“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” It’s time for every journey to close a chapter. Noeleen and I woke up early at 6:50am to drive our RV for one last hurrah. With just the two of us (everyone...
After nearly 3 days in Rhode Island, we head onwards to my first time ever setting foot in Maine. While the COVID rates here have remained low like the rest of the Northeast, they’re not quite containing it as well as NYC, CT or Rhode Island… But...
Primer on Cabinda Formerly known as “Portuguese Congo” and no larger than the state of Delaware, Cabinda is a curious little region sandwiched between the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having endured a 30 year long...
Angola: Once a Portuguese overseas territory from the 16th century to 1975, the country became infamous for becoming the staging ground for a brutal civil war (between the Soviets and an alliance of Western nations that ironically also included China…one of...
From Casablanca, we arrived into Marrakesh, Morocco’s third largest city that continues to teem with sights and sounds that emanate from its historical medina. Although a frustrating place to explore for many travelers as if the rest of the country learned its...
After 10 days in Algeria, we headed to Oran airport for the 2:20pm Air Algiers flight to Casablanca . . . . . . arriving at 3:40pm on an otherwise uneventful 1 hour and 20 minute flight. But just as a reminder as how Morocco had been a frustrating place to...
Onwards to another monsoon! After being approved for a last minute Algerian visa only yesterday, I spent the last 24 hours scrambling for flights out of NYC. Thanks to Evan Danek’s advice, I quickly cashed in 47,500 British Airways Avios miles (that were going...
