Morocco: My Beloved Desert
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Kristin Daemon from America. Thanks for your entry Kristen! This was not the fancy tourist bus station. There was nothing fancy or even civilized about this bus station in Marrakech and mine was the lightest, blondest head in the place. Even [...]
A Moroccan Adventure
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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get tired of this modern age: the constant beeping, the ringtones, the crashing lap tops. So after my third hard drive crash in as many months I decided to remove myself from the modern world, if only for a short while. Computers are made from silicon, right? [...]
Is Travel With Kids “Worth it?”
“I’ve always said I didn’t want kids because I wanted to travel and adventure… but meeting you guys has blown that argument out of the water…” I laughed over my wine glass as our backpacker guest of the evening proceeded to ask a million questions about “How we do it” with four kids, and expressed [...]
Hitchhiker on the Road: A Review of “Descending the Cairo Side”
by Lisa Niver Rajna Danny White is a young man who falls off the continent of Europe into Morocco, becoming a true vagabond. He begins his story in Descending the Cairo Side, “I didn’t know how long the journey would take, what exactly my route would be, or with whom I might share the adventure. [...]
How One Traveler Stumbled Into A Two-Year Plan
You know that moment immediately after you stub your toe, but before eminent pain ensues when you think to yourself: “crap, this is going to really hurt in just a few seconds” With less than two months to go before Vicky and I set out on what is arguably our most important decision to date, [...]
10 Questions from Contiki!
Thank you to Contiki Blog for a wonderful interview asking me TEN GREAT QUESTIONS including: When and where did you first travel by yourself, and why did you choose that particular destination? Will you be shocked to know it was ARIZONA! Which destinations are you consistently drawn to, and why? (Places you’ll always come back [...]
Couples Travel Together: How do we do it?
Our year journey in South East Asia started July 2, 2012. When we were gone for eleven months in 2008, one of the common questions was, “How can you spend so much time together?” We were recently interviewed about Traveling as a Couple by Travelinksites: Today we have the fine pair behind the super blog [...]
Uncovering Jewish Morocco: Video Clips
Sunset in Marrakesh I promised to share my travel talk, “Uncovering Jewish Morocco” with you! The video clips below are from my recent talk at Stephen S Wise Temple in March. More segments will be uploaded in the future. Many people have asked to travel with us and now we have a trip available. Please [...]
Relentless and Reluctant about Travel
Lisa Niver Rajna at Uncovering Jewish Morocco Travel talk My travel talk last week could have been a total bust. That was essentially what one Rabbi told me on December 2, 2010, What is the worst-case scenario? Can you live with doing this talk if you have a small group size? Of course, the best [...]
Oh the Places you Can go: Morocco
Uncovering Jewish Morocco Lisa Niver Ranja will share travel tips for and information about the Jewish side of Morocco.By Amy Sommer | March 06, 2011 We’ve heard so much about North African turmoil of late that it is easy to forget that this part of the world is the cradle of history for most of our planet’s [...]
