Xi’An Old and New
After a rather bumpy 2 hour flight from Beijing, we arrive into Xi’an in North Central China and are amazed, once again, by the amount of development. Numerous large new… Read more »
Beijing Heaven and Earth
Our tables are set with linen, wine glasses and a centerpiece of white roses which contrasts sharply with their location in a 15th century grey stone watchtower of the Great… Read more »
China Entry 2019
Varya visits China to experience the main tourist cities of this impressive country: Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin and Shanghai. Please join her as she walks through centuries of the past and… Read more »
Essaouria by the Sea
Our last visit as a group is to Essaouria on the sea coast, a North African town masquerading as a French provincial seaport, a favorite resort location for both Moroccans… Read more »
Marrakech Magic
Marrakech Magic at Dusk The great square of Jamma El Famma in the heart of the old Medina of Marrakech is one of the great 10-ring circuses on earth. Here… Read more »
Ait Ben Haddou Adventure
A village peeling apart from age on the banks of a river has been revived to a thriving Unesco World Heritage Site visited by many tourists due to its site… Read more »
Camels and Kasbahs
It is now our chance to experience desert life in the Northern Sahara. We drive past agricultural villages into an ever-increasing stark landscape until we veer off to a dry… Read more »
Mid-Atlas Village Life
Up into the Mid-Atlas Mountain range we climb, driving to the summer playground for the rich and famous in Morocco, the town of Ifrane, built with French chalets and beautiful… Read more »
Fabulous Fes
Fes – the name evokes images of the exotic, distant travelers from another age leading their camels or walking with horses and sheep to bring the riches of the caravansary… Read more »
Meknes Medina
The light rain contains its own beauty as well as perils as we drive through winding roads on the way to Meknes. A beautiful full double rainbow appears over… Read more »