Categoria: animal encounters
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Another unmissable and must-do moment on a trip to Jordan, in my opinion, is sleeping in Wadi Rum, in a Bedouin tented camp. Sleeping in Wadi Rum Maybe it was because I had not yet read The 7 Pillars of Wisdom, the beautiful autobiographical novel by the celebrated Lawrence of Arabia; maybe it was the…
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I decided to spend 1 1/2 days to visit Petra. Eventually the time was less because of a physical problem. The Kings Road is a historic road in Jordan that has existed since ancient times and runs through it from north to south. It practically runs parallel to the Dead Sea and is obviously full…
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Visit a Mayan site: Tikal Of course, another goal of the trip was to visit a Mayan site; we saw 2 nice big ones. In our Western ignorance, many people cannot distinguish between the various pre-Columbian civilizations, the most important of which were Tikal is Guatemala’s main Mayan center; many temples have been recovered from…
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It has always been a pet peeve of mine to go to tourist places in the off-season, so I couldn’t resist visiting Crete in winter. Maybe it’s because I’ve always lived in the Riviera Romagnola and I don’t find winter so terrible at home, on the contrary. The beaches of Falasarna and Elafonissi With the…
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The last anticipated event of the trip was the sight of the giant tortoise beach. It was not a given that we would be able to see them because it was not the best time of the year. The featured photo is not mine but from the beautiful pixabay site , the other photos are…
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The wadi and the pedicure fish What I call pedicure fish were a surprise I enjoyed on that first day of the new year. Wadis are rivers, often running dry that in some cases have their beds carved into the rock, like small canyons. There are several, I chose to do only the Bani Khalid…
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque My real visiting Abu Dhabi began at the beautiful Mosque. I moved early in the morning; I had already seen it in its illuminated splendor the night before on the drive between the airport and downtown. Returning to the city again by bus, I had an unusual encounter. A gentleman also…
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During this little trip I thought a lot about the life of animals in the city, thanks in part to Jules Verne ‘s beautiful 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Seas that I had with me. In 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, among the many insights it can give, besides the brilliant foresight on technological…
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The Marrakech’s medina As for the chaotic nature of Marrakech’s medina, I had had alarming anticipations. Instead, it may be because I am beginning to see a lot of places, I found it all in all livable. In fact, one of the most amusing aspects is actually noticing the terrified faces of Westerners startled by…
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The land of smurfs was the classic lesser-known stop to which I so aspired, however. Arriving in Seville at night, we rented a car the next morning and left immediately to visit the smaller places before devoting ourselves to the major cities. This part of Spain in particular is really nice to do by car…