Tag: map
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Kasbah at Telouet, Home of the Pasha of Marrakech
On our way to Essaouira from Ouarzazate, we took a detour on P1506 to see Telouet Kasbah, but passing Ait Benhaddou (a United Nations Word Heritage site which regrettably we did not stop to explore). To accompany your reading, highly recommended is Stephen Micus’s quiet contemplative Nomad Songs published by ECM. We arrived at Telouet…
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Stanfords, the London mapseller
Stanfords on Long Acre, Covent Garden is one of my (Chris) favourite shops in London. The shop has been at that same location when I was a student in London in the 80’s. It seems to have expanded as it now has a coffee shop. I like this shop because 1) completeness in geographic coverage…
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Plan d’Aiguille to Mer de Glace
After a visit to the Aiguille du Midi at 3,842m (12,605 ft), we descended by cable car half way to the Plan de l’Aiguille at about 2,300m (7,600 ft) to start our hike. The destination is the Montenvers-Mer de Glace mountain train station at 1,913m (6,276 ft). According to the official guide, this nature trail…
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Maps: Playa del Carmen
[googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=51+Grand+Cove+Way,+Edgewater,+Bergen,+New+Jersey+07020&t=h&layer=c&cbll=20.609414,-87.089393&panoid=Q5b3JvBt7kbjb9V4m3ioJQ&cbp=13,137.84,,0,-2.54&ll=20.609368,-87.089396&spn=0,359.975882&z=15&source=embed&output=svembed&w=562&h=314] Peiling suggested in a comment that I should include a map of the area visited along with my travel-related posts. So, here is a couple of maps for the earlier posts relating to our November trip to Riviera Maya. You can see these posts here: Traffic Jam @ EWR Adventuras de Chris y Sue Six…