Our first stop in Queensland was to the excellent Springbrook National Park where the natural bridge circuit brought us to a waterfall gushing into a glow worm cave. From here we linked up with our friend Marie at her beautiful home on the top of Mount Tamborine. This was an excellent base to explore the…Continue reading Australia – Queensland Part 1 (Gold Coast, Moreton Island, Brisbane, K’gari, Cape Hillsborough & Eungella National Park)
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Cabo Verde – São Vicente & Santo Antão
Cabo Verde is a beautiful archipelago that flies under the radar of mass tourism. This West African country has been independent from Portugal since 1975 and consists of 10 islands. Since we finalized our plans at the last minute, we were only able to visit two islands as domestic flights were completely sold out. The…Continue reading Cabo Verde – São Vicente & Santo Antão
Egypt – Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh, Alexandria & Cairo
Egypt was the final country of our Madventure Arabian overland tour. We took the Aqaba to Nuweiba ferry and it was obvious that the 2 year hiatus in international travel due to covid had taken its toll here because the immigration and customs officials appeared to be bewildered with what to do with us. It…Continue reading Egypt – Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh, Alexandria & Cairo
Mauritania
Mauritania is a vast country, but due to a recent FCO advisory, much of it was off limits. Our original plan was to drive from the border crossing to the fishing village of Nouadhibou, and fly from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the capital. However, we had no luck with the domestic flight which was initially delayed…Continue reading Mauritania