A city with moor & Spanish heritage – Ronda has been around for centuries. Built around a gorge and incredibly beautiful countryside. And chilly😄 and a point on the Camino!

Beautiful Seville.

Amazing buildings. Fabulous parks.

Fun small streets. So many tourists🙃

Love this place!

Cádiz has somehow avoided the tourist crush & kept its charm. Small, quaint streets. Lovely historic buildings. Great food. Very walkable.

Time to say goodbye to Morocco & Africa. High speed train to Tangiers- ex ferry crossing/ should be in Tarifa Spain to watch kitesurfers by afternoon. HA! So much for plans. Mother Nature had other plans. High winds cancelled traditional ferry crossing & we had to adopt Plan B. Taxi 50km to a different port in Morocco & take a huge ship to a different port. We arrived in Algecerises around 9:30 & found a nice hotel-whew! A hot shower felt amazing. Ready to explore—Cádiz Spain here come.

Such an adventure on many fronts.

First time we have taken a tour. Loved meeting new friends from around the world. Loved Intrepid Travel small group(13) and their mild adventure format. Desert camel ride & overnight. Guest house stay. Hikes. Excellent local guides- Zaid. Layla, Jihad. And Hassan our leader.

Loved wandering Morocco- Todra Canyon, High Atlas, Essaouira, Tangiers, Marrakech, Chefchaouen.

Amazed by diversity. Mountains & snow to Sahara Desert dunes to Atlantic Ocean beach. Diversity of people, from very cosmopolitan to goat herders. From shiny Mercedes to mule carts. From lovely homes to modest clay mud abodes. Morocco as a country seems to be embracing ‘moving forward.’ High speed trains, lovely stations, education. And, yet get ready —really ready to bargain with your taxi driver! 😄 And the aspiring F1 taxi driver I described earlier -the swerve &screech were real. As was him letting us off .5 miles from our riad & then aggressive negotiations over taxi fare – after it had been agreed upon. We finally relented – as we don’t want retaliation 😄

The souks in Fez/crazy.

Road closed by snow in Atlas Mtns- unexpected.

Amazing people & food. Marvelous!

YES – I do suggest you experience it yourself!

Morocco’s train stations are wonderful. Sunny, bright, cafes. All the good stuff

Rabat,Tangier, CasaBlanca all had great stations

It was suggested to treat ourselves to a visit to this fabulous hotel. Beautiful gardens& building. & great Kir 😄

The last stop on our tour. Bustling. Not-too-big. Fun. Vibrant.

Started with a city tour & saw a bit of the market. Please zoom in to the market to get an idea of the activity.

Then next day toured historical sites. Intricate ancient tile work – amazing.

Next, spice market

A land of contrasts – last night in high Atlas Mountains – we froze – tonight at beach – we could have swam in Atlantic. Tho – we had dinner instead! 😄

Essaouira – we stayed in Medina(walled old city,) and the sun was shining & it was lovely. Had fabulous fresh fish for dinner & then toured city with Zaid the next morning.