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The North of Spain – Part One

The North of Spain – Part One

Aug 28, 2023 | Europe, Iberia

After two nights on board, the sunrise welcomed our ferry into the port at Santander. The North coast of Spain is quite green. I wonder why? It appears that the rain in Spain doesn’t actually fall mainly on the plain. For the first three nights, we had a...
Van-der-lust in Spain & Portugal

Van-der-lust in Spain & Portugal

Aug 23, 2023 | Iberia

For this year’s big adventure, we are taking the caravan to Spain and Portugal for about six weeks. We have a return ferry trip from Portsmouth to Santander, and the only other thing we have booked is the first three nights in a campsite just west of Santander....
Aqaba and Amman

Aqaba and Amman

Apr 13, 2023 | Jordan, Middle East

We drove to Aqaba, the Jordanian Red Sea city. As Israel is just across the water, and the border extends in a line through the sea, it is a very sensitive area, and photos are banned until you are a certain distance out to sea. We passed one of the Jordanian Royal...
Wadi Rum

Wadi Rum

Apr 13, 2023 | Jordan, Middle East

We headed off for a desert experience at Wadi Rum. In Arabic, a Wadi is a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season. The group jumped into a few 4×4 trucks to head into the desert. We then went for a drive in the desert to visit a few...
Petra

Petra

Apr 12, 2023 | Jordan, Middle East

We were excited in anticipation of visiting Petra, the glorious jewel of Jordan. Petra is a huge site, and you can spend literally days walking around it. There is much more to it that simply the famous “Treasury” that most tourists visit. There’s a...