg Chebbi, about 70 km from the Algerian border. We arrived at the dunes shortly before 5pm, with the goal of riding into the dunes on camels and capturing the last rays of the sun…
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Sahara Desert Experience
Read more: Sahara Desert ExperienceSalam! (Hello!- in Arabic) As part of our trip to Morocco, we wanted to ride camels in the Sahara desert. To get to the Sahara desert from Fes, we had to go on a long drive. We had a guide with us as well as a driver for our trip. Our driver Hassan and our guide Hamid…