Following the footsteps of the prophets in Jordan

Known as the city of a thousand columns, Jerash truly impressed us. It costs 8JD to get in per person which was pretty expensive considering most other places were just 1JD except Petra of course but by the end of it, we both thought it was well worth it. Jerash…

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Exploring Amman

I quite liked Amman. It is a beautiful city in the hills which wasn’t very green. Our first stop was the Amman Citadel situated on top of a hill that provided us with a fantastic view of the city. It was a complex of many ruins including a palace which…

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Oman – of sun, sea, desert, mountains, forts, castles and more

We decided to go to Oman as it was the nearest country (we hadn’t been to) to Switzerland where it would be relatively warm during the winter in order to get our PADI Advanced Open Water certification before our upcoming trip to Palau which is known for deep dives. Muscat itself was…

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St Vincent & the Grenadines – where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed

On our third trip to the Caribbean, we decided to do more island hopping after our cruise ended in Barbados and one of those islands we went to was St Vincent and the Grenadines which is a mountainous lush green island with black sand beaches (as it is a volcanic…

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Visiting the Alba International White Truffle Fair

I have a work colleague who is in love with truffles. Whenever it is the truffle season we would always go out for lunch and make sure we go to Italian restaurants because they particularly will have the special truffle menu. One of the work perks I enjoy is the…

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Out and about in Marrakech

We had six nights to spend in Marrakech and one of the places we went to was the Majorelle Gardens. It also had Yves St Laurent’s memorial as he and another person bought the gardens in 1980 saving it from becoming victim to another hotel complex. It was such a…

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Fes – a whole other Morocco, a whole other world

When you’ve been to 100 countries, most places tend to remind you of another. Fes however was on a league of its own. I thought I knew Morocco having been there previously but Fes was just something else. We parked our car and were picked up by a guy from…

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