Had a wonderful six week trip to Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Jordan in January and February of 2026 Linda joined me for the first three weeks in Morocco and Egypt; I carried on in Turkey and Jordan on my own. We joined three different tour groups to help make the most of visiting the highlights of each country. MOROCCO In Morocco, we started and ended our trip in Marrakesh, and we joined an Exoticca tour to visit Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, and the Atlas Mountains along the way Textile souks (shops) in the Jemaa el-Fnaay, a UNESCO market in central Marrakesh. There are all sorts of open air shops, markets, food stalls, and a variety of performers. The Ouzoud Waterfall, near the West Atlas Mountains National Park The iconic Minaret at the Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakesh The Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in Africa. It is situated along the Atlantic Ocean, it has a capacity of over 100,000 worshippers, and it was completed in 1993. We were tre...
An excellent trip to Turkey, on a tour organized by G-Adventures and led by our guide Tugce. Fourteen of us, from Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, and the US joined Tugce as she showed us natural, cultural, historical, and archeological sites that had us amazed! We started in Istanbul, then did a counterclockwise loop that highlighted places in eastern Europe and western Asia. We began and ended our tour in Istanbul Our Fantastic Guide Tugce, who showed us around her country, provided lots of information, and shared her life experiences with us. ISTANBUL On our first day, we had a walking tour through parts of Old Town Istanbul, all of which is a UNESCO site. In addition to getting to know each other, it was a great way to begin to learn a few things about Turkish history, cultural and religious traditions, and geography. This is the Suleymaniye Mosque, in our neighborhood in Old Town Istanbul The (Greek) Orthodox Patriarchal. This is the place where the Orthodox P...