If I could give this year a defining word (in my personal experience) Id say the word is: Colombia. Not only did Disney just release a new movie last month about Colombia titled Encanto, which honestly blew my mind, but we also got to take a whirl wind trip all around Colombia. I got to finally meet my blood relatives that live on the Colombian coast. Meeting them actually brought me so much closu Read on...
Tout dabord mes excuses pour les habitus de la lecture du matin. Ce qui sest pass, hier au soir jai fini trs tard, pour envoyer le blog il y a une procdure, que jai bien suivi, cest arriv peut tre 10 fois sur plus de 500 blogs, ils ne partent pas, pourquoi?. Habituellement je vrifie toujours, hier au soir, fatigu, je suis all au lit direct, sans contrler. Je ne lai vu que ce matin.
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Occupying the northwest shoulder of the African continent, Morocco is rich with history and full of color. For some, its essence can be found in the bustling souks and walled medinas of Imperial Cities like Marrakesh and Fez. For others, the country is typified by the plunging sand dunes, camel trains, and Bedouin villages of the Sahara Desert. There is something for every kind of traveler in Moro Read on...
We had read about the sunrise on the red cliffs at Ardrossan being spectacular so we were up before the sun and off to the Ardrossan jetty to take photos. While waiting for the sun to rise we met a Golden Retriever puppy named Gus and chatted to the locals fishing for squid and blue swimmer crabs. At 7.10am the sun rose behind a bank of clouds so we had to wait a little longer before the sun rose Read on...
After a flight, we left the minus temperature and snow in Calgary behind to arrive in La Paz with a temperature of C. A departure delay and then arrival delays, resulted in us arriving in La Paz just in time for dinner so provisioning Rukba, a 41 Beneteau, had to wait until the morning. The crew went into town to buy provisions while I had the chart briefing and boat orientation. As soon as the Read on...
As a schoolboy during the 1950s and 60s, I was constantly eating mince pies and currant cake. These were baked by my mother in the oven of our Reading kitchen. We were a poor family, and Mum was a consummate housewife who saved money by baking all manner of things: apple tarts (using windfall apples from our back garden), apple crumbles, rhubarb tarts, jam tarts, treacle tarts, lemon meringue (wh Read on...
We woke up as the sun shone through the verandah door into our room. After the 400 km North to South drive along the Drakensberg mountain range, we were quite happy to have a day off driving. We also woke up hearing a strange for us unusual noise. Walking out of the room we got a big surprise. A male peacock was courting a female with all his beauty, showing off his wonderful colorful tail and mak Read on...
It was afternoon before I started driving up the steep grade on Interstate Hwy. 25 from Raton, New Mexico to Raton Pass at the Colorado State line. Just a short distance (about 100 meters) into Colorado was a nice scenic overlook with a good view of Colorado on the main trail of the Santa Fe Trail connecting Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The settlers from Missouri would see the Read on...
Not only did we do 9.25km of walking today, most of it was on the steep inclines of Dover Castle and the white cliffs. Im exhausted!
We headed over the Dover Castle right when it opened at 10:00. Before we got here, we had no idea how big it was. We started our tour with the Saxon church and Roman lighthouse at the Center of the grounds both of which were built AD.
From there we went through th Read on...
Although our RV has cable, its only the basic Seattle channels, so any news beyond weather is only the acceptable Seattle news, so we mostly have ignored it. Its really quite interesting how life in a of KOA campers can an engaging experience.
Last night before dark, we heard what sounded like a bulldozer starting up and working on the other side of the campground. After a little while, we saw th Read on...