The Trip
I flew into London England on April first with pretty much no idea where I was going. Its was killer, I just went where ever I felt like, so much freedom. I'll give you a break down of where I went and how long I stayed in each place and then you can check out some of my photos from the trip.
2 nights in London
1 night in the bus
4 nights in Paris (got to meet up with my friend Christian, saw a ton of museums and church's, even got to see Jim Morisan's grave)
1 night in Brussels
1 night in Bruge, photo 1, 2, 3, (such a pretty place)
2 nights in Amsterdam
3 nights in Harlem (had dinner with my great uncle who I had never met before)
10 nights in Barcelona (flow here for Easter week) photos of La Sagrada Familia 1, 2, 3,
1 night Valencia (rented a car for 3 days and went all the way down the cost of Spain)
1 night Granada 1
night Malaga
4 nights Torremolinos (just sat on the beach all day long and read)
1 night Algeciras
6 nights Fes (took a fiery from Spain to Tangier Morocco then trained it all the way to Fes in one day)
photo's of Fes's medina, street, and a close up of the tanneries.
1 night in the bus (hell)
1 night in Rissani
2 nights out in the Sahara desert (did a three day camel trek into the dunes)
Here's some photos of the dunes at sunrise & sunset and the town of Merzouga.
2 more nights in Rissani
3 nights in Tordra Gorge
3 nights in Marrakesh (so hot we couldn't go out durning the mid day sun, lol took maybe 10 cold showers a day. Good orange juice though)
13 nights in Essaouira
These are photos of me with Elly and Natalie, watching the sunset every night we where together on the coast.
3 nights in Sidi Kaouki
2 nights in Marrakesh
4 nights camping at the base of Cascade D'Ouzoud (Rob and me swam and went cliff diving every day with the local kids)
1 night Azilal
2 nights Casablanca (got food poisoning, but what i saw of the city was pretty impressive, especially the Hasson second mosque)
2 nights Robat
1 night Fes
1 night Algeciras (back into Spain after a very long day of travel)
1 night Seville
2 nights Mataluseanas
3 nights Lagos (took the bus into Portugal and just sat on the beach and did a little surfing))
1 night Lisbon
2 nights Sintra
2 nights Evora (saw the creepy Chapel of Bones made out of an estimated 10,000 human skulls and femur bones)
1 night bus and train (such a long trip threw Portugal, Spain and France)
1 night Roujan
2 nights Montpellier
1 night Beliers
5 nights Roujan
1 night Montpellier
3 nights London (flew from Montpellier to Paris and Paris to London. Rob set me up with a few of his friends to stay with)
then back to Toronto
Some of the best highlights from where the people i met while on the road. First and foremost was Elly and Natalie from Switzerland. Those girls kicked ass, we traveled together for 4 weeks in Morocco and went threw some much.
Danny and her boyfriend Lear from Oz and New Zealand where another wicked couple i met while traveling.
In Barcelona I hung out with Moni a German girl and some other Germans during Easter weekend. We had a blast partying and seeing the sights of one of Spain's most beautiful cites.
And then there was my buddy Rob who i traveled on and off with for almost 2 months. Wicked guy, helped me out a ton, him and his family.
I met so many other amazing people, too many to name. But there the ones that made the hole thing memorable.
posted by Mikkel Thorup @ 10:44 AM
