In two grand taxis we set out to visit one of the touristic highlights of Marrakech: the Jardin Majorelle. The garden is a one-hectare botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in the neighbourhood of our hotel. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features… Read More Jardin Majorelle [Day #23: 24.10.2023]
Very early on Saturday morning Charlotte, Julia, Trevor and I packed our two vehicles for a monster tour across the Atlas mountains to the east of Southern Morocco. We had signed up for “Pizzas on the Piste”, an annual Overlanders’ gathering in the desert of Morocco. We left Marrakech while it was still dark. As… Read More Pizzas on the Piste (#1) [Day #20: 21.10.2023]
After exactly 5,750km through the West-African lush rainforest with tons of rain, dry savannah, sandy beaches, crossing many rivers, small and wide, crossing the treacherous vast Sahara desert with all its facets and surfaces, conquering first the Anti-Atlas mountains and then the all dominant Atlas Mountains, countless of chaotic African cities, various types of beds,… Read More We have made it [Day #16: 17.10.2023]
Hey there! I am Ulrich! Welcome to my travel blog, where I will share with you the latest stories and photos of me and my travel companions about our epic adventure driving from Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire to Marrakech, Morocco and back to Abidjan in the matter of nine weeks during the months October and… Read More Akwaba – Welcome!
Abidjan-Marrakech-Abidjan Overland Expedition 2023 