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Although now is not the best time to enjoy a holiday in any country in North Africa nd the political climate is not ideal for stir revolts these countries, hopefully soon be meeting the demands of sovereign peoples and countries are better than ever. Thus trying to be positive and if everything is clarified soon, better than ever can enjoy a holiday in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.
Morocco is a fascinating country. If you still do not know … what are you waiting for? Travel to Morocco is a unique experience but it is recommended that you research a little about the country before your trip, because, being a very different culture, it is better to know a little of their culture and customs. In this post I will talk a bit about it. The capital is Rabat and the country’s official language is Arabic, although some of the Berber-speaking population and, because Morocco’s colonial past, many people speak Spanish and French. As religion is predominantly Muslim, although a minority Jewish and Christian. With regard to customs, to say that the usual form of greeting is the handshake, and we should make it easy because there people are very quiet and are not accustomed to our way of life or doing things in a hurry . In fact, one of the phrases I hear most is “fast kill” … you can get an idea, right?

As regards accommodation, Morocco has many hotels also usually quite cheap. In major cities such as Agadir, Marrakech and Tangier is a wide variety of hotels of all kinds, including international hotel chains. In addition to finding cheap hotels, cheap apartments also abound, especially in cities that I mentioned earlier. Another lodging option is to use the campsites and caravan sites, which are usually in very good condition. Finally, we can reserve a place in the youth that exist in cities like Asni, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes and Rabat, and is the cheapest alternative.

With regard to how to get to Morocco, there are several ways. We can use the plane. In the network there are many offers cheap flights to different parts of the country. Internally, you can also move by air. Companies like Royal Air Maroc (AT) fly from Casablanca to Agadir, Fès, Marrakech, Al Hoceima and Dakhla. Across the country we can also move by rail, although the service is quite limited, taxi, before agreeing the fare with the driver, or in urban transport, as Morocco has in its major cities with an extensive bus network.

There are a number of reasons why you want to experience South Africa Travel

The water tastes – Rafting in South Africa

Washer, thrombosis of the throat, the entrance exam. If the name of the living “do it yourself, deafening thunder and spray as a raging waterfall approach to security. O oar, while the slowdown in silence along the deep wells, where always the promise of seeing to cook an osprey in finding lunch. Welcome to South Africa Big 5 rafting rivers, where there is a rush of adrenaline, hydrocortisone and white top or a quiet paddle.

Visit Natural Beauties

Tsitsikamma: Place in clean water. Along the Garden Route a wild and beautiful in the sea and forests is a stroke of genius. Tsitsikamma is a true paradise for nature lovers. Read the rest of this entry »

Three years after starting to pretend to be the “African race par excellence, following the change of continent ASO Dakar carrying the mythical land of South America, Africa seems to Eco Race starts getting what he wanted, in some respects to less.

With an enrollment of 85 teams, which include 40 cars and 20 trucks, this is the largest number of participants who were able to bind to date and tempers grow within the ‘staff’ directed by René Metge. They know that ‘large numbers’ of ASO in the career of Argentina and Chile are maintained by the largest number of registrations of that continent and that Europeans are beginning to consider new horizons … or perhaps return to the usual, in Senegal. I just miss get-no easy task-that any team official (and media) want to change careers.

On the other hand, remain suspended, and a worse note than ever, in terms of Spanish participants. Only two teams: Ricardo Vela and Francisco Mas aboard a Land Rover in the car category, and Rafa Tibau Tibau Rafa Jr. and Matt Sanchez in the cab of a truck Mercedes Unimog wanted to join the Race … For Africa Apparently, the recent incidents in Laayoune (Western Sahara) have ‘discouraged’ some others who were initially interested in face to face with JL Schlesser or Hubert Auriol, who returns to compete (perhaps tired of ‘looking the bulls from the barrier “) on board a Predator buggy.

The tour

The administrative and technical checks were carried out in a scenario already watched some ‘Dakar’: Lastours Chateau in southern France. Will be on 27 December and from there the competitors undertake a long march to Almeria, where fly to Nador, and in Morocco, where the real competition begins.

The organizers have tried that early stages are varied terrain, avoiding the ‘sea of rocks’ to the mechanics do not suffer too much and can be reserved for the harshness that offer the tour to come to Mauritania. From there, lots of sand, more than ever, will test the skill in navigating competitors, also their skills in the dunes, a real and ongoing challenge.

