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Camel Trek
Dean Johnston gets more than he bargained for on a camel trek in Morocco.
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Date: June 15th, 2004 |
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Japanese Strategies for Climbing the Great Pyramids
For nearly 5,000 years, the Great Pyramids of Egypt have instilled wonder and awe in mankind. In the last half a dozen centuries, they have also become a tempting lure for many to climb them - especially the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). Pyramid climbing is a temptation ever since the limestone casing of the Great Pyramid collapsed from an earthquake during the Middle Ages. Climbing had been permissible up until the 1980s when it was forbidden following the deaths of several climbers.
Despite the ban, the Great Pyramid is still climbed periodically, generally in the dead of night. Sometimes guards …
Date: May 25th, 2004 |
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Trekking in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains
High in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Lausanne’s small mud and rock Berber houses sat above golden, green terraces of wheat. Jagged mountain peaks surrounded the remote village, built among boulders on the mountainside. The buzzing sounds of Muslim prayer chants and the crow of a rooster permeated the air. Brightly dressed women and girls harvested wheat by hand while men sipped mint tea and boys played in alleyways between houses. Our host, Mohammed, stood on a rooftop watching us and awaiting our arrival as we hiked on the other side of the canyon toward the small community.
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Date: May 19th, 2004 |
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Rules of Travel in Morocco
Dean Johnston gives his tongue-in-cheeck look at the rules of travel in Morocco.
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Date: June 15th, 2004 |
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Travel Tunisian Style: Louage All the Way
By Gerald Schwartz
I discovered the fun of travelling by inter-city louage on a trip to Tunisia a few years ago. The French word literally means ‘rental’ and refers to the shared-taxis that travel between towns and cities.
While there are buses and trains, for a little bit more one can buy a seat in a five or seven-passenger taxi between towns in this westernized country of North Africa. The usual make of cab is a white, French Peugot station wagon but there can be other cars of all vintages. The roads are well paved and not heavily traveled outside of the …
Date: May 25th, 2004 |
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Egypt: Tales of the Unexpected, Part I
It was a perfect, calm day, with the sun shining on the desert and the Red Sea as I touched down in Egypt for the first time. On arrival, even before leaving the airport, I had caused a stir. The officers at Passport Control seemed to think that that my being Irish was the most interesting thing that would happen to them all morning.
“Irlanda,” one called to the other, pointing at me and for the next quarter of and hour, all worked stopped on both of their queues, as the boyos started quizzing my knowledge of Arabic. Just why they …
Date: May 19th, 2004 |
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