It was supposed to be an easy day travelling from Essaouira on the coast to Setti Fatma in the High Atlas Mountains…but things didn’t go quite to plan. We walked like snails with our heavy backpacks through the quiet medina which was being swept and shutters slowly opened for another day of business. There were…
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Exploring Dades Gorge and the famous kasbahs of Aït Benhaddou | Morocco
Dades Gorge instantly impressed us with its red rock formations, reminiscent of the scenery in Utah and Arizona. Our hotel was along the valley and the bedroom door opened onto a terrace with incredible views of rolling hills, colourful gorges and the milky river below. A few kilometres away were the ‘Monkey Finger’ rock formations…
Storm clouds, rainbows and drowning sheep | Morocco
The typical Moroccan blue skies were quickly swapped with menacing black clouds as we set off on a 4-5 hour hike through the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Hallid led us along dusty tracks for superb views of the beige mountains stained with red patterns. We followed the river valley, passing little mud-brick villages and…
Living with Berbers and hiking in the Atlas Mountains
e wanted to extend our stay in Morocco by doing some volunteering and our first port of call for this was a small Berber village in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. It actually didn’t involve any work, but we found it on the volunteering website we use. Instead of working we had to pay…
A misty hike up Jebel El Kelaa, Morocco
There’s a lot more to Chefchaouen than just the picture-perfect blue alleys, just look up and you’ll see the raw peaks of the Rif mountains looming above the blue medina. We definitely wanted to do some hiking while in town so we decided to head up the 1616m summit of Jebel El Kelaa in the…
The Smoky Mountains | Tennessee
To reach the Great Smoky Mountains we left the Blue Ridge Parkway and veered into Tennessee. There were a few entry points into the National Park this way and and it would also give us a very small taste of the ‘soundtrack of America’ state. As we reached the small village of Cosby big signs…
Exploring the Appalachian Mountains
After the long drive east it was finally time to head south towards Florida – the scenic route of course. So we started the journey in Shenandoah National Park where the Skyline Parkway begins. It’s an extremely scenic road that winds its way along a ridgline in the Appalachian mountains. Instead of normal pointy mountains…
Canyons and wild horses in Wyoming
Not far east from Yellowstone and spread between Wyoming and Montana is a deep canyon with ochre walls and a crocodile coloured lake flowing through it. Around the canyon rims are wild horses and big horn sheep and along the roads are empty trails are tumble weeds. We couldn’t quite believe how quiet the park…
Going to the sun road, Glacier National Park
Our first full day in Montana started off very well. I opened the blinds of our van to see we were surrounded by cows. They were all grazing around us, it was like a novelty hotel or restaurant; eating lucky charms in bed while admiring cows in a natural environment. Maybe I’ll trademark that. We…
More Bears, boating and hiking in Waterton Lakes
Our early start was rewarded with a perfect crisp morning, pure blue skies and morning mist drifting over lakes. We’d camped just outside Waterton Lakes National Park so headed back into the park stopping often for photos as the sun was rising. It’s the only time of day where I don’t despise cob webs as…
