From Ait Ben Haddou to Marrakesh Ait Ben Haddou to Marrakesh was the fifth part (day5) of our route from Merzouga to Marrakesh. It was a 3 to 4 hours drive. The only attraction along the route was Tizi N…
Day 16: Ait Ben Haddou
Route from Skoura to Ait Ben Haddou Ait Ben Haddou was the fourth part (4th day) of our route from Merzouga to Marrakesh. It was only a short drive from Skoura to Ait Benhaddou, an hour and 15 min drive…
Day 15: Skoura
Route from Dades Valley to Skoura Skoura was the third part (third day) of our drive from Merzouga to Marrakesh. The drive started from Dades Valley to Skoura and it was about 1 hour 50 minutes. We stayed in the…
Day 14: Dades Gorges
Route from Tinghir/Togdha Gorge to Dades Gorges Dades Gorges was the second part (2nd day) of our route from Merzouga to Marrakesh. This second part of the route was from Tinghir (Togdha Gorge) to Dades Gorges/Dades Valley. From Tinghir to…
Day 13: Todgha Valley and Gorges
Leaving the Desert Camp We had a quick breakfast in the morning in the dining tent of Sahara Happy Camp. It was a fast breakfast and our host seemed to the “packing” up. Not sure why, it could be they…
Day 11, 12: Sahara Desert
Getting to Merzouga Just before we were about to leave our hotel, our young host told us that one of our back tires looked like it had an air leak. With his help we were able to change the “leaking”…
Day 9 & 10: MideIt & Errachidia
Going to the desert After Fez we were going to the Merzouga, which was the Moroccan Desert at the fringe of Sahara desert. A direct drive from Fez to Merzouga would take about 7 hours but it would be too…
Day 8: Fez
Meknes to Fez From Meknes to Fes/Fez was about an hour drive. We drove all the way to our stay at Fes. Our stay was near Bab Ziat, one of the many gates of the old medina of Fes. We…
Day 7: Morning in Meknes
Destinations for the day From Moulay Idriss du Zerhoun we drove south to Meknes where we visited several famous and interesting sights and then we were off to Fes in the later afternoon where we stayed for two nights. Meknes…
Day 6: Ouezzane & Volubilis Roman ruin
Destinations for the day On our day 6 we visited two places, one was a Green town/city, Ouezzane and the second was a old Roman ruins, Volubilis. Ouezzane was a convenience stop to stretch our legs as the drive from…
Day 4 & Day 5: Chefchaouen
Hercules Caves Our final destination for day 4 was Chefchaouen, the blue town, the blue city, the blue pearl of Morocco. But before we travelled south we went north to visit a lesser know attraction, Hercules Caves. It was not…
Day 3: Rabat & Asilah
Hassan tower & Mausoluem of Mohammed V in Rabat On our way out of Rabat we visited two of its famous monuments. Hassan Tower and Mausoluem of Mohammed V was just two kilometers from our stay “Dar Mounia”. We drove…
Day 2 Casablanca & Rabat
Hassan II Mosque (Casablanca) The Hassan II Mosque of Casablanca was the second largest functioning mosque in Africa and the 14th largest in the world. It had a 210 metre tall (60 stories) minaret and it ranked as the 2nd…
Day 1: Getting to Casablanca
FAR far away: singapore to Morocco It was an extremely long way from Singapore to Morocco. There was no direct flight and even if there was, the flying time will be about 16 hours… too long a stretch for us…
Iceland Summed up
Is 29 Day in Iceland Enough? 29 days was just good right for us. We were the type of tourists that loved to do things at a relaxing pace. 29 days gave us the time to stay longer at beautiful…
Day 28 & 29: Deildartunguhver, Akranes & Reykjavik
Deildartunguhver From our stay to Deildartunguhver was just a short distance of 14km and a 12 minute drive. This hot spring was really hot and the sign at the hot spring said “100 celcius degree”! The water was bubbling vigorously…
Day 27: Gerðuberg Cliffs, Grábrók & Barnafoss
After four days on Snæfellsnes Peninsula, it was time to leave. We were just 2.5 hour drive from Reykjavík where we had started this road trip some 27 days ago. We were not in a great hurry to leave Iceland…
Day 23, 24, 25, 26: Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Crossing Breiðafjörður Bay to Snæfellsnes Peninsula After about seven days of visiting various scenic places of Westfjords we were really to leave and our next destination was Snæfellsnes Peninsula. From Westfjords to Snaefellsnes would either be a 3.5 hours of…
Day 22: Latrabjarg
Getting to Latrabarg From Randisandur, where our stay for the night before was located, to Latrabjarg was 49 km and it took about 1 hour 10 minutes of driving. We read that it was about 10+ km from Raudisandur Red…
Day 21: Dynjandi & Rauðasandur
Route from Isafjordur to Dynjandi It was about 60 km from Isafjordur to Dynjandi waterfall. The drive was about an hour. This falls was often said to be one of the must visit falls in Iceland, “not that we know…
Day 18,19,20: Isafjordur & Hornstandir
Route to Isafjordur After leaving Holmavik town, we were on our way to Isafjordur which was 223 km away and also a long long drive. Not many people visited Isafjordur which was on the West Fjord of Iceland. We were…
