Atlas North: A Tour through Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria A day exploring Tunis and Carthage by private car with visits to the ruins of Carthage (Museum and the Acropolium – St. Louis Cathedral, Roman Theater, Amphitheater, Roman Villas, and Antonine Baths), The Residence Tunis, Bardo Museum, and Sidi Bou Said. Coming from Casablanca, my … Continue reading Tunis and Carthage
Atlas North: A Tour through Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria Arriving in country 61, Portugal. Touring the main sites of the capital Lisbon in a day with stops at St. George’s Castle, Palace Square, Jeronimos Monastery, and Belem Tower. Travel to Portugal With an evening flight from Newark, I arrived in Porto for a short … Continue reading Lisbon The City of Seven Hills
Tairona Inca: Colombia and Peru in 2 Weeks Day 10 – 11: A journey to Machu Picchu by train from Ollantaytambo to Agua Calientes. Spending a night in Agua Calientes and exploring the world wonder in a day. Ending our tour with a train back to Cusco. The overnight trip to Machu Picchu was added … Continue reading Machu Picchu
Tairona Inca: Colombia and Peru in 2 Weeks Day 6 – 8: Arriving in Cusco and exploring the laid-back city. This is also the meeting point before we set off on our Lares hike and visit to Machu Picchu. The Avianca flight arrived slightly ahead of schedule. From the airport I got a taxi to … Continue reading Cusco The Imperial City
Tairona Inca: Colombia and Peru in 2 Weeks Day 6: Arriving in Lima, the capital of Peru, country 59! Quickly exploring Lima on a layover before flying to Cusco. There was nothing special about the first class Avianca operated TAM flight from Bogota to Lima, though the food was decent. I landed in Peru around … Continue reading Lima on a Layover
Four Countries in 2 Weeks: Turkey, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and India India Day 12 – Exploring Delhi in a day starting with the Red Fort then taking a walking tour through Old Delhi and seeing Jama Masjid and Masjid Fatehpuri. Ending the day with a tour of The Imperial. Then a departure home the next day! … Continue reading Delhi the Capital of India
Four Countries in 2 Weeks: Turkey, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and India India Day 5 – Visiting the iconic Taj Mahal, Red Fort, and Fatehpur Sikri before a long drive to Jaipur. Having dinner at Chokhi Dhani then resting at the Trident Jaipur. Today my friends and I were going to see one of the New7Wonders of … Continue reading The Marvelous Taj Mahal
Travel North Korea: Powerful and Prosperous Nation Day 4: A full tour day in North Korea starting with the Korea DMZ, the ancient capital Kaesong, watching a student play, and ending with a visit to the Monument to the Founding of the Korean Workers’ Party and the Juche Tower. We were on time for breakfast … Continue reading On the Wrong Side of the Korea DMZ
Cruising for Saints in the Caribbean Day 4: Exploring Puerto Rico’s most visited attractions, Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo de San Cristobal. Then being denied passage onto the Carnival Victory and being stranded in San Juan! We started with a quick breakfast before walking through Old San Juan to the first point of … Continue reading Castillo San Felipe del Morro and San Christobal