On The Road With The YaYa's

Africa

  • Fes Medina-Food (Part 1)

    The Medina was an overwhelming experience. It was filled with everything imaginable and some things you would never imagine. First I will talk about food. All the stalls were very quiet in the morning because people sleep in because it… Continue reading

  • On to Fes Via the Roman Ruins

    We left the beautiful city of Rabat in the pouring rain. We will be traveling west away from the Atlantic Ocean until we reach the Sahara Desert where we will spend Thursday night in a tented camp with the Bedouins.… Continue reading

  • Last Day in Rabat

    I was up at 5 AM this morning, thinking it was 6 AM. On the first day of Ramadan they set the clocks back an hour. No one told my I Phone so I was at breakfast an hour early.… Continue reading

  • Our First Day in Morocco and a Wedding Proposal!

    We arrived in Casablanca at about 8 AM this morning. No sleep for this girl. Peggy sprawled across 2 seats all night. Kinda of like traveling with Rosemarie Ido who slept from Dubai to Orlando. We are staying two nights… Continue reading

  • I’m Over It!

    It has been 2 1/2 years since I traveled to Africa with my YaYa’s. Covid put a major crimp in my travel plans but I am making up for it. On Friday, April 1 I leave for 2 weeks in… Continue reading

  • Victoria Falls

    We arrived at our hotel, Shearwater, after a short drive from the small airport In Vic Falls, Zimbabwe. The rooms that we stayed in were only two months old. We dropped off our luggage and went to Victoria Falls Park… Continue reading

  • Lake Caribe Boat Cruise

    On our drive to Lake Caribe that was to be our home for the next three days we stopped in Binga, Zimbabwe at a local well. We watched women pumping water into 20 gallon buckets and then placing them on… Continue reading

  • Kwange National Park

    We had a short drive to the airport for our flight to Zambia. We arrived early at the airport for plenty of time for shopping. Lots of African made products. Our guide gave us all name tags with African names… Continue reading

  • Kruger National Park

    The first night both Jude and Sallyanne slept in their clothes. Being a former Girl Scout I took an extra blanket, folded it in half and put it between the sheets. I slept in between the blanket like a sleeping… Continue reading

  • Our first day in Africa

    We had another beautiful flight on Emirates Air. No goodie bag this time but still champagne on arrival and all you could eat and drink. We arrived in Johannesburg at 9:00 PM and the limos were waiting to take us… Continue reading