Exploring Essaouira – 33 photos of this amazing town on the west coast of Morocco
Someone said I must go to Essaouira, so I went. I didn’t know it was meant to be this kind of hippy place where Jimi Hendrix came in ’69 and stayed for 2 years… or something? I don’t know. There’s loads of stories round here. So let me show you Essaouira – in 33 photos. […]
Marrakech by van – 14 photos and a sound recording
I spent 3 days in Marrakech. That was enough. It’s an amazing, crazy, irritating and tiring city. You have to go here! So here are some photos of my time in Marrakech. I recommend playing the sound recording below whilst you look at the photos. If I could have recorded the smells I would have, but […]
Breaking down in Morocco and how I got it fixed
We were driving in the van (family in the back) to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco – see this post. The temperature gauge hit 3/4 and there was a loss of power. I pulled over and there was a lot of coolant missing. In this post I’ll go through what happened and how I got […]
Exploring The High Atlas Mountains of Morocco – and access by van
After meeting my family In marrakech (and the van breaking down – see Breaking down in Morocco) we spent the new year in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. We drove to the mountain village of Imlil which is a starting point for many hiking routes, including the route to Toubkal – the highest mountain in […]
My first week in Morocco – by van
I got to Morocco on Christmas day. Also a full moon… See my other post on How to get from Spain to Morocco by campervan – in 4 steps My first wild camping experience I found a place by the coast. Police knocked on the van asking me for 35 euros and, from what I […]
How to get from Spain to Morocco by campervan – in 4 steps
I crossed from Spain to Morocco in my van on Christmas day (after my christmas breakfast – see video). This was a bit different to all the other European crossings that I’m used to so I thought I’d do a post to help anyone who wants to do this in a van or vehicle. There […]
Vanlife – Christmas breakfast video
After Portugal (see post) I found a nice lake in Spain (Embalse de Barbate) to spend some of Christmas day. Here’s a 3 minute video of Christmas morning in my van: I spent the other half of the day getting to Morocco – I will make a separate post on this. So this was my second […]
Portugal by van – my journey in 20 photos
I spent 11 days driving north to south through Portugal in my van. I love this country and it has to be one of the most van friendly countries I’ve been to! Here’s my journey through in 20 photos, driving from north to south: Exploring Porto See other post: 17 photos of Porto that made […]
Jumping out of a plane at 14000ft with Chris, a follower of the blog
Whilst travelling through Portugal in the van I got a message from Chris, a follower of the blog. He said to come to stop by in Alvor in the Algarve. He also said that maybe we can do a sky dive. He meant what what he said. Meet Chris, from Scotland And Marcus from Manchester. […]