Facts You DO NOT Want to Know about the Sahara Desert.

Before a trip, I invariably read up a little on my proposed destination – it’s a practice I heartily recommend. I truly believe that arming yourself with a few facts beforehand can significantly enhance your peregrinations. But a word of warning: Don’t read too much, especially if you are planning to venture into the Sahara Desert. And here’s for why:- Read more

Desert Dreams and Harsh Realities

I have an awakening of sorts, and I find myself in a place like no other. I look north through a most peculiar, shimmering haze and, in an instant, my eye is drawn to a single, verdant strip of irrigation – no wider than a soccer pitch – stretching out into the distance as far as I care to follow. This narrow lifeline appears to be more than a vehicle for survival, though, as it also adopts the arguably less important role of dividing range. It’s the demarcation between 2 completely different yet equally harsh and unforgiving landscapes. And, as I currently stand upon this modest thread of land, it now physically separates all that lay before me and that which I currently shun. I am, literally, standing between a rock and hardest place of all. Read more

Meknes and the Mad, Mad Moulay (Ismail)

From Fes we took a short 2 hour hop southeast to our second Imperial City, Meknes. To be quite honest, I expected a tad more from a city dubbed the Moroccan Versailles. Quite what I had expected I don’t know, but, from first impressions, it didn’t strike me as a bright, shining star of Moroccan urbanity. Read more