Medellin Part 1 We flew from Cali to Medellin on Air Avianca, a Colombian airline; flight was a short 45min flight. It was getting dark when we landed, and we got an Uber, that took us over 45mins to get to Envigado (cost of about $18), where we had rented an AirBnB apartment. The drive…
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We arrived in Cali after dark, and after clearing immigration, we went through customs which included declaring the value of our good we were carrying (including our suitcases and the names of our suitcases). Once outside, the first thing we saw was a fruit stand where the lady was selling huge mangos and tree tomato…
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After a not so great sleep thanks to the mosque next door; we had a very nice breakfast on the terrace of the Riad Diamante, settled the bill, and walked to the car parked at Bab Marrakech. Plan was to drive to Casablanca and stop at a few places along the beach Below are some…
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After the busy-ness of Marrakech, we said our goodbye’s to Oussama and the staff at Riad Argan, retrieved our car from the parking lot outside the Marrakech Medina, and started driving to Essaouira, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. We passed through several towns and closer to Essaouira, we came across lots of Argan Trees;…
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The name Marrakech originates from the Amazigh (Berber) words amur (n) kush, which means “Land of God.” It is the third largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca and Fez, and lies near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, that we had just driven through, from Tisseldai. Like Fes, it has the Old Medina of narrow…
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