Grand Hotel
Travel Blogs from Beja
Day 11
... pottery, and cloth. We spent our night in a nearby citizens house. The decorations were all towards the king, Sundiata. We asked the owners abut their history and how the civilization was. We were informed that they believe in religious freedom and they are Islam, like ...
I knew i loved the coast for a reason!
The Bab el Kahdra is amazing! I definitely took a picture of that! Looking around its not hard to see that the main trade is textiles and leather. Living on the coast is definitely good for these people, they get so much money from importing and exporting goods for other countries. They are so lucky. ...
Lay-over in snowy Frankfurt
Wow. I did not expect to see snow anywhere on the tour! But here we are waiting for our flight to Baku from Frankfurt, and it is snowing. I am hoping this is not a sign that all weather reports I read for our destinations were wrong and that I am going to regret leaving my heavier coat at home. Oh well. It is what it is. So, speaking of Frankfurt, I saw a funny sign while ...
Day 1
Today we stared our journey, on camel, to Timbuktu. Our journey will be taking place along the Trans Saharan Trade Route. Our starting destination was Tunis. The Spanish Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire started to show conflict so we were advised to leave a week before we planned. We plan on going to Fez, Marrakech, Tamedelt, Sijilamasa, and ending our journey in ...
Day 1 Hammamet
... spell had meant that we left Cornwall with plenty of time before the flight, in case of accidents on the road. Other airports around the country had either cancelled flights or delayed ones. Ours seemed to be ok and on time. Once we'd checked in, we sat in the departure lounge watching the breaking news story that Whitney Housten had died.
Despite the ice our flight left on time at around 5:45am. ...