Treichville Market, Abidjan

Treichville Market, Abidjan

African markets, the most exotic, colorful and interesting places I have ever visited! Whenever I am somewhere in Africa I try to visit a market and this visit to Abidjan was no different! The Treichville Market! The whole sensory experience is mesmerizing, the...

What to do in Maputo

What to do in Maputo

Mozambique's last post, the post about Maputo, the capital. On this trip Maputo was like a place of passage, first on the way to Pemba, then between Ilha de Moçambique and Kruger, with the arrival of Clara, and finally a few days before returning to Lisbon. We were...

On a dhow boat to Goa Island

On a dhow boat to Goa Island

We arrived at Mozambique Island and had at home a beautiful lunch waiting for us, prepared by Wimbi, our cousin’s bright and friendly cook. After that he wanted to show us the island. Five minutes from home Fortress of São Sebastião is to be found, which we decided to...

Exploring the markets of Accra

Exploring the markets of Accra

For my second time in Accra I did not want to repeat the “mistake” of the first time, when I hardly left the hotel! Obviously in these places I have some reservations to leave the hotel alone and since the last time nobody of the crew wanted to go exploring, I had to...

Casablanca – visiting Hassan II Mosque

Casablanca – visiting Hassan II Mosque

Last stop in Morocco: Casablanca. When we were planning the trip we began to realize that we wanted to visit several cities and that it did not make much sense to fly in and back from Marrakech. So we decided that we would return from Casablanca. We then had to decide...

Rabat, capital of Morocco

Rabat, capital of Morocco

Third stop in Morocco: Rabat! We caught a train from Marrakesh, super comfortable! Four hours of travel and approximately € 15 per person. I advise you to buy food beforehand because they warned us that the food they sell on board is bad and expensive. In Rabat we...

Essaouira – 1 day trip

Essaouira – 1 day trip

An easy onde day trip from Marrakesh is Essaouira (former Portuguese town of Mogador). We chose to buy the tour at the Riad itself (230dh per person) – the alternative would be a taxi, which would only compensate if we were four, or bus, which was more or less the...

Returning to Marrakech

Returning to Marrakech

Traveling alone has its advantages, but being accompanied is always more interesting. Being impossible to go on vacation with my Mexican, my mother proposed to take a few days off, days that became a week and the two of us turned four. Several destinations have been...

Ivory-Coast: a warm New Years Eve

Ivory-Coast: a warm New Years Eve

Every month we can request TAP to do a certain flight based on a scoring system – each month they give us 6 points and for each asked destination they give us they take us out 16 points, something exaggerated … So and because I like to choose where I fly, I always...

Fishermen of Labadi, Accra

Fishermen of Labadi, Accra

I woke up at La Palm Beach Resort before the alarm clock ringed. The forecast was of a rainy day and indeed dawned gray. I still had more than an hour before having breakfast with the rest of the crew, so I decided to go for a walk on the grounds of the hotel. As the...

Fishermen of Santana – São Tomé

Fishermen of Santana – São Tomé

The crew meeting hour to depart and discover the island was scheduled for 9am, but the short stroll around the hotel the night before made me realize that it would be worth exploring its surroundings before leaving to the south of the island. I decided not to close...

Tunisia – Oasis circuit in 4×4

Tunisia – Oasis circuit in 4×4

Another family trip, this one in 2008, “powered by” Abreu Viagens. Nowadays and with the age that I have, I avoid these tours with everything organized, but in this case I think it was a great way to get to know the whole country and in a very fun way, since the group...

Cairo and Giza Pyramids

Cairo and Giza Pyramids

I went to Egypt in 2009 with my father, stepmother and sister. We flew first to Cairo, where we stayed for a few days and then flew to Luxor where we began our cruise on the Nile, passing through all the important ancient cities. My impression of Cairo was great! Of...