The morning of the 31st of August found us on our way to Madrid to meet up with Cherie 'Flamenco' Morgan and celebrate a very special occasion... the 25th anniversary of the day Natalie 'Raelene' Blackledge bounded into this world. We arrived in Madrid around lunch time and after checking into our very nice and centrally located hostel, we headed off to Parque del Retiro, voted one of the most beautiful parks in Europe, with a pinic of cheeses, salami & chor...

Hola again from Spain! With dodgy stomachs and chafed bottoms we were finally delivered by Ryanair back into familiar territory in Spain on the 28th. Unfortunately, whatever bug/bacteria/thing we picked up while traveling in Morocco decided to peak on our final night, which lead to a very disturbed night and very heavy eyelids for our flight to Madrid. The day was very long, being entirely spent traveling, as we took: 1. Taxi to Marrakech airport 2. Plane to M...

We spent 2 nights in Malaga chilling before our tour in Morocco, and we can happily say we did not do a single tourist thing! We wanted to be very fresh for Africa so we took it very easy, and caught a couple of drinks at the massive festival that just happened to be on in the streets outside our hostel, and even went to the movies which was awesome to do something 'normal' for a change! The time flew and before we knew it we were bound for Africa!!

Today we rose at 7am after only a few hours sleep parked at a roadside diner just out of Granada. We drove into the city and up the hill to see the famous moorish citadel known as the Alhambra! It was a very busy morning and by the time we left at 2pm we were hot and exhausted. So we headed up into the mountains of the Sierra Nevada; the huge national park just out of Granada, where we found a huge gorge entirely deserted of people where we had a quick dip and a ...

Hola from Spain again! This morning we drove right into the heart of Seville and parked near the enormous cathedral and moorish palace (alcazar) with none of the difficulties we'd anticipated, as the city was nearly deserted. This might have had something to do with the heat... At 8:30pm that night we checked the weather to find it was still 43 degrees! The heat really sapped our energy but we still managed to explore the countless inner chapels of the huge cat...