Tag: #travelbyyourself


  • The pedicure fish of the wadi, Oman

    The wadi and the pedicure fish. What I call pedicure fish were a surprise I enjoyed on that first day of the new year. Wadis are rivers, often running dry that in some cases have their beds carved into the rock, like small canyons. There are several, I chose to do only the Bani Khalid…

  • Visiting Dubai, reception in bed

    Many people go to visit Dubai just to see the world’s tallest skyscraper. I got there by a very comfortable bus from Abu Dhabi. The terminus was in the non-modern Bur Dubai area, with a nice reconstruction of old buildings in Al Fahidi). Spartan accommodation Nearby was the building where I had booked a bed,…

  • Visiting Malta, I can still entertain in English

    Why visit Malta and the context of an important choice I made the decision to visit Malta a few days before I left. It was 5 days in August 2013, solo and using public transportation. The beginning of that summer was agony, marked by the end of a love affair for which I had given…

  • Getting around Marrakech and Essaouira, technology essential

    In touring Marrakech I became definitively convinced that I was turning my ways around. In fact, with this trip I finally, and perhaps belatedly, abandoned the ‘idea of trying to be without a connection. Too much trouble had happened to me in the past and I resigned myself to the fact that it is too…