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Diana and Don This adventure will be a combination of the old and the new. The "new" will be time spent travelling in Spain and Morocco and the "old" will be time spent with family and friends in England. We are mature independent travellers who usually like to do our own thing as the mood suits, but we are doing something a little different this time. The four week road trip through Spain and Morocco will be taken with our good friends Niki and Dieter from Switzerland. They (NiDi) have planned Spain and we (DiDo) - with input from our son Martin - have planned Morocco. Thanks goodness for e-mail. There has been a lot of coordinating going on!
We really hope that as our grandchildren grow up, they too will want to take chances, have new adventures and get out of their comfort zones. There is a big world waiting out there for them to explore. Travel will expand their minds in so many ways that cannot be experienced by staring at a computer, sitting in front of a TV screen or even looking at fantastic photos. They need to see the big picture. Maybe the tales their Grandpa Don and Nana tell will inspire them to "seize the moment." We hope so.
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We spent two nights at the Zanzibar Serena Inn in Stone Town before traveling via the Jozani Forest (and a visit with the rare red colobus monkeys) to our final destination, the Karafuu Beach Resort for some R n R before the long trip home. After we waved goodbye to our fellow travelers - who were all very reluctant to leave - the three of us stayed for another couple of nights, just hanging out. We then returned to Stone Town for a night so that we could finish our shopping. There is always something else to buy and, of course, [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 5 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 387 words | [diary=250002] | 2008-02-25 20:29:54

Serena Inn, Stone Town, Zanzibar
Don and Sifuni
The rare red colobus monkey

Well, we have been back from Tanzania and Rwanda for little over a week now and are slowly assimilating everything we saw and did. I know I keep using words like amazing and stunning but that is what the whole trip was - an amazing experience - and I don’t think we will ever look at the world in quite the same way. Hopefully these memories will stay with us for a long time. It seems hard for us, in our society, to comprehend how people can have so little and yet be so happy, Children in Tanzania and Rwanda have [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 747 words | [diary=249390] | 2008-02-25 20:29:08

Just hanging out
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The only way to travel

Okay, now this is the third time I have tried to input this info on an "Apple" and I am not having much success, being totally unfamiliar with it. We had a fantastic day today visiting the Hadzabe tribe. We traveled over rocks, through dry river beds and muddy fields with the help of a local guide - no other travelers insight - it was wonderful. We have had so many memorable moments on this trip. It has been interesting traveling with a group of complete strangers but at least the one thing we all have in common is our love [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 227 words | [diary=240359] | 2008-01-31 19:29:25

Beautiful ladies
On the shores of Lake Eyasi

My plans to write a detailed blog on our trip with Martin is proving a little more difficult than I thought. The internet is not readily available in some of the magnificent spots we have been staying. So I am just going to give a general overview while I have the chance and just hope I can get in contact again a little further into the trip. This tour has exceeded our expectations in all ways. It goes without saying that Africa is amazing,just as I always knew it would be. We are thoroughly enjoying our tour with Martin and Adventures [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 225 words | [diary=239706] | 2008-01-26 18:57:15

Traditional Maasai

We have thoroughly enjoyed our time here although the weather is exactly the same as at home - wet, wet, wet! Amsterdam is a great walking city and we have covered a lot of it on foot and we have not got lost once. In answer to your unasked question Hazel - NO we did not go into any funnee cafe's - there really is not a need too as you can get high just walking down the street! The hotel was a good choice as it is centrally located and within walking distance of all major attractions but still away [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 296 words | [diary=237397] | 2008-01-22 18:49:39


I cannot believe we are setting off on another adventure barely two months after we returned from our Spain/Morocco trip. An opportunity came up that we simply could not refuse and also represents another first for us - traveling on an organized tour. One of our sons, Martin, is a Destination Specialist with a Vancouver tour company called Adventures Abroad (learn more about them by visiting www.adventures-abroad.com). Although he has been with them for many years, we have never traveled with him or seen him in action. Martin is not on the road as much as he used to be as [View Full Entry]

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Our trip has finally come to an end and as we will be returning home tomorrow, this will be the last entry. Unfortunately without any photos as I cannot download any from Jacqui's (antique) computer! As the British would say,our trip went "pear shaped" when both Don and I came down with nasty viral infections whilst staying in Devon. Needless to say we wound up not being able to get out and about and had to delay our visit to Oxford as we were not well enough to travel. We have been lucky in that the weather here as been clear [View Full Entry]

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We have been in Devon for nearly a week now and Morocco seems like a dream - were we really there? When we first started planning our trip (a lifetime ago) the the main focus was the wedding of my niece Rebecca on November 3rd (Happy Birthday Chris). Spain and Morocco were the warm up. Mind you, we saw and did so much during that portion of our travels that life seems positively sleepy right now. We have been so used to getting up early, unpacking, packing and getting ready to "hit the road" that it seems strange to be in [View Full Entry]

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A local resident - Princeton,Dartmoor
Happy Birthday Chris - this one is for you
Hannah and Dylan

Dinner at Djemma el-Fna
Dinner at Djemma el-Fna
The centre of activity in Marrakech where you will find everything from snake charmers to snail soup.
Here it is - our last entry from Morocco. Essaouira is a lovely little fishing village and the perfect place to unwind before heading on to the next stage of our trip - England. Morocco has been an amazing country to visit it truly has and we are all glad we got to see and experience so much of the culture. On the surface the driving here seems crazy, especially in the cities, where you are sharing very narrow streets with donkeys; bikes; motor bikes, cars and people. But in reality there is a lot of order to the chaos and [View Full Entry]

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Goats in trees?
Moroccan Movie Set - Essaouira
Essaouira Harbour

To be honest, our first impression of Morocco was not inspiring. The drive from Tangiers to Casablanca was a sad sight - fields and fields littered with garbage and plastic bags (mind you, we were warned). However, it did not take long for us to forget this image as, starting with our visit to the Hassan II Mosque, things improved dramatically. It seems like so much time has passed since we left Fez, but really it has only been 6 days. The diversity of the landscape has been amazing. Just when we think we have had the ultimate experience something else [View Full Entry]

HitTheRoadJack - Diana and Don | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 443 words | [diary=214286] | 2007-10-26 15:19:18

Our Bedouin Tent in Merzouga
Sunrise  - Merzouga
Our Riad - Marrakech



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