Sleeping under the Stars in Morocco

Sleeping under the stars in Morocco 3

As part of an organ­ised tour through Morocco, we had an overnight camp in the Sahara Desert. Arriv­ing at an auberge or inn, we had a chance to off­load our bags, col­lect overnight gear and sip mint tea before climb­ing onto camels for an hour long ride through the mag­ni­fi­cent dunes of Erg Chebbi. The views as we were rid­ing were amaz­ing — rolling dunes of a beau­ti­ful orange gold col­our and so peace­ful. The camels seemed so pla­cid, happy to stay in form­a­tion, and did as they were told. I’m sure they would have found their own way to the camp, but we had a guide lead­ing us. Con­tinue read­ing

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Indian Rails

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I am always sur­prised at how effi­cient and friendly the Indian rail reser­va­tion people are. 5 minutes in their office and I left with a 300 Rupee ticket for an overnighter from Mum­bai to Goa, leav­ing tomor­row night. Saves me a nights accom­mod­a­tion as well! Really look­ing for­ward to the beach now!

Costa Rican Tales

Sunset Surf in Playa Guiones, Costa Rica

We often wander dir­ec­tion­less on our travels but other times, like now, we are on a mis­sion. The des­tin­a­tion is a little place called Playa Guiones on the west­ern, Pacific side of Costa Rica. We have focused spe­cific­ally on this goal based purely on a rumour of world class surf. Con­tinue read­ing

Cañón del Sumidero

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Canon del Sumidero

In the sum­mer of 2004 I star­ted my trip to Mex­ico explor­ing the fed­eral state of Chiapas (Estado Libre y Sober­ano de Chiapas). One of the first places I have vis­ited has been the Cañón del Sum­i­dero on board of a boat. It is a nar­row canyon with an enchant­ing mul­ti­fa­ceted river with a dense veget­a­tion, rapa­cious mon­keys and cro­codiles. The cañón’s walls are not only as high as 1000 meters but also 14 km long fin­ish­ing with the dike Chi­coasén. Con­tinue read­ing

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