Blogs from Africa - page 2736

Ah, we´ve survived a week in Morocco, which was a much harder than i had originally expected. Lisa and I began our trip in Marrakech on the 2nd, after flying in from Madrid. We planned a full week here due to our preconceived notion that it would be quite difficult to get to the desert for some camel riding. Turns out this was not the case....so here goes.... MARRAKECH First arriving in Marrakech was incredibly overwhelming, to say the least. We took a bus in from the airport and showed him where our hostel was. He dropped us off at the Djemma el Fna and told us to go left. Hilarious. The Djemma el Fna is Africa´s largest medina, or city square. It is filled with snake charmers, storytellers, boxing, people selling everything, etc. There ... read more

ALLAH U AKBAR, ALLAH U AKBAR ASH-HADU AL-LA ILAHA ILL ALLAH - ASH-HADU AL-LA ILAHA ILL ALLAH ASH-HADU ANNA MUHAMMADAN RASULULLAAH HAYYA LA-S-SALEAH - HAYYA LA-S-SALEAH HAYYA LA-L-FALEAH - HAYYA LA-L-FALEAH ALLAHU AKBAR, ALLAHU AKBAR LA ILAHA ILL ALLAH By the time the prayer caller reached the final verse, my eyes were open and my teeth were grit in contempt. I rolled over and tried to fall back asleep before the brief silence was shattered with a second verse after the caller sucked in an Olympic swimmer-sized lung full of air. When the third verse started at 5:05AM, I couldn’t help but laugh out of frustration, knowing that Gina was wide awake beside me. Having sworn she would sleep through the obnoxiously loud banter the previous night, I felt some gratification in knowing I wasn’t ... read more

Well I've been back in London for two months now and predictably its all been a bit of a blur - lots of nights out catching up with old friends I haven't seen in ages or new friends that I made along the way in Oz and NZ. And in between that I got a job and a found somewhere to live - yup, reality has hit with an almighty thump.. for now anyway ;0) A few peops have asked about my Africa photos so here's a couple of blogs about the last 6 weeks or so of my trip..... My decision to leave Oz was all a bit spur of the moment, helped by the fact that it was raining and cold in Sydney and to be honest I fancied a change. So I booked ... read more

Luxor. So I left off with yet another photo opp, with our beloved American icon, Ronnie McDonnie. He stands just opposite the Luxor temples. What better place to put a freaky fiber glass fast food clown statue. A little bit about Luxor. Its Hot, and when I say hot I mean HOT. I think its about 112 degrees right now. You walk the streets for a few minutes, ducking into whatever shade you can find. So I find myself standing outside of this McDonald's. I can feel the air conditioning, flowing out from the cracks in its spotless door. Before I can say super size me, I am standing at the register, soaking up the air-con. I really didn't want anything, and to be honest, don’t really remember making the decision to go inside, just remember ... read more

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