Ships of the Desert

Not only is Morocco home to bustling, ancient cities but its borders also extend deep into the eastern dunes of the Sahara. These are no ordinary dunes either but these are the grand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Here the windswept Sahara is sculpted into hills and valleys of sand, soaring to 150m and stretching on for over 20km.

Colourful Cartagena

One of our must see cities in South America was definitely Cartagena on the Caribbean cost of Colombia. After discovering Coffee zone, which was amazing but unfortunately also rainy every day, we wanted to change for a little bit of sunshine so we decided to hit the Caribbean cost and just enjoy warm weather before heading back to European winter in December. We chose Cartagena as  our first stop on the North cost. And we couldn’t have chosen better. This beautiful Colonial city has a lot to offer. The historical centre is an amazing combination of Spanish colonial buildings, mixed with some Caribbean flair and Latin American energy. It’s an intoxicating cocktail for the senses. You can enjoy every corner, every narrow street embraced with balconies covered with flowers. The tropical heat and humidity is a little bit of killer but with a cool sea breezes and plenty of shade under the balconies and trees it’s very comfortable to walk around.

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At The Bottom of Angel Falls

Here we are. The end of the journey. And what an amazing journey it was! Was the end worth it?ABSOLUTELY!  Not much else to add here except to let you marvel at the pictures. After hiking through the forest for a few hours you come to a viewing point on a rocky outcrop. From here you get the full view of the world’s tallest waterfall; Angel Falls. It is spectacular and absurdly high! Almost 1km. Crazy. For all the time we spent tossing up whether or not to make the long, detour into this part of the continent, we can definitely recommend for anyone else heading that way, don’t miss it! It’s a massive adventure into a part of the world relatively few people make the trip for! Even amongst the many people we met who had travelled far more of South America, few had been to Angel Falls. We highly recommend Gekko Tours who answered all our questions and made organising the trip far less of a headache for two fools who don’t speak Spanish!

Angel Falls Expedition: Part 4

This is it. Onto the last leg towards Angel Falls. We have about five hours in one of these dugout canoes to take us up the river. So excited!