Scenes from the Sahara and beyond

Golden sunsets, golden sunrises, wind-whipped dunes, gassy camels, desert camps, deep gorges, high mountain peaks, friendly Berbers, an even friendlier tour guide, all [Read more]

Golden sunsets, golden sunrises, wind-whipped dunes, gassy camels, desert camps, deep gorges, high mountain peaks, friendly Berbers, an even friendlier tour guide, all [Read more]

Tangier was not on the agenda for Morocco. Sure, it sounded cool to visit the northern coast and the Strait of Gibraltar, but I already had a concrete AFCON itinerary focusing [Read more]

My favourite colour is blue. By far. But it's the fave colour of so many, so there's nothing particularly interesting about that. But what is interesting is visiting a city [Read more]

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." That famous quote from Casablanca was on my mind as we arrived in Morocco in late December 2025 to explore a country [Read more]

...In addition to the stolen towels The Africa Cup of Nations. The main reason we visited Morocco before heading to Lagos this winter. A giant tournament where all the best [Read more]

“It takes a lifetime to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her.” After a spectacular couple of weeks spent in Turkey and the Greek Islands, we [Read more]

Oh, Santorini, so beautiful, so rugged, so lives up to its iconic reputation. After the lushness of Samos and the subtle tones of Mykonos, Santorini was a completely different [Read more]

Ok, “party island,” we need to talk. Unfortunately, Chuck and I lost a day in Mykonos -- on our Turkey & Greece tour -- due to some weather/ferry situation that was never [Read more]

We arrived on Samos Island under a sky full of dark clouds. But as soon as we disembarked from the ferry, the clouds burned off and the sun burst out and it never left us [Read more]

🎶 I woke up in between a memory and a dream 🎶 Well, actually, I woke up in a bit of a stressful panic. It was 3:30 a.m. and Chuck and I were getting ready to go ride in a [Read more]

After a glorious five days in Istanbul, we were off to explore more of Türkiye. Usually we like to plan our trips on our own, researching which places to go, what things to [Read more]

Greetings from Istanbul, Türkiye, where depending on which direction the Metro takes you, you might find yourself in Asia or Europe. And, tbh, I didn't have a clue which one I [Read more]

Cheerio from London! 🇬🇧♥️👑 On our way home from Nigeria in spring 2024, we made an extended stop in jolly olde England to meet up with fam to watch footy, to roam the [Read more]

Our two-week road trip through England found us going from Manchester to the Peak District to Cambridge to Canterbury to Dover to West Bay to Stonehenge to Bath to The [Read more]

You've seen Under the Tuscan Sun, right? You know, the one where a North American woman finds herself visiting Tuscany and decides to buy a property, then the hilarity of [Read more]