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How to Plan a Fantastic Overnight Trip from Tokyo to Hakone

When visiting Japan for the first time, I highly recommend taking a trip from Tokyo to Hakone. This beautiful mountainous town, located about two hours from Japan’s capital city, is best known for its hot springs (onsen), boiling sulphur springs […]

2023: The Year in Review

Welcome, one and all, to the 2023 edition of my blogging year in review! Every year since 2016, I have written a monthly recap of all the wonderful adventures I had during the year. It may seem weird, but I […]

We Summited Africa’s Second Highest Mountain!

There are many words to describe how I feel writing this article, but the overwhelming feeling is pride. Over four days, Mark and I hiked through the Mount Kenya range and reached the summit of Point Lenana (4985m) – the […]

101 Best Places to Visit in Africa

Travelling to and around the African continent is a dream many travel enthusiasts have. From stunning beaches with perfect year-round weather conditions to incredible landscapes and wildlife, the continent, with its 54 countries, has so much to offer to every […]

Picnics & Champagne in Champagne Ridge

In full disclosure, despite the title of this article, we did not have champagne in Champagne Ridge. We did have some wine – which I will now refer to onwards as ‘champagne’ because I can. It is only proper that […]

Magical Morocco Travel Diaries: Here’s Looking at You, Kid!

By Amarachi x 37 Comments

It’s the final week in Morocco! So far, the country has exceeded my expectations and travelling with Mark has been awesome! Just to recap, we started off with a train ride from Casablanca to Marrakech, where we spent our first […]

Magical Morocco Travel Diaries: Sand & Snow!

By Amarachi x 15 Comments

I can’t believe we’re already 5 days into our Morocco travel. We spent the past four days in Marrakech and on the road to Aït Benhaddou. Marrakech, the city, was almost exactly how I had imagined it would be. My experience in […]

Magical Morocco Travel Diaries: Marrakech

By Amarachi x 33 Comments

I am standing, now for more than an hour, in the longest immigration queue, I have ever encountered. This is it. I am in Morocco. After several months of planning and un-planning, after numerous articles I had read, pictures and […]

Magical Morocco: The Beginning…

By Amarachi x 48 Comments

‘Would you want to go to Morocco?’ – These were the words that marked the beginning of an epic 16-day adventure across several cities in Morocco. I can’t remember the exact moment this country popped into my wanderlust dreams. Perhaps […]

2017: The Year in Review

By Amarachi x 16 Comments

The year 2017 will come to an end in a few days. I am grateful for the opportunity to look back and reflect on all the events it brought with it. I wrote my first post in this series in […]

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