Our adventure continues off the beaten track, and mostly off the grid, in Jordan. We spent two days in the interesting capital of Jordan, Amman, before joining a group tour. The tour started with a five-day trek of over 80 kilometres from Dana in southwest Jordan to the World Heritage site of Petra. After the walk, we spent a day […]
Month: November 2022
A Week on the Nile
Jan has dreamed of cruising up the Nile since she was in her twenties. It was always going to be in our plans, and we were delighted when our vacation club, Karma, announced that it had acquired a boat and would be offering cruises from mid-October this year. We expected a leisurely week, relaxing on deck while the river passed […]
Four days in Cairo
The next phase of our journey has begun. We’ve temporarily left Europe behind and have begun our travels through Africa, the Middle East, Turkey and Eastern Europe. This will take around 90 days, by which time we will be able to re-enter the Schengen zone for another stint in Europe. Our first port of call is Egypt. What an amazing […]
North-Eastern France
Our first 90-day period within Europe draws to an end. Visa requirements mean that we can only stay 90 days in every 180-day period, and our adventure will have consumed all of them by the time we get back to Paris. The last post was from Baumholder in Western Germany, and from there we had about a week to travel […]