Tag: Africa

Fes

ByTravelling Minion October 22, 2023 3 Comments
Heading to Fes Today we wake up early since we want to beat the Casablanca traffic enroute to Fes. We quickly have some breakfast at our hotel before loading up our van and head out of the city. We spend some time watching as the city turns into the countryside. After a few hours of driving we arrive at our first stop. The remains of the roman city of Volubilis. Volubilis Volubilis is the site of...

Casablanca, Morocco

ByTravelling Minion October 15, 2023 4 Comments
I'm on the road again, this time to Morocco starting in Casablanca! For Gimpy and I, this is one of the few remaining bucket list countries for both of us. So after a year of planning we are finally ready for this Moroccan adventure. Originally, we are flying from Vancouver to Montreal then onward to Casablanca. However, the day before we leave, a notification that our once generous layover is...

Continental Minion! Checking all the Continents off the bucket list

ByMinion-Chris April 30, 2017 1 Comment
Visiting all Seven Continents With the completion of my recent trip to Australia, not only did I check Australia off the "visit list", but also hitting all seven continents from my bucket list as well. For as long as I can remember, stepping foot on all seven continents had always been at the top of my bucket list. And for the past several years, there was a focused effort to make that dream a...

Wrapping up our Africa trip and GALLERIES!!

ByMinion-Chris July 23, 2016 0 Comments
This will be my last post about our travels in Africa. Firstly off, I want to thank you for following me on this journey through Africa.  While it was often a "chore" to write about what we did each day, I have truly enjoyed documenting my travels in this way and am hoping to do more of this in the future! I have also updated every post with a gallery of photos so for those into pictures,...

Return to Cairo, Travel to London, and an ENGAGEMENT!

ByMinion-Chris June 29, 2016 3 Comments
  I woke up in the sleeper train refreshed about an hour outside of Cairo and I was greeted with the attendant giving me a tray for breakfast. I got changed and enjoyed four different servings of bread (It seems like this is the standard breakfast when it comes to Egypt!). We arrived a little late into Cairo due to another train on our track having some issues and having to switch tracks, so...

Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Statues of Colossi, Lunch with local Luxor Family, Final Dinner

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
We woke up early again today, we wanted to beat the midday heat again so we set off early to cross the Nile to the west bank of Luxor. We hopped in a water taxi to cross and caught some great views of the Luxor water front early in the morning. To get up a hill and closer to where we would meet our bus, Mudi had arranged for us to try riding donkeys, It wasn’t very different from riding a...