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By Mark Melton on January 27, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Moroccan Road Trip – Part 2 – The Sahara Camel Trek – New Year’s Celebration camping in Sahara Sand Dunes

The second day of our Moroccan road trip we continued toward our rendezvous with camels and New Year’s Eve on the sand dunes. After finishing our previous day at Ait […]

By Mark Melton on January 18, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Our Moroccan Road Trip – Part 1 – Over the High Atlas Mountains

After several days in Marrakesh we began the next phase of our trip through Morocco, a 5-day road trip over the High Atlas Mountains to the Sahara and then north […]

By Mark Melton on January 14, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Marrakesh – Part 1 – You are welcome!

Having collected all of our daughters in Casablanca, we boarded a morning train to Marrakesh on Christmas day. The countryside in Morocco in December is green and reminds me of […]

By Mark Melton on January 14, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Goats in the Trees – A Trip to Essaouira & Marrakesh – Part 2

We hired a minivan and a driver for a day trip from Marrakesh to Essaouira. The highlight of the day came about 75% of the way, when our driver pulled […]

By Mark Melton on January 9, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

On to Morocco – Tangier & Casablanca

On December 22, 2014 we spent the morning in Gibraltar and then in the mid-afternoon we took a taxi from Gibraltar to Tarifa, Spain to catch the ferry to Tangier, […]

By Mark Melton on January 3, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Gibraltar – Mostly Monkey Business

It was a full day train ride (with one train change) from Seville to Algeciras, Spain – a city of 115,000 souls located on the bay guarded by the rock […]

By Mark Melton on January 3, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

Our African Safari Begins – In Spain

Holly & I are off on a 3 month trip that will take us to 8 African countries. To get to Africa we flew from LAX to JFK to Madrid, […]

By Mark Melton on May 31, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Pass the Gumbo, eating our way through the Big Easy: New Orleans, Part 2

February 20-24, 2014 For me the number one attraction of New Orleans is the food. Who doesn’t love Cajun cuisine? Give me a bowl of crawfish etouffee or a tasty […]

By Mark Melton on May 28, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Cruisin’ the Big Easy at Mardi Gras – New Orleans, Part 1

February 20-24, 2014 Back from our trip around the world, we were home for a couple of months when Holly and I headed out to New Orleans to attend the […]

By Mark Melton on December 25, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Queen Mary 2: The Voyage Home – Rocking, Rolling, Dressing Up, Dining and Relaxing on the North Atlantic.

The final leg of our Around the World trip was a Trans-Atlantic crossing from Southampton, England to New York City aboard the Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2. This photo is […]

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