I hope you enjoy my travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) In Africa we visited Tanzania in Dec 2012 for 10 days, Morocco in May 2015 for 15 days and Egypt in November 2022 for 14 days.
Our trip in the suite of the Dahabiya Minya up the Nile River was hands-down my best decision in planning our trip to Egypt last fall. Indeed, our ability to secure the “suite” dictated all other logistic decisions on the twenty-three day trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt.
I admit it. I overdid the planning for Cairo. I read up on every daytrip to take, every sight to see. For me, Egypt was a Bucket List event, and I didn’t want to skimp in any way. Cairo for me has become a lesson learned. There are reasons so
We traveled to Egypt for two weeks in November 2022, primarily using the services of the tour company Emo Tours. Our itinerary consisted of I planned the itinerary and selected the accommodation and sights to see based on my Internet research. Emo Tours was contracted for all transfers and tour
When I travel I want to take the best possible pictures of the amazing sights I visit. I’m not a professional photographer, but I do have a more-than-average-quality zoom camera. I don’t want to cut off people’s ankles, and I don’t want bits of strangers intruding into the frame, or
I’ve traveled in SE Asia, South America, Europe and Africa. I considered myself to be an old hand at managing diabetic concerns in foreign countries. I’ve thrown up in Costa Rica, Peru, Morocco, Cambodia, and even New York City! Egypt really surprised me. The great news is that we traveled
For our safari in Tanzania, it being my first foray to Africa, I perhaps over-stressed. I worried about the water, the food, disease and balancing my blood sugars. My worries were for naught, having properly prepared and properly executed the trip. Many of the Tanzania travel tips apply to every
Diabetics need to be prepared and careful, but this small amount of effort should not dissuade you from visiting this out-of-this-world location.
Vaccines, traveling with insulin, avoiding the water, travel insurance, all considerations for the diabetic when travelling to Morocco
With this travel blog I’d like to introduce you to Morocco, a fascinating country we made our home for twelve days in May 2015. We flew into Casablanca on Moroccan Air, traveled to Rabat, Meknes, Fes, Merzouga, Ouarzazate, Marrakech and finally to Essaouira on a private tour with Sun Trails.
Then, in 2012, just one and a half years after our wedding, my husband Greg and I somehow found ourselves woken up suddenly in our tent on the Serengeti, in Tanzania, by the sound of lions roaring. They paced around the campsite, never more than perhaps twenty feet from us.
Movie of our safari in Tanzania and the Serengeti with MKSC (Mount Kilamanjaro Safari Club) and our outstanding guide Mweta. Our trip started at Rivertrees Lodge near Arusha. Then we stayed at Oliver’s Camp in Tarangire National Park, and Plantation Lodge in Karatu. Next we visited Ngorongoro National Park, and
For Morocco I chose Sun Trails. An agency that is willing to publish prices for standard trips always gets my attention. I know that there is a great deal of competition, and agencies don’t want to give prices unless they are somewhat certain you are a bona fide customer. Sun
That’s Mweta and Greg in the picture above. Africa Travel Resource (ATR), a UK company, arranged our safari trip with Tanganyika Expeditions (also known as MKSC, the Mount Kilimanjaro Safari Club). ATR’s web site provided an awesome amount of information, which included many pictures of the camps and tents/rooms, as
We conversed with Sun Trails and decided to up our level for one night from “Dreamers” to “Divine” to stay in a luxury tent in the Sahara. Actually I am not certain about the exact cost of that night, since we paid for the trip as a whole, however I believe
As a teenager, I had read mystery novels of young women traveling the world, facing danger, solving the puzzles and rescuing their men. Some novels were set in earlier years, during the time of the British Empire, in places to which I would never consider traveling now-a-days. As a diabetic I knew
The Bab Mrisa Our guide Mohamed Krounbi led us from the quiet of medersa to the Bab Mrisa. We stood within the medina and looked at what appeared to be an ordinary gate. In fact, we took no picture of it. But this was not just any gate, as we
Meet our guide Mohamed Krounbi, the historian at Salé, a small community near Rabat, on the northwest coast of Morocco. He was our guide for several hours, taking us from the Grand Mosque to riad, to medersa, to city walls, to the Bab (gates), and out to the fort by the sea.
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