With fewer miles binding (at some stages throughout the tour will be timed section), participants 
 can discover all facets of the African land, off-track, fast roads, vegetation, green valleys, and crossing the sands of the Sahara -as stated by the organization from its website, short on other types of explanations, before arriving at Lac Rose in Dakar after more than 5,000 km rally.

Stages

Stage 1: Wednesday 29 December 2010
Nador / Borj Bel Freissat
Link: 181.70 km – ES1: 150.28 km – Liaison: 0.00 km

Stage 2: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Bel Borj Freissat / EL Mdouara
Link: 0.00 km – SS 2: 318.21 km – Liaison: 142.51 km

Stage 3: Friday, December 31, 2010
The Mdouara / Wad Tissint
Link: 4.21 km – SS 3: 416.14 km – Liaison: 50.53 km

Stage 4: Tuesday January 1, 2011
Wad Tissint / Chebeika
Link: 0.00 km – SS 4: 341.33 km – Liaison: 290.89 km

Stage 5: Wednesday 2 January 2011
Chebeika / Greider Lareich
Link: 306.91 km

Stage 6: Thursday January 3, 2011
Greider Lareich / Boulanouar
Link: 0.00 km – SS 5: 183.33 km – Liaison: 714.74 km

Stage 7: Friday January 4, 2011
Boulanouar / Agantour Guelb
Link: 0.00 km – SS 6: 371.72 km – Liaison: 20.45 km

Stage 8: Saturday January 5, 2011
Agantour Guelb / Agantour Guelb
Link: 0.00 km – SS 7: 408.06 km – Liaison: 0.00 km

Stage 9: Sunday January 6, 2011
Guelb Agantour / Tenadi
Link: 0.00 km – SS 8: 380.66 km – Liaison: 0.00 km

Stage 10: Friday January 7, 2011
Tenadi / Tenadi
Link: 0.00 km – SS 9: 232.41 km – Liaison: 0.00 km

Stage 11: Saturday January 8, 2011
Tenadi / Kebemer
Link: 0.00 km – SS 10: 203.36 km – Liaison: 394.26 km

Stage 12: Wednesday January 9, 2011
Kebemer / Dakar
Link: 131.11 km – SS 11: 23.68 km – Liaison: 41.00 km

The Sahara is the world’s largest desert, located in northern Africa, it extends 1610 km across the continent and has a width of 5,150 km from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Its total area is over 9 million square kilometers, of which only 207,200 are partially fertile oases. It spans the territory of the following countries: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Niger, Libya, Egypt and Chad, although it is known that this great desert expands and contracts to regular cycles, so that its borders with the different territories are not very consistent.

The Sahara has great mountains and plains of sand and stone which are vast expanses of sand dunes. At intervals, in the midst of aridity, are some oasis with water. Sweltering heat is sometimes followed a severe cold, unleashing violent winds very loaded with dust and sand that sweep the floor dragging everything is subject and dry vegetation. These winds are followed by long periods of absolute calm. In the great desert, are the hottest places on earth, temperatures have been recorded up to 76 º C and 58 º C in the shade, but at night it cools rapidly, causing a very wide temperature range. The relative humidity is usually less than 10% and in some places the rain falls once every 10 years. There is only evidence that has snowed once in the Sahara and was on February 18 de1979. Seems to have been in southern Algeria, in the middle of the night. The winds are mainly north-east trade winds and the west in places closer to the Atlantic.

In Morocco, offers travelers several ways to know the Sahara. Perhaps the most common is to venture into the desert off-road vehicles “through the dunes. Another way tourism is riding camels, and of course the traditional way is walking.

In barely a day and a half will be flying to Cairo to visit Egypt for three weeks. The idea of visiting Egypt, we had had in mind for some time, but was it possible to make a trip to Egypt to our style? Could one go without package tour and survive the attempt? The first thing I did was visit a couple of travel agencies and get the catalogs to see routes, prices, etc.

In Egypt as salts cruise package plus three nights in Cairo, the price shoots up, so I got in the Forum travelers to find out if this is to go independently viable (I was told many stories about that was impossible and dangerous) and with great satisfaction I saw a forum section in Egypt called “For free a lot better.” After reading the comments of people decide to do on our own.

Egypt is a country for me totally unknown, so for me this year Reyes asked the Lonely Planet. At the time I started organizing I have to admit that I made a whole world. Tons of information that was not able to process. But everything became easier as reserve cruise. Read the rest of this entry »