Monthly Archives: August 2025
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Rabat, Part One
April 17 – 18 With another early morning departure, this time to catch our train to Rabat, we asked the desk clerk the night before about a taxi and they said it could be arranged, but when we asked the morning clerk, the contacts he normally uses were not available. The three of us then […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Marrakech, Part Two
April 14 – 16 For our hot air balloon ride the next day we needed to be up and out quite early, something like 6:30 so we walked out to the small plaza just outside the pedestrian lanes to the Riad. After a short wait, a driver picked us up and then made a couple […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Marrakech, Part One
April 14 – 16 After another nice breakfast at the Riad we climbed into the van for the last leg of our tour, the short drive to Marrakech. On the way down out of the mountains we stopped at a viewpoint overlooking a terraced valley reminiscent of those we’d seen in Peru and the twisting, […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Fes to Marrakech, Part Two
April 11 – 13 Our in-home lunch would again be a treat, with plenty of delicious food, this time including pita bread, cold vegetables, roasted chicken, warm noodles and kebabs, both chicken and beef. Washed down with tea, and a variety of sodas, it was more than enough to keep me full until the next […]
Europe 2025 – Intrepid Morocco – Fes to Marrakech, Part One
April 11 – 13 We set out the next morning for the beginning of three days of travel that would lead us to Marrakech, the final stop of our tour. We would spend three nights in three different locations, first at Sahara camp, next near Todra Gorge, and finally in Alt Benhaddou. That drive from […]
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