Letter of the season
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On the fourth morning Naïma changed the whole day because a neighbour was marrying. We spent six hours at a wedding we had never heard of and were not invited to. No itinerary I have ever paid for would have allowed that.
Hanne Lindqvist
Eleven nights, High Atlas · walked with Naïma · written 19 April, Gothenburg
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On the fourth morning Naïma changed the whole day because a neighbour was marrying. We spent six hours at a wedding we had never heard of and were not invited to. No itinerary I have ever paid for would have allowed that.
Hanne Lindqvist
Eleven nights, High Atlas · walked with Naïma · written 19 April, Gothenburg
Nine of the last hundred
“Brahim knew every driver we passed on nine hundred kilometres of road. That is the whole review.”
Marcus Oyelaran
Nine nights, Erg Chigaga · March
“The second guest house was a mistake — thin walls and the road runs straight past it. Marevo moved us the next night and took the house off the route afterwards, which is the correct answer. I still would not stay there.”
Priya Raghunathan
Six nights, the north · February
A complaint we kept up
“Two children under nine and nobody cried in a car. I still do not understand how that was arranged.”
The Baptiste family
Five nights, Atlantic · July
“I booked self-drive because I did not want company, and then rang the office twice from a mountain road anyway. Both times somebody picked up inside a minute and knew exactly which corner I meant.”
Tom Vandergrift
Eight nights, self-drive · May
“The price on the website was the price. In this industry that is remarkable.”
Ana Sofía Vargas
Seven nights, Fès · Apri
“Eleven nights was two nights too many for us and nobody said so when I asked. I would have preferred being told the shorter route was the better trip.”
Gerald Whitmore
Eleven nights, High Atlas · June
A complaint we kept up
“Six strangers at breakfast on day one. Four of us are meeting again in Lisbon in October.”
Ingrid Møller
Nine nights, guided · October
“We ate in a kitchen with a family who had no idea we were coming until an hour before. That meal is the thing my wife still describes to people.”
Raymond Achebe
Ten nights, Anti-Atlas · November
“My flight landed four hours late at two in the morning. There was still somebody at the barrier holding a sign with my name spelled correctly, which nobody manages.”
Beatrix Halloran
Six nights, rail · January
“Brahim knew every driver we passed on nine hundred kilometres of road. That is the whole review.”
Marcus Oyelaran
Nine nights, Erg Chigaga · March
“The second guest house was a mistake — thin walls and the road runs straight past it. Marevo moved us the next night and took the house off the route afterwards, which is the correct answer. I still would not stay there.”
Priya Raghunathan
Six nights, the north · February
A complaint we kept up
“Two children under nine and nobody cried in a car. I still do not understand how that was arranged.”
The Baptiste family
Five nights, Atlantic · July
“I booked self-drive because I did not want company, and then rang the office twice from a mountain road anyway. Both times somebody picked up inside a minute and knew exactly which corner I meant.”
Tom Vandergrift
Eight nights, self-drive · May
“The price on the website was the price. In this industry that is remarkable.”
Ana Sofía Vargas
Seven nights, Fès · Apri
“Eleven nights was two nights too many for us and nobody said so when I asked. I would have preferred being told the shorter route was the better trip.”
Gerald Whitmore
Eleven nights, High Atlas · June
A complaint we kept up
“Six strangers at breakfast on day one. Four of us are meeting again in Lisbon in October.”
Ingrid Møller
Nine nights, guided · October
“We ate in a kitchen with a family who had no idea we were coming until an hour before. That meal is the thing my wife still describes to people.”
Raymond Achebe
Ten nights, Anti-Atlas · November
“My flight landed four hours late at two in the morning. There was still somebody at the barrier holding a sign with my name spelled correctly, which nobody manages.”
Beatrix Halloran
Six nights, rail · January
“Brahim knew every driver we passed on nine hundred kilometres of road. That is the whole review.”
Marcus Oyelaran
Nine nights, Erg Chigaga · March
“I booked self-drive because I did not want company, and then rang the office twice from a mountain road anyway. Both times somebody picked up inside a minute and knew exactly which corner I meant.”
Tom Vandergrift
Eight nights, self-drive · May
“Six strangers at breakfast on day one. Four of us are meeting again in Lisbon in October.”
Ingrid Møller
Nine nights, guided · October
“The second guest house was a mistake — thin walls and the road runs straight past it. Marevo moved us the next night and took the house off the route afterwards, which is the correct answer. I still would not stay there.”
Priya Raghunathan
Six nights, the north · February
A complaint we kept up
“The price on the website was the price. In this industry that is remarkable.”
Ana Sofía Vargas
Seven nights, Fès · Apri
“We ate in a kitchen with a family who had no idea we were coming until an hour before. That meal is the thing my wife still describes to people.”
Raymond Achebe
Ten nights, Anti-Atlas · November
“Two children under nine and nobody cried in a car. I still do not understand how that was arranged.”
The Baptiste family
Five nights, Atlantic · July
“Eleven nights was two nights too many for us and nobody said so when I asked. I would have preferred being told the shorter route was the better trip.”
Gerald Whitmore
Eleven nights, High Atlas · June
A complaint we kept up
“My flight landed four hours late at two in the morning. There was still somebody at the barrier holding a sign with my name spelled correctly, which nobody manages.”
Beatrix Halloran
Six nights, rail · January
For people who travel rarely and want it to matter
For people who travel rarely and want it to matter