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Comfort as a luxury
... nomads live a life so simple that I honestly can not grasp it. They ride mules for transportation, walk miles for their water, live in mud houses and do all of this with a smile. They are completely content with their lifestyle. The lifestyle they live makes me anxious. I think it makes me anxious because I fear being uncomfortable. The train to Marrakech was another example of a time when comfort didn’t even cross the people ...
The trip out and the adventures of my first day
... look for a way down. After a few false starts, we finally found a real way to got on to the beach. We drove for a while right next to the beach, looking for a good place to set up our camp, when we saw a road block and armed soldiers standing behind it. This could be bad and it could be good. Nights can be notoriously unsafe here in Algeria, so soldiers would be a good protection. Bad, because they might drive us off. We quickly decided to try to talk to them and it was ...
Oran
Algeria seems untouched by the mass tourism which has overrun parts of Morocco, Tunisia and other countries around the Med. My main question remains as to whether the country is safe for Americans. I don't allow terrorism to deter me from my travels but any insight is ...
Ibiza Island- Was it worth it?
... away with the neighbours. I think we went to the beach once on the first day for about two hours the rest of the time was spent in clubs or on the balcony. Oh except for one day when i went out to the record shops to find some new music after being woken by the sound of hundreds of vespas scooting by. I went to about three or four shops and almost everything on there top ten lists i already had! So i'm not sure whether ...
Dress Up Day
... of us made our entrance to the Victorian Lounge. The Captain was having his Welcome Party and the drinks were on him. We sampled Lime Daquaris, Screwdrivers and Whiskey Sours before heading down one floor to dinner. It was lobster night and I had two of the succulent beasts. Afterwards, a little tipsy, we wobbled off to the theater where we waited for the show to start. We snapped photos to pass the time then let ourselves get swept away. We were mesmerized by ...