Day 17: Seal Watching, Kolugljufur Canyon & Holmavik
Illugastaðir We left our stay (Tjorn) slightly after 10am. We had a leisurely breakfast and waited for the mist to lift before departing. We drove a short distancemof 8km (15 minutes) and arrived at Illusgastadir for some “seal watching”. Parking…
Day 16: Akureyri, Reykjafoss, Glaumbaer & Hvitseruk
Akureyri After we left our stay in Akureyri we took a slow drive around town. Akureyri was the country’s fifth most populous municipality and the largest outside the Capital Region. We drove to the harbour front and saw a couple…
Day 15: Myvatn, Skutustadagigar, Godafoss
Myvatn Lakes After a lovely breakfast we drove from Laxhus, our stay to Lake Myvatn which was about 32 minutes over a distance of 42 km. We had five sightseeing destinations around Lake Myvatn in our itinerary.The day before we…
Day 14: Asbyrgi, Krafla, Námafjall & Myvatn
Getting to Asbyrgi Getting to Asbrygi was a breeze. It was only 8 km from our lodging . We woke up late, had a leisurely breakfast, packed and left for our first destination for the day. Asbyrgi Asbyrgi was fascinating.…
Day 13: Dettifoss & Selfoss
Getting to Dettifoss From our stay at Möðrudalur to Dettifoss (West Side) or Dettifoss (East Side) would take about the same amount of time. But to get from Dettifoss West Side to the East Side or the other way round…
Day 12: Studagil, Rjukani, Foss
Getting to Studagil In our itinerary for the day we only had one destination, that was to visit Studlagil Canyon and then it would be to go on to our stay for one night at Modrudalur. From our internet checking…
Day 10 & 11: Seydisfjordur, Litlanesfoss, Hengifoss
Final Morning at Vestrahorn We left Vestrahorn full of regrets. The bad weather of the day before persisted into the next day. The mist was still hanging heavily in the air. We drove past the gantry again and arrived at…
Day 9: Vestrahorn
Diamond beach & Jokulsarlon Glacier Lake From our stay we made a second trip to Jokulsalon Glacier Lake in the morning since it was just 14km away and a 10 minutes short ride. At the lake we saw both the…
Day 8: Four Waterfalls, A Glacier & a Lake
Our plan for the day was to see one waterfall, a glacier and a lagoon but we ended up seeing four waterfalls. The other three falls were somehow along the route so they slipped into our itinerary. Foss a Sidu…
Day 7: Víkurfjara Black Sand Beach & Fjaðrárgljúfur
Víkurfjara Black Sand Beach Before leaving Vik, we drove into Vik Village from our stay (The Barn) to do a final visit of the black sand beach. We parked our car near Katla Cave cafe and walk to the beach.…
Day 6: Dyrholaey, Reynisfjara & Yoda Cave
Dyrholaey We explored Vik and its surrounding attractions on our first morning from “The Barn” (our stay in Vik) after a great night rest. Our first destination was Dryholaey which was a 17 minutes drive from our stay. Dyrholaey was…
Day 5: Seljalandsfoss, Gljufrabui, Skogafoss & Kvernufoss
Visited four waterfalls IN ONE DAY Today we visited 4 waterfalls, each one was a beauty by itself and each different from the other. Our first drive was to Seljalandsfoss which was about 1 hr 10 min (86km) from Fludir/Austurhof…
Day 4: Faxafoss, Geysir & Gullfoss
Three sightseeing destinations From our stay in Austurhof5 (Fludir) we were able to visit two waterfalls and a geysir in a day with plentiful of time to spare. After which we easily returned to our stay in Fludir, cook dinner,…
Day 3: Thingvellir & Kerid Crater
Next 2 days For the next two days we visited many beautiful sights. We visited Thingvellir National Park and Kerid Crater then checked into our stay at Fludir (Austurhof 5) to relax for the rest of the day. The next…
Day 1, 2: Reykjavik
The Blue Lagoon Blue Lagoon was just 20+ minutes from the airport. By the time we picked up our rental car from the airport Blue Rental Car outlet, it was about 9pm. But at 9pm the sky was still bright…
Getting to Iceland
Three years late Our original plan was to visit Iceland in July/August 2019. Flight tickets were bought and accommodations were booked. Unfortunately in Feb/Mar 2019, Covid 19 was official annouced as a pandemic by WHO. Singapore border s were closed,…
Georgia Summed Up
Why Georgia? Georgia was an afterthought. We had to cut short our 47days road trip to Turkey to 32 days due to an huge quake on the southeastern part of Turkey a couple of months before our trip. We cut…
Day 11 to 15: Tibilisi & Sighnaghi
Route to Tibilisi and Sighnaghi After our visit to Uplistsikhe we were on our way to Tbilisi. Our original plan was to drive 3 hours to Sighnaghi and stay a night then to return to Tbilisi the next day where…
Day 10: Chiatura & Uplistsikhe
Route to Chiatura to Gori Gori was a town nearest to Uplistsikhe, our destination. The journey from Butichi Guest House to Gori was just 2 hours, we took about 4 hours as we stopped at Chiatura and Sachkhere to do…