Guides for International Travel
Although the majority of my travel experience has been in my home country of Canada and throughout much of Europe, I have a growing bucket list of countries on other continents I wish to visit. Included in this list so far are Mexico and Morocco. As I work through this list I will include my experiences, tips, and guides here for countries outside of Canada and the European continent.
Best Places to Eat in Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico
Mexico is famous for its food: the versatile tortillas, the marinaded meats, and the variety of salsas. However, like any tourist centre, Los Cabos can sometimes lose quality and affordability the closer to tourist centres you go. In Cabo San Lucas, we definitely noticed a difference in the prices as we got closer to the…
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Amazing Experiences to Try in Los Cabos, Mexico
Where is Los Cabos? Los Cabos includes the cities of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo and the surrounding area. It is in the Mexican state Baja California Sur in the southern region of the Baja California Peninsula. The state sits between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California (also known as…
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Visiting Chefchaouen, Morocco’s ‘Blue City’
My third day in Morocco was probably my busiest and most eye-opening. Although Chefchaouen is only a 2-hour drive from Tangier and in the same northwestern quadrant of the country, the different landscapes we travelled through really broke down some of my preconceived notions about the country’s landscape. I had pictured Morocco as dry and…
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Caves of Hercules in Achakar, Northwest Morocco
I travelled to Morocco for a long weekend (Friday to Monday) and during our stay we tried to see as many areas of the country as was feasible. We were based out of Tangier, a city on the northwest coast on the edge of the Strait of Gibraltar. Our second was focused on visiting the…
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Exploring Tangier, Morocco A Week Before Lockdown
For my birthday, my friends and I decided to book a trip to Morocco, just a hop and skip across the Mediterranean from Spain. The flight was only an hour and a half from Madrid to Tangier with very reasonable prices from Europe’s favourite bare bones airline, Ryanair. We spent one day in Tangier, another…
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