Parr Planet – Travels with Stephen & Kathleen
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5/20/2013 – Merzouga We arrived at Merzouga after a 7-hour journey through the Atlas mountains and the edge of the desert. The landscape was stunning, switching from dry desert nothingness as far as the eye can see to Oasis villages, where palm trees cover the entire flood plain of the river and a ribbon of …
5/19/2012 – Fez The Moroccon city of Fez dates back to the seventh century A.D. And is the oldest of Morocco’s major cities. It has the largest medina we have seen, literally covering the whole center of the vast city. If you recall from past posts, the medina is the old, walled, city center with …
Wow! We have been in Morocco for two days and it is fantastic! After an early morning departure from the Azores, we hopped through Lisbon and boarded a sad looking prop plane, no doubt the flagship of Royal Air Moroc, and on to Casablanca. Everything was fairly seemless, aside from the fact the international arrival …
5/16/2013 – San Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal We spent two lovely days in San Miguel Island, another lovely Azorean island with Volcanic cones, blue and green lakes and lots of cows and green. We stayed in a gorgeous cottage that was built by a local Azorean who is fantastic with wood work. He grew up …
5/13/2013 – Pico Island Writing this from San Miguel, as we had no internet access at our little fishing cottage on Pico Island. Pico Island is a majestic, pristine place from a time past. If you like to hike rolling green hills or rocky bluffs, to drive on volcanos and visit beautiful little fishing villages, …
5/8/2013 And we are off! We flew out of Boston’s Logan airport at about 10:45 PM on 5/7. A 4.5 hour flight brought us to Sao Miguel in the Azores, from which we hopped a short flight to Pico Island. It has been raining all day here, and we consider this a good omen for …
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