Before I forget, I’ll have to tell you what I remember I forgot. Going right back to the first week in Spain. We were driving inland towards Cabuerniga, when unannounced, I turned off to the left into the hills. You…
8. CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
Our guide in Casablanca, whose name I couldn’t possibly spell, let’s call him Ali for short … … turns out to be completely blind. Novel for a guide! To be fair, he did have a minder to help him get…
7. AGADIR, MOROCCO
Well, we got off the Canary Islands just in time! The locals are revolting! Locals in the sun-kissed Spanish islands of Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria are claiming that tourism is destroying their economy. A protest is set to take…
6. LANZAROTE
Lanzarote, the Windy Island and, apparently, the oldest of the island group. The most recent islands are in the South-West. The older ones are drifting slowly to the North-East. But the volcanoes, although really old (like 200 million years old)…
2. LISBON AND AWAY!
Our ship leaves Lisbon on Friday (tomorrow). But before then, our last day in the city dawns clear and sunny. But there’s a major disturbance on the roads outside the breakfast room window. 6,000 taxis have descended on Lisbon from…